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Man do I love the equipment for aquascaping.  I was immediately drawn to everything, the glass lily pipes, glass diffusers, glass CO2 checkers, rimless tanks, bubble counters, glass check valves, you name it.  I saw the ADA superjet and the thing looked so awesome I knew I wanted one.   Once I knew a superjet was on my wishlist, my wife insisted that I get the all glass stand to show that badboy off.  Sure I could get an Eheim and hide the ugly thing in a cabinet but the scientist in me just loved the glass and stainless steel.  I knew I wanted the aquarium to be the focal point, but I want people to see the whole setup and be in awe.  Something like this, but also with an awesome CO2 tank at the bottom opposite the filter.

At this point all I had done was started a spreadsheet of what I wanted and where I could get it.  Also trying to track what things would cost so I could have some idea of how much I'd be spending and how quickly I could piece this thing together.

June 28th was the day.  I found The Green Machine videos and ended up on their website.  To my astonishment they were having a going out of business sale.  I knew this was my chance.  I could get some top notch stuff at prices I knew I'd never see again.  I jumped in hard and bought a ADA Super Jet Filter ES-600 with H36cm Pipes and ADA Pollen Glass Diffuser - Large - 20mm.  I had wanted to buy a tank and a stand too but they talked me out of the stand since the shipping would have cost as much as the stand.  They were also concerned about shipping the tank.

Superjet is normally like $750 or so and I was able to get it brand new for a little over $400 with shipping. The diffuser was normally like $140 and I got it for $55 after shipping.

This was it, I was going all in. I figured, I've already saved so much money.