Last week, I made the decision to nuke my mantella tank and redesign and rebuild it. I have had a tank design stuck in my head for a while and now is the time to do it. A little secret about me, I love, love,LOVE theme tanks. I know a lot of people stay away from them because they don't want to be looked down upon by the "elite", but I just dig them, so I decided to build me a gimmick tank. I am totally fascinated by the steam punk movement, and that will be the theme of this one. (I have another theme tank in the planning stages) there will be lots of copper piping running through this tank, like steam lines. I can see it in my head, now it's time to make it a reality.
I went shopping at Home Depot yesterday, trip 1 of many. I picked up the necessities, although dummy me, I did not remember to get PVC pipe for false bottom supports, so I guess I need to make another HD run... Hehe I think they are gonna need to restock a few things
I also decided that I wanted a sparkling new tank, so I stopped by my local lfs that has awesome pricing on tanks and picked up a 36x18x18 Viv.
Of course, add this stuff to the supplies I already have and we're good to go once I get more pipe. I will update as soon as I have a floor plan decided.