Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdcad!decwrl!ucbvax!jade!ig!uwmcsd1!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ddsw1!gryphon!richard From: richard@gryphon.UUCP Newsgroups: alt.aquaria Subject: Re: Tank Location Message-ID: <2481@gryphon.CTS.COM> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 03:01:35 EST Article-I.D.: gryphon.2481 Posted: Fri Dec 4 03:01:35 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Dec-87 06:19:08 EST References: <4768@sol.ARPA> Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 48 Summary: away from drafts and out of the direct sunlight In article <4768@sol.ARPA> becker@cs.rochester.edu (Tim Becker) writes: >Well, all this talk about big tanks (bigger than my 20 gal long) has >got me *wanting* a bigger tank. Where do you folks keep your >55/100/etc gallon tanks? I kind of like my tank in a living area where >I can enjoy it, but my living room couldn't handle another piece of >furniture the size of a loveseat. Does anybody keep their tank in the >basement? Spare bedroom? When I lived with my parents, I kept about 5 tanks upstairs in my bedroom. Until I had a little "accident" and 10 gallons of water slowly found it;s way onto the hardwood floor during the night (I had wondered what all that damn creaking was) and thouroughly destroyed it. Dad had a little talk with me, along the lines of: "Son, you and I are going to build you a fishroom" So, for about 7 years I had about 18 tanks in a 10' by 10' room. If I had to do it again, I'd put a drain in the middle of the floor and pipe runing water into it. Eventually of course, we all leave the nest, and now I live in an apartment. 1 bedroom for my wife and I and the other one for the 13 fishtanks I had running. See, we had a kid. Down to 7 tanks immediatly to make room. Now kiddo is 18 mos, and dammit, he got my fishroom. My remaining 3 tanks are in the living room. The rest are empty, in the garage. I once bought a 100 gallon tank for $50 with the bottom glass cracked. You can't put one of THOSE in an apartment. Weighs almost a ton when filled. It's still in the garage. One day. > >Tim Becker. >becker@cs.rochester.edu or ..!rutgers!rochester!becker -- Richard J. Sexton INTERNET: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd, sdcsvax, ihnp4, nosc}!crash!gryphon!richard "It's too dark to put the keys in my ignition..."