Hi! New to Board

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by CHEAPREEF

9-5 monday to saturday.

Clinton

Thanks for the tip. Went there this morning and was mainly looking at their tank, hood, stand setups in a hex design. Their products are mainly All-Glass with pressboard stands and plastic hoods with little room for lighting upgrade. Too bad, though, because their prices were pretty decent.

Went to Petsmart and Super Pet in the west end. They have all wood stands, though the prices are substantially higher. I'd rather go for quality and pay the extra $$ for something that'll keep it's looks longer than buy something of a lesser quality for a lower price.

With a 42 gal hex, we could put a single 175W 6500K halide unit that J&L has at the bottom of:

http://www.jlaquatics.com/cgi-bin/st...d=9778442_1832

(J&L will ship lighting at half price all of March, and will ship other dry goods totalling $100 or more for free.)

That is if we decide to go forward with a larger tank at all. The right sized hex will fit nicely in the dining room near the east windows. I took a few measurements of an Oceanic 42 gal hex and will make a template of the base to see if it indeed will fit into the spaces we have in that location. If it won't fit, well, at least we had a dream ;-)

Take care.