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When stopping at garage sales to find cheap tanks for your T's, have any of you come across some unbelievable deals/stories?
Here are a few of mine:
My best find was a tall acrylic tank that was custom-made and about 120-140 gallons, with the lid and light for $30.
I also bought a 60-70 gal terrarium with nice screened sides and 6 corkbark hides already glued to the inside walls for $8 (with the stand - lol). Their son had moved out and told them to sell it. I told them it was worth much more, but they were fine with the price.
I bought a 10 gal tank for $2 in a not-so-safe part of town (not my town, a neighboring city). There was some pots inside the aquarium that had dried dirt and dried fungus all over them - very nasty. The lady told me that her son was using them to grow some kind of mushrooms. Her clueless response, along with my inkling of what was grown in these pots, kept my chuckling all the way home.
Those are 3 of my fave garage sale treasures - 2 steals and 1 great story.
Here are a few of mine:
My best find was a tall acrylic tank that was custom-made and about 120-140 gallons, with the lid and light for $30.
I also bought a 60-70 gal terrarium with nice screened sides and 6 corkbark hides already glued to the inside walls for $8 (with the stand - lol). Their son had moved out and told them to sell it. I told them it was worth much more, but they were fine with the price.
I bought a 10 gal tank for $2 in a not-so-safe part of town (not my town, a neighboring city). There was some pots inside the aquarium that had dried dirt and dried fungus all over them - very nasty. The lady told me that her son was using them to grow some kind of mushrooms. Her clueless response, along with my inkling of what was grown in these pots, kept my chuckling all the way home.
Those are 3 of my fave garage sale treasures - 2 steals and 1 great story.
