Dave,

OHHHHHHHH,  Please let me know of the date of delivery and set up.  I'm a pharma rep and Bellevue is part of my territory.  I'd love to be there to watch this be put in place and plummed.  Surely I could work out my routing accordingly!     I'll have to live through you and your students until I can garner the cash to buy my tank.  Soooo excited.  Which Dr. Turner are you going to see.  If it's the one I know... he's awesome and then some.  Your students are sure to have an amazing time.  How can I become one of your students?  Sounds like they have an awesome teacher!

If time allows, I'd like to help if I can when the time comes. I just don't know yet what Saturdays I have off in June.  

Just like Fish Tales I'd like to be there when it starts to come together, after all it's not every day you can see a tank this size.

RJS8540 said :

If time allows, I'd like to help if I can when the time comes. I just don't know yet what Saturdays I have off in June.  

Just like Fish Tales I'd like to be there when it starts to come together, after all it's not every day you can see a tank this size.

I don't know what Briney Dave thinks of this, but I sure would love for you and I to be there.  After all, you will be a significant part of my build!  Can't wait.  Hope we can watch this go up together!

The more the better as far as I am concerned.  Right now its all in Miracles lap as to how soon the tank gets here.  From that point I will try to figure if I go for it before or after the trip.  More likely to be after the trip.

I still have to order the sch 80 bulkhead fittings, the ocean motion four way device, and get my father in law going on making the stand. 

Plus the grounds crew is going to cut my door out so we can take the tank in on the stand and not have to try to lift it more times than we have to.  My original plan was to take it in on its side but at 950 lbs I would rather not have to try that LOL

sound sweet just had to make it bigger than mine lol you have a pm about the sump

sort of like the scene from pirates of the carabbean with the dueling spy glasses LOL

Really, I had a chance to go bigger when the structural crack opened on the top of the acrylic tank and I just could not say no  

There are a couple pm(s) flashing on the top of the page: heading there now. 

there must be some activity on my tank this week.  I was asked to fill out all the info and tax id numbers to get through US Customs.

Still no ETA though. 

I could possibly come out to help get this tank set up, depending on when it is I would try to work things out. Would love to see a tank of this size go together. One day I want to have a large tank, probably not this large but at least I can get some ideas for when that time comes.

Great to hear,

no better teacher than seeing it first hand.  I learned so much by visiting a couple of tanks; both what to do and what not to do

Plus I get free labor or at least only the cost of some goodies off the grill labor  LOL

As soon as I have a date in mind, I will post it.  I will try my best to work around the majority's schedule. 

This is beginning to sound like a tank build party!  I'll bring the camera since you've already admitted to not being so great with pics.  I'm a bit worried about the time frame since I'll be out of town the weekends of June 5th and 24th.  I know your trip falls between those dates.  Do you know if you're specifically looking at setting up over a weekend or weekday (since school will be out for the summer)?  I hope getting this beast through customs won't create unexpected delays.