Big tank/Office build

[Maize-N-Blue-D]

I feel good about my tanks... until I look at this thread.

 

Yeah - I feel like a slum lord LOL. Plain tank, no background, just sand and rocks...Poor fish they need obamacare ! 

[Steve]

Steve - curious - how did you suspend those pieces of drift wood from the top of the tank ?

I cut the end of them flat and then drilled a 3/16" hole in the end. Drilled a small hole in the cross brace and then mounted it with a 3/16" stainless steel screw to the brace.

Is that a bow front tank I spy to the left?

That's actually a very old mirror with a curved top that came from my grandparents house after they passed away.

[Ron]

The hanging decor is cool, but permanent mounting might make it difficult to net fish out if the day comes. I did something similar with plastic plants before and used magnets. Made it convenient to remove them when netting fish out.

[Steve]

Already considered that ahead of time That's why as I mentioned each one is only held in with one stainless steel screw, so only takes about 30 seconds to remove both of them in preperation to net a fish if need be.

[FIUPanther]

Very nice build, looks professionally done.

[Ogre44]

So Steve, the question on everyone's mind (well mine anyway) is "Did you get fish in by Thanksgiving?"
I hope so, this tank deserves fish!

[Steve]

Nope not yet. Still need to buy a pair of inline heaters (about $110 for the pair) plus media for the filters, but with Christmas shopping for the family it's thrown finishing this a few weeks behind now.

[Ogre44]

Family comes first, that's for sure.
Looking forward to seeing it once it's inhabited.

[Steve]

Thanks, it shouldn't be too awful long now till it's got water and stock in it. Probably won't be "fully" stocked at first by any means just because it'll take awhile to get all the fish I want for it, but I do already have a 7" Eupterus, 5" Eupterus, 4"Placidochromis sp- Pheno, 4"Red cap, 5"White knight and some 4"-5"adult male albino BNP's all in temp tanks just waiting to start making it home.

[Steve]

Well just got the first of the two 300w Hydor inline heaters delivered yesterday, and just placed and order for the 2nd one today which should be here by Dec 24th. There must be some issue with Hydor filling orders because the inline heaters are out of stock everywhere till Jan 20th, it took me a few days of searching to find a pair that were not double/triple normal price

So once the other Hydor heater gets here then I can get my hoses, build the spraybars, and then just have to get the media and seed the filters and I can start filling with water then. Starting to get excited, won't be long now

[Steve]

Did some work in the "filter room" behind the big tank/wall today. There's about a 8'x10' area behind the big tank and wall so I decided to move all the smaller tanks that were scattered in different locations of the basement and put them all behind the big tank wall so they would be all together and easier to clean as well as be a good location for hospital/quarantine/holding tanks for the big tank.

I also picked up a super nice 5.5"-6" OB today for the big tank so he's currently in a holding tank till the 265 is up and running. So now in the filter room is a 29g, 20gL, 20gL, 20gL, 10g.

You guys are becoming a bad influence on me  lol

[four_by_ken]

Now you can heat that room and save on costs!

[LoveTheFishies]

Looks like you've come down with MTS. 

Are those breeding nets I see?

[Steve]

Yep my female OB spit some fry last week so I've got them in a breeding net till they are big enough to put into a tank of their own.

[Steve]

Been working on plumbing and building spraybars for the FX5's tonight. Everything is plumbed, Matrix media was shipped today so should be here by Thursday per the Amazon email I got. Annnnnnnnd ready for this? FILLING THE TANK as I type! Been filling for the past 30 mins and still only about 30% filled right now lol.

If this is the last post you see from me it means the tank busted and I drowned in my basement