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Just a note on Flatrate.... I moved to my new apartment about 9 months ago and looked into using Flatrate... well, to say the least, the process seemed similar to buying a new car... They gave me a "flat rate" of near $2800 to move my 1-bedroom from the West Village to Tribeca - maybe 15...

Yeah, I am hoping that the building is an "old school" design.... As for my landlords (two brothers in their 70's and one of their sons), they are pretty cool. When I was signing the lease I wanted to make certain I could have pets (cats, dogs, fish, ... you know, the normal animals)... both...

Thank you for all of your responses. Yeah, I get shivers just thinking about a large tank leaking - or god forbid, EXPLODING. The funny thing is that I have a had a 120 and 135 on relatively uneven floors before - but that was before I realized how long-term exposure to uneven surfaces...

For a long while now, I have been thinking about getting a large tank ? something glass at least 6 ft long and 2 ft wide ? probably over 200 gallons (my dream set up would be over 400 gallons). On that note, I have a shaking floor problem that is really bothering me. My 4th floor apartment...

Joe, Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I highly doubt that I am that sort of super-diligent sort of guy. Given that my cats and I would turn my apartment into a war zone if I didn't have a house cleaner, I am going to say that I am probably going to skip a day or so of cleaning the tank walls...

Yeah... that's what I forgot - the coralline algae! I am determined to finally get my apartment going now that I have been here for about 8 months now. I really want to do something with the middle of the apartment - between the two pillars - as esthetically crazy as it might be! I...

I had a quick question regarding acrylic tanks…. Obviously acrylic tanks have all sorts of scratching issues mostly from rearranging live rock. I have also been told that even sand caught in the flow of the tank can slowly cause the acrylic to become dull due to thousands of micro scratches...

Your tank is a piece of art! Wow. Very nice.

Simply amazing, but this last one made me laugh out so hard I nearly hurt myself... Poor stingray...

Hello! I PMed you... Good night!

Chris, Elosusa and everyone else, Your posts are greatly appreciated! Muito obrigado! (I lived a bit down in Brazil…) To be honest (and as has been notable in my past posts), my greatest nightmare is a tank leaking or exploding… that has been the draw (along with the easier...

Chris and Drunktank, Thanks for your posts. The weight of a glass tank has been a thought... I had to go to war to move my 120 glass AGA... I don't know what it would be like to move a glass tank that was about twice that size... I completely forgot about ready about dealing with snails and...

House, Thanks for your response. I have done some reading about the whole “glass versus acrylic” debate. It seems as if glass is the preferred material mainly b/c of the ease of scratching acrylic. I guess this might be a stupid question, but I am assuming that the...

Good evening. I have a couple of questions regarding a potential custom tank I am thinking about ordering. While I am still planning to use either a standard 120 or 180 for a planted tank, I want to get a wider aquarium for a reef tank. Here are the two options: 180...