Our tank finally arrives a week and change after we bought it from Big Al.  You can see our starter tank, which is a 10 gallon tank.  Our new tank is 75 gallons or 7.5X bigger.  It took a little under two hours to put the stand together and that is at a take-your-time-pace.   The tank itself was heavy.  I got a German water filter that hides inside one of the cabinets below. 

I am a bit worried about the stand as it is made out of particle board.  The four walls holding and supporting the weight were each held together by two screws on the top and two on the bottom.  A 75 gallon tank will weight at least 800 lbs with the rocks at the bottom. 

Tomorrow, we go get the rocks.  I am looking for a 60% black, 20% dark blue, 10% light blue, 5% red, 4% yellow and 1% white.  If my mind's eye is right, we should get the starry night effect with the bottom of the fish tank when we mix all the rocks together.  The old tank also had a mixture of coloured rocks.

It will be the weekend by the time the tank is ready for fish.  Filling it up is going to take a while as the water is filtered and treated.  I usually let it sit there for a couple of days wih some startup bacteria treatment to get the cycle going.  Than, hopefully, it will be ready for fish.

Stay tune for the next stage