Professional Installation for a 180-Gallon Salt Water Aquarium

[BC564]

so....a person hires a professional to come to your house to install a salt water tank....finishes then leaves....and now this homeowner is standing there looking at a tank and has no clue or limited clue as to what or how this thing works.....and lets face it.....professional really just means that he is paid to do this job......

Im pretty sure that most hobbyist know more then this guy......and then think how much money people have invested into their systems....they research the hell out of it to do it right.... funny how you can throw the word professional around and it just makes everything ok.

[cprowler]

I want to get one of those pumps that pull the water out of the overflow into the sump, wait a minute…. I think that’s best left for professionals.

[bassman]

Originally Posted by cprowler

I want to get one of those pumps that pull the water out of the overflow into the sump, wait a minute…. I think that’s best left for professionals.

Yah I liked that comment too. LOL

[Delphinus]

"The water goes through plumbing... and then some more plumbing."

[BC564]

OK....you guys are making it funnier then it originally was...I have had to go back and watch it a few more times....lol

[Der_Iron_Chef]

Designed to look exactly like their real counterparts in the ocean....lol. Thanks for the chuckle.

[BC564]

Man I like this site

[Shipwreck]

Thanks for that laugh. If that is what professionals do I guess we are all doing it wrong. Everybody take your coral back to the store and turn off your tank until a professional comes and shows you how to pump water through your returns.

[BMW Rider]

Hey where can I get some of those starter fish too? I didn't use any to get my nirtogen cycle going so perhaps I should do that now. Or am I too late? My tank has been going for a few years now, and I'd hate to think I don't have a nitrogen cycle in it.

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by BC564

so....a person hires a professional to come to your house to install a salt water tank....finishes then leaves....and now this homeowner is standing there looking at a tank and has no clue or limited clue as to what or how this thing works.....and lets face it.....professional really just means that he is paid to do this job......

Im pretty sure that most hobbyist know more then this guy......and then think how much money people have invested into their systems....they research the hell out of it to do it right.... funny how you can throw the word professional around and it just makes everything ok.

Not everyone with a saltwater tank is a rabid hobbyist, lots of people just like pretty moving furniture. They want somebody to do everything for them.

I'm don't agree with everything he said but I think he did an ok job considering the audience it was aimed at.