It was great meeting you in person yesterday David. Thank you for the kind words. Your welcome to stop by any time you are in town. (Next time, I won't try and clean the lights while you are here....) I'm glad that Phil (Dakotareef) was able to stop by and give you some of his advice on the corals...not my strong point. I'm going to have to plan a trip up north to check out your systems, I'll bet it's sweet.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14283028#post14283028 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Reefaquariumnut
Just got back from Sioux Falls, SD and had the pleasure of seeing Chuck's house and several tanks.
I can elaberate on Dustin's "Wow" from above. This is a house that is dedicated to the passion of fish keeping. Chuck truely has a passion and you can tell it on his face the moment you walk through his doors. It took us a good 45 minutes to make it to the basement because he has 6-7 very interesting tanks on the first three levels of the house.
If you ever have the time it would be well spent looking at this "aquarium heaven". Pretty much everywhere I looked i could see some kind of aquarium in sight...Now some of you might be thinking "but are they all nice?"...That is an easy answer. YES!! I could have spend 5-6 hours at his house and never even get to the basement.
But the basement is information overload. He had a "water-station" that is proabably better than all of the LFS's i have ever seen. He definantely has much more salt than a semi could hold!! The 600 is absolutely stunning with all the different tangs...The 470 might even be a better tank if that is possible. No, he doesn't have like 100 "super colored" corals, but he honostly has a more realistic reef than what i have at my house.
You will never truely understand what kind of person it takes to care for these types and numbers of tanks until you meet Chuck. I would guess its a full-time job!!It was truely a pleasure to see your stuff and I hope to see it again!! I do regret forgetting my camera, but if you ask nicely I am sure he would snap you photos of anything you wanted!
Thank you! I sure wish the acrylic tanks were as easy to clean as the 210 (glass), would make my life a lot easier.
Well thank you for taking the time to read the thread. The tank has been a journey filled with ups and downs, but I guess that life is that way too. If I could only have one species of fish, they would have to be tangs, probably the fish I enjoy watching the most in the tanks.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14436531#post14436531 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Recty
I just finally read the entire thread, all splits of it.
Amazing tank, really inspiring. I'd love to have a tank with half the cool tangs you do someday
Great job man and it looks like you've had some difficulties in both your body and the tank along the way, congratulations to you for weathering it all and keepin' on trucking, you're a true fishie hero
