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02-08-2007, 01:23 AM
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Project: Free Aquarium
I am starting my new project.
The goal is to set up a new aquarium without spending one penny. The project will likely take several months. The reason for doing this is (a) boredom and (b) I am cheap. The plan is to trade in frags to buy a tank and equipment, and to trade frags, old equipment etc. to people who have livestock or equipment for sale. Plus I can use leftover old equipment in my basement which includes an Eheim return pump and a heater. I am thinking of an Oceanic 30 gallon cube or something similar. The tentative plan is a seahorse tank but this may change. Tentative specs include a Tunze 9002 nano skimmer, and a bucket fuge to grow Chaeto. Today I brought in a load of frags and left the store with a $490.00 credit, hopefully this will pay for most of a tank and stand. So I will update the thread as it goes along over the next few months. 
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02-08-2007, 01:52 AM
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Sounds like a great project.... reminds me of the guy who started out by trading a pencil for a pen and has gotten up to a boat or a car or something and is hoping to get a house one day.... all by trading up stuff for stuff.
Its crazy! I cant remember his website... -Diana
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02-08-2007, 03:07 AM
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I think this is the fella - http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com/ In the end he got his house.
 Interesting project Tri, have fun and I'm looking forward to seeing the updates.. 
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee!
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02-08-2007, 02:13 PM
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I have started a simmular project, My 90gal tank,stand and canopy was free, the dual 175w MH fixture was also given to me, 40lbs of LR and about 6 fish where given to me from a fish store in my area going out of business
i had a XP3 filter handed to me as well, Its really cool to almost have everything you need given to you, hmmmmmm gottsa start trading for other stuff i guess and see if i can complete this as well with out spending acual money, just trades
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02-08-2007, 05:19 PM
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Mark what fish you got??
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Murray I reserve the right to hijack any thread I want to!! My carbon footprint is bigger than your carbon footprint !!!!
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02-08-2007, 05:23 PM
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Yellow tang, perc, bird wrasse, tomato clown. Maroon clown, royal gramma and 3 yellow tail damsils
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02-08-2007, 07:28 PM
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I am trying to spend zero dollars however I imagine I may have to pay for hardware store type items, plumbing etc. I am in Vancouver from time to time so I can bring stuff to trade. I will go through my wine cellar which has become a fish equipment storage room. Off the top of my head I have: New heater in package Small Eheim canister filter with built-in heater Several sizes of aquaclear filter Hood and light for 20 gallon tank CO2 regulator with needle valve, no solenoid Various other odds and ends. I need: HOB skimmer preferable Tunze Lights for fuge Various plumbing, 1" bulkheads, 1" gate valve for Herby's mod I am not sure what else
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