Wait, wait, wait, anther coldwater tank? For Free? Go ahead and be jealous....

[AquaticEngineer]

One of my buddys gave me a call today that OMSI needed to find a new home for one of their 200 gallon aquariums. (rock2)

 

I dont know for sure which one it is yet, but in the email he said it had tank, stand, lights, hood, chiller, skimmer......etc.

 

So if its thick enough acrylic it'll go cold water.

 

If its glass, then I'll dual pane the front and go coldwater.

 

Anyone who's been to OMSI recently remember seeing a 200 gallon ish sized tank? I'm picking it up this weekend so I'll see then for sure.

[pnkrcklives]

SCORE!!! I was at OMSI about three months ago saw nothing fitting that description. Now I am curious.

[AquaticEngineer]

Got some more info, turns out it is the tank that they were using to grow out salmon in.

[AquaticEngineer]

Got a picture of the set up from my buddy, looks like at least 1/2 acrylic.

 

[pnkrcklives]

That whole set up for free??? Smokin deal your one lucky *&*$#@#$...

[AquaticEngineer]

Yup. I told my buddy I would help him sell off whatever we dont keep.

 

I still have to get it back to my house without getting pulled over in my POS trailer, so may not be free. lol.

[Mandinga]

i saw that setup when i was last there...too bad they didnt set it up for visitors to see a reef tank.

[AquaticEngineer]

i saw that setup when i was last there...too bad they didnt set it up for visitors to see a reef tank.

 

It will have a far more glorious life as a coldwater tank than it ever would have as a tropical reef

[NoobtoSalt]

How do I get on this "friend list"?

[AquaticEngineer]

Soooo, looks like my buddy wants me to part this thing out and sell it off. I'm getting the chiller, skimmer, and pump.

 

The tank, stand, hood, lights, and sump will be for sale as a whole if anyone is interested.

 

Tank is a 220 I think, measures about 72"x30"x24". I'll know more tomorrow when we pick it up.

[Gill]

It will have a far more glorious life as a coldwater tank than it ever would have as a tropical reef

 

This tank has had a lot of lives!!! It was once a reef, then a Cold freshwater tank. They had intended to convert the tank slowly to salt and then back to fresh so that they could show all the stages of the salmon life cycle. This all would have taken place over several years; I have wanted to try this ever since I kept salmon fry 14 years ago.

 

I think it would be sweet to see this tank as a FOWLR with a shark (dogfish)

[Gill]

I remember a while back (years ago) OMSI had a pihrana tank that I believe rose city? setup for them. I never did see the pihrana display but I wonder if that is where this tank came from?

[Reefsickness]

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