Welcome to Canreef!
Yes the hobby has it's ups & down but if things were too easy one might lose interest. Yes it's always something but it's worth it and just like in other aspects of life:

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We just have to get over it! :wink:
Good luck with your new ventures.

I can certainly see someone who is handy being able to replace silicone. I tried it, once. It didn't turn out very pretty. :o I'm pretty sure there is no way it would have leaked, though.

I've been told that when glass ages beyond a "certain point" (whatever that is) it becomes a real challenge to drill.

Is there anything that can be done to determine how old a tank really is? That has been my huge hold-up in buying used. Well, that and the answer "I don't know if medication containing copper was used in it, I bought it used."

As I hunt for a tank setup (the wife said go 90 gallons!), I set up a pico tank similar to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPleE...hannel&list=UL

The only real cost was the live rock- which i bought WAY to much of.

I realized i can get RO water from my work in small batches and salt up myself- although i did buy a jug of premixed salt water today. All in all everything was about $100, and if i could of found my old aquarium stuff would of been much cheaper.

If anyone knows of anyone else looking to get rid of a decent 90 gallon setup for a reasonable price send me a pm!!!

Tank bought and moved- so far the only casualties were some turbo snails- considering it was a running setup 90G with fish, inverts, live rock- in pretty impressed!

I had a scare yesterday when I found what I suspected to be the arms of a coral banded shrimp stuck to a powerhead, but alas, someone just molted that night.

Overall I'm pretty stoked! Ammonia and nitrates (nitrites? The bad one) are 0 three days in. And everyone seems to be eating (the comet and mandarin are eating frozen from the pipette).

Thanks all for all the advice!

What tank did you purchase? Pics? :)

If you decide you want more Turbos, Red Coral here in town has some Mexican Turbo Snails. They are little bulldozers, but they eat loads of algae. They keep my tank so free of algae that I need to supplement their diets. I don't even need to clean the glass.

I got a 90g complete setup- pretty sweet deal. I'll try and get some pics up. It's not really a build thread as everything was complete.