My Birthday/Mothers Day/Christmas Present - Aquarium Advice

blang · 01-17-2006, 01:10 PM

Here is my new 90 gallon tank. My husband built the teak cabinet!

blang · 01-17-2006, 01:14 PM

Sorry, I'm new to posting pictures. I didn't mean to post the same picture three times.

blang · 01-17-2006, 01:15 PM

Here's some more:

TankGirl · 01-17-2006, 01:15 PM

Very fine work on that cabinet! He is an excellent craftsman, as I am sure you know. Congratulations -

rich311k · 01-17-2006, 01:34 PM

That is fabulous. Your husband does fabulous work.

Billsgate · 01-17-2006, 02:13 PM

Wow, congratulations on your present! Looks fantastic, I'm sure you'll be able to keep many happy fish in there

blang · 01-17-2006, 02:41 PM

Thanks. I am having a blast. Some of the fish were moved from a 10 gallon tank and were playing like crazy when I first moved them over.

The tank took weeks of planning and months to build. I was going nuts waiting for it to be done but now I know, it was worth the wait.

Jchillin · 01-17-2006, 02:51 PM

Sweet, very nice looking present.

(I have some leftover lumber, if your husband can find I-80 or I-84 West, to I-95 North...)

CGGorman · 01-18-2006, 10:34 AM

Outstanding workmanship. Dovetailed joints, full-extension hidden slides, European-style hidden hinges, Book matched teak... Top line materials. You would have to pay at LEAST $1500-$2000 for a manufactured cabinet of that quality. I like to pretend I can work with wood, but pieces like that remind me just how poor I am at it.

Congrats on the great gift and great husband.

crazycat · 01-22-2006, 03:46 PM

ditto to everyone's praise. it's absolutely beautiful! and so professional looking. i am green! one of the nicest stands i've ever seen! oh yeah--and the tank looks good too

do you have fish in there--or are you still cycling? just wait until it grows in--it will be STUNNING!

01-17-2006, 01:15 PM	#4
TankGirl Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: May 2003 Location: Richmond VA Posts: 8,279 Images: 16	Very fine work on that cabinet! He is an excellent craftsman, as I am sure you know. Congratulations - __________________ TG Central Virginians click here and join the Regional Forum! View My Gallery Here

01-17-2006, 02:51 PM	#8
Jchillin Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: New York, NY (The Big Apple) Posts: 12,947 Images: 47	Sweet, very nice looking present. (I have some leftover lumber, if your husband can find I-80 or I-84 West, to I-95 North...) __________________ _________________________________

01-18-2006, 10:34 AM	#9
CGGorman Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: NW Ohio Posts: 196 Images: 26	Outstanding workmanship. Dovetailed joints, full-extension hidden slides, European-style hidden hinges, Book matched teak... Top line materials. You would have to pay at LEAST $1500-$2000 for a manufactured cabinet of that quality. I like to pretend I can work with wood, but pieces like that remind me just how poor I am at it. Congrats on the great gift and great husband. __________________ Just tipping into planted aquaria after twenty years of fish-keeping.

01-22-2006, 03:46 PM	#10
crazycat Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 597 Images: 19	ditto to everyone's praise. it's absolutely beautiful! and so professional looking. i am green! one of the nicest stands i've ever seen! oh yeah--and the tank looks good too do you have fish in there--or are you still cycling? just wait until it grows in--it will be STUNNING! __________________ don't turn your back on the ocean.

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01-17-2006, 01:34 PM	#5
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	That is fabulous. Your husband does fabulous work.

01-17-2006, 02:13 PM	#6
Billsgate Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,604 Images: 8	Wow, congratulations on your present! Looks fantastic, I'm sure you'll be able to keep many happy fish in there

01-17-2006, 02:41 PM	#7
blang Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Illinois Posts: 196	Thanks. I am having a blast. Some of the fish were moved from a 10 gallon tank and were playing like crazy when I first moved them over. The tank took weeks of planning and months to build. I was going nuts waiting for it to be done but now I know, it was worth the wait.

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