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So my wife frequents an online garage sale to find little deals and steals in the neighborhood. So a person was moving and didn't want to break down and sell their Oceanic Biocube 12 gallon along with some live rock for free. She didn't know the condition of the aquarium but it was free so why not check it out. As expected with most free items that aquarium was in really bad shape. The top rim looks like it may have come apart at some point during a move and was patched back together with large amounts of aquarium safe silicon but covering most of the upper part of the glass. Also the lights were completely rusted away from the saltwater and it looked as if the aquarium was never cleaned when water from common aquarium tasks had spilled over. But with a little time and patience I think I whipped this aquarium back into shape.

They had included some live rock, around 7 lbs. and I had another 7 lbs. of Premium Fiji Live rock on the way that I ordered from Premium Aquatics. Combined I managed to make a pretty nice aquascaping with plenty of caves and hiding spots. I also added an additional 5 lbs. of Caribsea Arag-Alive Live Sand. As for additional filtration I purchased an Innovative Marine Aqua Gadget Desktop Protein Skimmer which just managed to fit (width wise) into the first compartment of the rear chamber. I'm allowing it to break in further before I do some fine tuning to get the darker skimmate that we all know and love.

And with the doctors orders for me not to drive or lift anything my sweet wife played Mr. Daisy's driver for the past few days and lifting everything out of the car and wherever I needed it. So this tank was pretty much made possible by her. I can't say I love her enough.