I'm back!!! Kinda....more like in the process of being back. LOL
After ohioreefjr got his tank I started feeling that itch again. Over the last few years I'd dabbled in smaller tanks, usually a Bio-Cube, but just did not like them. Not the same as the bigger tanks, plus things go wrong very fast in a smaller tank!
I have a spot where a corner tank would be perfect, but didn't want a smaller one, I wanted one of the 90-100g ones. After checking around I learned they don't make them anymore. I was devastated so I started considering a 110 or 120 and place it where my old tank was, but wasn't really sold on that.
When I first started looking, I had posted a WTB ad on craigslist and then totally forgot about it. I was in talks with a gentleman for a 120g and when I tried to set up a time to pick it up, he ghosted me. I was mad!! A couple days after that I get an email from a gentleman down in California, KY saying he has a 96g corner tank with all the "fixins" for sale!! Yeah!! Exactly what I was looking for. We set up a time to go pick it up and a few days before picking it up, he texts me and says he just tested positive for Covid, but that I could still have it if I didn't mind waiting. Seeing as how it was the exact tank I wanted, a few more days wasn't going to hurt.
Fast forward to today, my son-in-law and I drove down and I brought my "new" tank home! Not much to look at right now, but at least it's in the house.
Plans at this point are to scrape the old paint off and repaint it with Krylon blue paint. Then I need to design and have a sump built. It came with a wet/dry, but I think I'm going to change as I want a refuge.
I've attached a photo of it as it sits right now. I'll keep everyone posted as I put it all together. I have some LR in ohioreefjr's sump so hopefully I'll have an abbreviated cycle.