I set up a 125 RR that was in my old house for a couple years, last year in July. I moved in with my girlfriend earlier in the year, and she had never had an aquarium. I sold off a bunch of tanks, several of them large. This 125 had a homemade stand(not by me) and a hood to match(by me). It was not the way I would build a stand-3 doors on the front. We moved all the water, rocks, sand, fish, zoas and gorgonians all in one day. It was running that night, and all critters were at home, no stress. Lynn just loved it. She bought 2 high chairs so we could sit and stare at the fish. I talked about making a 2 door opening, with no uprights-just one big opening. She suggested making one big opening, but with a almost hidden panel. I thought that would be great, and designed one. She also suggested making a bar, so we could set our coffee, drinks, wine etc on it and enjoy it that much more. I made a great bar that could fold down if really needed to. We painted it a sand finish, sandstone color. We sit at the bar in the morning, when we get home, at night, any time. Even late at night. We keep a big flashlight on the bar to look at the different things at night. I would say we sit at the aquarium at least an hour each per day. Sometimes more. We can talk and have our faces looking right in the aquarium. Most of the fish have been in for well over a year, and some longer, and they look at us sitting there. They watch us! Yes I love stareing into the tank, to see what has grown, how many new zoas popped out, new coralline growth, how much the macro in the refugium has grown, etc. Not to mention the normal upkeep stuff. We set up 2 -30 gallon tanks right next to our dinner table, so we can watch them too!
