I need a bigger container

[svreef]

I got that far….
1000gal tank?
alligator?
arapaima?
electric eel?

No, it’s a 140g with 35g sump. 2 Oscars, 6 silver dollars and 1 jack dempsey is the plan.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Aside from the buoyancy
Set up the system with the wood
Water changes, purigen and some time
Ya should be good

 

[svreef]

You shall not float!

Mounting the driftwood to 50lbs of slate

 

[Meshmez]

You shall not float!

Mounting the driftwood to 50lbs of slate

Maybe start calling it stationarywood...

 

[MolaMola]

Eager to see what comes next. Or a post for a tank moving crew to move that beast. Even partially waterlogged that wood must be heavy

 

[svreef]

I’m going to give up on this. It’s just too risky. One small misstep and I break my tank. I have to remind myself that I’m trying to keep it simple - this is not.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

Amano style!!

 

[svreef]

I bought a big piece of driftwood from Neptune, cut it and mounted it to slate.

@robert4025 i have to say that the employee that has a lungfish (I didn’t get his name) went above and beyond for me. Give him a raise!

 

[robert4025]

I bought a big piece of driftwood from Neptune, cut it and mounted it to slate.

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@robert4025 i have to say that the employee that has a lungfish (I didn’t get his name) went above and beyond for me. Give him a raise!

LOL…James? He’s great.

 

[svreef]

Scape is done and I’m dealing with the tannins. As soon as ammonia and nitrite get to zero, fishies will go in.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

That green terror looks a bit thin, slightly deformed with a touch of cataract in that right eye.
I do hope I’m wrong

Gotta love cichlids!

 

[svreef]

That green terror looks a bit thin, slightly deformed with a touch of cataract in that right eye.
I do hope I’m wrong

Gotta love cichlids!

His left eye is worse. I kinda fell in love with him and maybe he can be fattened up and live a long happy life in a big tank.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

@svreef
It is lucky to have found you
A different fish keeper may not be in the same frame of mind

 

[svreef]

@svreef
It is lucky to have found you
A different fish keeper may not be in the same frame of mind

He spoke to me…I didn’t have a say

 

[Kensington Reefer]

He spoke to me…I didn’t have a say

I do understand that

 

[Kensington Reefer]

2.5 years!
Thankfully the fish market donates the freshly dead clams to its appetite
3” to 20”

The pic with “play” is a screenshot

 

[svreef]

2.5 years!
Thankfully the fish market donates the freshly dead clams to its appetite
3” to 20”

The pic with “play” is a screenshot

Wow! Awesome

 

[svreef]

Two little fishies in a big tank

 

[svreef]

Also, doing automatic water changes...since the water to refill the tank is the same as the top off water, I just added a pump (PMUP) to a drain that turns on when the ATO turns on for at most 10 seconds. So, it drains a bit of water and the ATO tops it off.

 

[Chromis]

Wait aren’t you QTing those fish? Or I guess since it’s freshwater you can put the deworming/etc meds right into the tank?