NanoRox Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 Anyone else see the $20,000 dream tank BRS is giving away? I entered to win but got to thinking...what would I do if I actually DID win? I was was joking with my wife today that she needed to start thinking where we would put it downstairs and she straight up said...it aint going anywhere down stairs! I jokingly told here it’s going downstairs because I can just feel it... I’m going to win. But seriously I would have kind of an issue if I won...I suppose there’s always divorce. How about you? What would you do if you won something like that? 4 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 ...either use it and set it up, or sell it depending on my financial needs and life situation. Same options you have when you win anything in life... 1 3 Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted October 14, 2018 Share Posted October 14, 2018 I would start new “that’s how you get a TOTM” thread. 🙄 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I thought about this recently because I also entered a contest for a large tank 🤔....... ........I’d set that big bitch up in the middle of the room if necessary. 😁 4 4 1 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 19 minutes ago, A Little Blue said: I would start new “that’s how you get a TOTM” thread. 🙄 Passive aggressive much? 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 🤔 it will never happen to me, so not even gonna bother "planning". 😅 1 Quote Link to comment
Firefish15 Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 59 minutes ago, Duane Clark said: Anyone else see the $20,000 dream tank BRS is giving away? I entered to win but got to thinking...what would I do if I actually DID win? I was was joking with my wife today that she needed to start thinking where we would put it downstairs and she straight up said...it aint going anywhere down stairs! I jokingly told here it’s going downstairs because I can just feel it... I’m going to win. But seriously I would have kind of an issue if I won...I suppose there’s always divorce. How about you? What would you do if you won something like that? With as much as that set up weighs, it would probably have to be placed on a ground floor. In water weight alone, 160G would weigh 1,376 pounds! I would probably have to sell it, and then use the money on a smaller setup. One that could actually fit in an apartment. 1 Quote Link to comment
NanoRox Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, A Little Blue said: I would start new “that’s how you get a TOTM” thread. 🙄 I don’t get it. Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Just now, Duane Clark said: I don’t get it. Inside joke. Nothing to do with you. 2 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I was in a raffle to win a Biocube 32 from my LFS recently and I pondered the same thing... the hubby said no way, haha. Didn’t win, but if I had it would have been an interesting dilemma. 2 Quote Link to comment
LogicalReefs Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 If I win I’m selling everything on here and eBay 🤣 The big question is what I would do with $5,000 in coral from WWC. 😬 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Joevember Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 27 minutes ago, LogicalReefs said: If I win I’m selling everything on here and eBay 🤣 The big question is what I would do with $5,000 in coral from WWC. 😬 Same 😂 Buy all their bouce shrooms! 1 Quote Link to comment
HarryPotter Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 31 minutes ago, LogicalReefs said: If I win I’m selling everything on here and eBay 🤣 The big question is what I would do with $5,000 in coral from WWC. 😬 Too bad that would get you only like four or five of their corals 😂 2 4 Quote Link to comment
A Little Blue Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 11 minutes ago, HarryPotter said: Too bad that would get you only like four or five of their corals 😂 It’s enough to get huge colony of WWC Rainbow super rare GSP. 3 Quote Link to comment
Kellie in CA Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I entered, and thought the same thing too. I live in a second floor condo, so I would never be allowed to set it up. But that coral shopping spree would be sweet! 4 Quote Link to comment
Graver Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 I live in a studio apartment. There goes my bed. 3 Quote Link to comment
LogicalReefs Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 6 minutes ago, Graver said: I live in a studio apartment. There goes my bed. No problem....you can sleep with the fishes..... I’ll just see myself out now. 😂 5 Quote Link to comment
banasophia Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, LogicalReefs said: No problem....you can sleep with the fishes..... I’ll just see myself out now. 😂 On a tangential note, reminds me of a funny post I recently saw on FB related to sleeping with fishes: 3 3 Quote Link to comment
Graver Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 One could do a really badass scape in a coffin tank 1 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Your community CPA would like to point out you will have to pay income taxes on that $20k. So your new tank may still cost $2,500-$10k in real money 2 1 Quote Link to comment
MrObscura Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 That size tank would have to go downstairs, and i want my tanks upstairs where I spend most of my time. So, I'd sell it and use some of the money to set up an awesome smaller tank with no expenses spared. Quote Link to comment
NanoRox Posted October 15, 2018 Author Share Posted October 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, specore said: Your community CPA would like to point out you will have to pay income taxes on that $20k. So your new tank may still cost $2,500-$10k in real money I REALLY hate taxes. Don’t get me started on the injustice of taxing prize items as income. Ugh 2 Quote Link to comment
specore Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Just now, Duane Clark said: I REALLY hate taxes. Don’t get me started on the injustice of taxing prize items as income. Ugh It is nice when companies kick in a cash prize to help out. Still though, worst case scenario you sell the whole prize at a discount to pay the taxes and still pocket a few grand. First world problem 🙂 2 Quote Link to comment
xthunt Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 First, I wouldn’t trust that weight on my wooden subfloor and joists. Second, I don’t think I’d sleep well with having 160 gal in a glass box. I would build a separate building in the yard for it, concrete floor. Make it a fish tank/man cave type thing. Have it well insulated and temp controlled (AC or heater depending on season). Plus that would keep the noise of that monster out the house. Quote Link to comment
MrObscura Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 Hell, I'd have 500g tank right next to my desk if I had the money, and tge 2nd floor could support it. My dream office/den would consist of my desk and 2 500g tanks along two walls. One a monster blackwater Amazon tank and the other a reef. Or... A living room with one wall consisting of a huge reef with a huge drop down TV that covers the tank for movie time. Now that would be a first world problem to have. Deciding which to go with... But since we're dreaming why not both? Lol 1 Quote Link to comment
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