Frank's Tanks

06/24/2024

This is borderline personal AND business content:
Today as I worked in my store in Fort Worth, Texas, in came an employee from a few years in the past. We shook hands and we talked for a bit and then he and I, along with his girlfriend went to eat at a Chinese restaurant that was near. This was only after he demanded to top of the aquariums in the store for old time sake. The employee's name was Martin and it had been quite some time that I had seen him. Martin had left to attend college in Corpus Christi and he was just back in town for a week or so. In our conversation, Martin told me how I inspired him while he worked for me. He mentioned a few times when he didn't show up that I allowed him to continue employment with me because it made him grow! I was happy to hear that. Growth in him was all I expected! And it sure as heck paid off in the man I was sitting to in the restaurant with his girlfriend, Megan.
Over the years, many ex employees have come back to thank me....sometimes for things that I felt they owed no thanks for. But I was always delighted. I have filled my days in the presence of people that I have met over the years in my store. Those are the people who are so close to me today. Martin is one of them and I am thankful.
Customers who have moved away and others who left the aquarium hobby perhaps due to the economy still come to see me. anytime they are near. They have no aquarium. They have come to see me!
I am thankful to have been so positive in the lives of so many people that I have met! Some great things have happened to me and I often wonder why people have such a strong love for me! They all tell me that it's because of the love I put out! That's some great Karma! I do nothing for glory. Everything that I do, I do because I want to. I do it because it's as easy to love as it is dangerous to hate. There are no expectations! So let me again thank Martin and Megan who are in this picture with me after eating today. Let me thank Brian Cinnamon and Van Stenzler. Let me thank Lucious and Callie Pitts. Let me thank Jason Wilson. Let me thank Joseph and Brittany Clark and Misty and eff Martin. Let me thank Misty and Ron Cook, Tristan Gilbert, Alex Blanco and Tyler Mills. Thank you Marc Levenson and Phillip Levenson. Thank you Chris Cryer. Thank you Mike and Sherrie Rota. Thank you Heath Roye and Dr. Runyon. Thank you Dr. Byrd and your brother David and your entire family who helped me to get water to the needy in New Orleans at a most desperate time in that city! Thank you Zannetta Maria and Jon Ervin! Thank you Michael Stark and David Frear. Thank you Autumn Winslett and Rick Carter!
No way I can name every name. There are many to thank! My visit with Martin and Megan today touched my heart into making this post. To so many........Thank you for helping to shape me into a person who I am so proud to be! Love to all of you!

06/22/2024

Big shout out to my top fan this week! 💎 thanks man!

Danny Luckey

06/12/2024

Have you heard? F-Aiptasia is where it's at! It's the best way to eliminate pest polyps in your tank, without harming your corals or fish. Order yours today!

05/05/2024

Did you know that in addition to aiptasia and majano anemones, that F-Aiptasia is effective in erradicating nuisance corals such as encroaching palythoa and zoanthids, greenstar polyps and xenia? A distribution company in New Zealand told me that their base was also using it on vermetid worms. I tried exactly what they said and found that to be HIGHLY EFFECTIVE! Just put a sq**rt of F-Aiptasia over the vermetid opening and BLAM!!!!!!! All gone!
Maybe we should call it F-EVERYTHING! lol

TRY F-AIPTASIA from Frank's Tanks!

03/20/2024

I had the privilege of meeting these incredible people in Las Vegas at
Blue Reef Aquatics
Trop Aquarium &
Las Vegas Aquariums
during my recent visit to Las Vegas between March 14th and March 17th.

Thanks Guys for believing in me the way that I believe in all of you for making this hobby a beautiful hobby to be a part of! Thank you all for making it fun for those who choose to enter into it!

12/25/2023

When Chris Rabkin created this animated photo for F-Aiptasia and Franks Aquarium Products, I had very little grey hair as his picture suggested I did. Now I have hardly anything but grey! Hey Chris! Hook a brotha up with some black hair and let’s see if that can come to pass too!!!🤣🤣🤣

10/30/2023

My man, Jake Adams! One of the judges when I won the fragging contest and owner of REEF BUILDERS, ( with the wig fro )

10/23/2023

4th trip to the Texas State Fair! 4th Turkey leg!

09/08/2023

I'm already planning for the New Year! Good things are on the way!

06/15/2023

05/22/2023

Tell me that this hobby isn’t LOADED with beauty!!!!!!
And check out these lovely women, too!!!! (lol) ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

05/19/2023

Me and some of the AquaShella crew!

04/26/2023

I am finally happy! Thank God! He has systematically removed anything bad from my life. I can breathe! I’ve worked hard and I am debt free! There are no liars or thieves in my
midst. I have some great friends and some great family. I have hard working children who can raise their own children without expecting a dime from me in order to do so. That’s how I raised them. If you lead, they will follow- whatever you do, they will follow!
I am thankful! I don’t have to tell people who I am! They have been able to see the decency in me without my mentioning it constantly. I don’t rely on friends and family to tell me. It’s most important to me that people I don’t even know recognize it when we cross each other.
My girls have men in their lives who choose to work and to support them although they work too…no hoodlums…no gangsters…no jailbirds. Decent men because that’s what they see and respect in me and therefore they have come to expect that for themselves. My son fought for this country in the front lines and now works to support his family. His beautiful wife also work to help give them a foundation to build on.
And for YOU….you know who you are………..thank you for the shoulder and for the ear. Thank you for listening and being someone unlike anyone else. I’m excited for the journey!

Just relaxing and being thankful for where I am today! Maybe I’ll do another trip!😉

01/26/2023

Reeflo Pumps……
Over the years, I’d been a huge Reeflo Pump fan. But things have changed. Years ago, the pumps were made in Germany. I still have one of those. In fact I’ve had it for 14 years and I’ve never sent it in for a repair. It’s a Hammerhead.
Since they’ve stopped making them in Germany with the Baldor motors and started manufacturing them in the USA, the pumps fail time after time after time! While the old 14 year old Baldor continues to run to this day, every ‘new’ Hammerhead that I have running in the store has been repaired or replaced several times over that period.
So, last September I replaced another pump
on my fish system. By mid January I came into the store to find water all over the place. We discovered the problem to be water shooting out the seal. I contacted reeflo and Beth asked me to send it in for repair if I was sure that it was the seal but that they usually prefer to diagnose over the phone first. Since I already knew what the problem was, I just shipped it to Reeflo for them to repair. Here is Beth’s response:

Hi Frank,
We received your Hammerhead pump sn 321113 back for repair. Though we did find the seal leaking, the main issue was that the electrical cord had been cut. Please see attached picture.
The seal kit is covered under warranty but the electrical cord is not. If you would like the pump repaired the cost is $50. I can send you a PayPal invoice.
Let me know.
Thanks, Beth

She also sent this picture:

I sent the pump in because it was leaking! With God as my witness, there was NO CUT in the cord! And the cord was NEVER the main issue. The pump had never quit working! The pump sits in an area of the store where there is ABSOLUTELY NO TRAFFIC AT ALL! Had it been cut, it would have been clearly visible!
Look at the second pic with the LED blue hue! That’s where the pumps sits in the store! I couldn’t even walk to the cords to take this picture!
Anyway, Reeflo wanted $50 to fix the cord. After some going back and forth, they informed me that they could t send the pump back in That condition because it could be a liability to them and because they wouldn’t be able to test the pump once they fixed the seal. The pump had been completely boxed up! It did NOT go into the box like that! There was never a problem with the pump NOT WORKING! It worked but it was spitting out water! Now it has a cut cord and doesn’t work at all!🤔
It’s not the first issue that I’ve had with Reeflo or a Reeflo pump. But I bet one thing! I bet I won’t have another problem with them! Every time you look up, one of their pumps need a seal…another seal!!!!!! Doesn’t matter if it’s new or old UNLESS it’s old enough to have a Baldor motor!
As of today, I no longer sale or support Reeflo Pumps!

01/17/2023

This once traditional mahogany stand and the canopy was poorly painted and finished twice by a local company. Water is going to get on stands but it should not make the stand look old in a period of less than a year. Since the same thing happened twice, I had a contractor to sand off the old finish and stain and redo the stand and canopy in black to match everything else in the store. So far so good!

12/25/2022

12/25/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS from Frank’s Tanks

12/23/2022

Maldives, here I come!!!!!!!

12/12/2022

Wrapping up CAMCO 2022 in San Jose, Costa Rica! What an enjoyable trip!

12/11/2022

When people accuse you of dishonesty, it’s usually their own behavior. When someone constantly tells you that they are a good person, you can be assured that they probably are not! Others judge your goodness and when you are quick to do so yourself, it’s because you know the real truth! And when that same sh*tty person tells you how sh*tty you are, you most definitely contradict the words that flow from their mouth.
When your friends tell you what you want to hear instead of being honest with you, then the friendship is fake! Their ass is fake and so are you for befriending them.
GO FIX YOURSELF and stop putting God in the subject of your devilishment by constantly saying ‘praise God’ and ‘God is in control’ while you’ve taken control and continue to lie in His name! You can’t do dirty things and say dirty things and continue to place God in the midst of it!

12/11/2022

CAMCO 2022 in San Jose, Costa Rica

12/11/2022

Honolulu in July2022

12/11/2022

Montego Bay, Jamaica in August2022

12/11/2022

MACNA In Milwaukee, Wisconsin in September 2022

12/11/2022

Reef-a-poolooza in Dallas, 2021

12/11/2022

Bahamas in September

12/11/2022

Chilling with Julian Sprung of Two Little Fishes, Scott Koehler of Red Sea, Phil Gilbert of Polyp Labs and Brian Cinnamon in Costa Rica

11/21/2022

True!

09/28/2022

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