Been away for a while but have found some spare time to sort my problem out.
Some people will no doubt think I'm daft but I am keeping the tank complete with chip/scratch. I have been given a further 10% off my order and have now sold some of the parts of the order I didn't want which means I picked it up for less than £400. Thats a Rena 450 Aqualife (ex-display) with a Fluval U4 and an FX5(new) 2 heaters a complete test kit and all the necessary additives as well as nets and a scheduling computer.
To offset my fears I have also been given a 4 year written guarantee on the aquarium.
So I'm now definately more than happy having been given this and having had an engineer who uses stress bearing glass in his projects look at it.
So now its time to start my blog for the background I'm building. Started today and have taken a few photos just need to search for the right place to put it on the site? Will go and search when I have posted this.