My New 72"x20"x20" Tank Build

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

He was puffed up so HUGE but by the time I got the camera, this was all that was left of the "puffiness"...Too bad. He was about double this size and had all kinds of spikes.



Our 2 year old Gecko named "Velcro". He has become such a cool gecko. He loves our cats. They have regular morning meetings in the corner of his terrarium. The cats will go to the same corner every morning and scratch on the glass, the gecko comes over and jumps on the glass right infront of them! He would be a terrible wild gecko I think, he really does not realize they probably want to eat him! Or maybe he does and is teasing them!

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Maybe my only real big regret so far is that the overflow silicone is clear and not black. Clear still of course shows up but black would have been really nice looking! Im still debating ripping it out and then redoing it black but I also want to get this thing done so...Might just have to live with it! Its all I can see though

[banditpowdercoat]

Nice Pics GSP. How big is your Puffer??


LMAO, wife just read this reply over my shoulder, Puffer she said, your asking another man about his puffer??? ROFL

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by banditpowdercoat

Nice Pics GSP. How big is your Puffer??


LMAO, wife just read this reply over my shoulder, Puffer she said, your asking another man about his puffer??? ROFL

Hahaha...I know, my fiance has mentioned something to me along the same lines once! I think I may also have been asking someone about how big their puffer was.

He is actually not too huge yet...about 8", maybe 9 max. He still has a lot of growing up to do. Hopefully he will not outgrow this tank before I can upgrade. So far he has grown about 6" in 9 months. I thought that was a bit slow but he seems very healthy and happy so Im not too worried. Actually I am hoping that hes a "runt" and stays smaller. Maybe about 13" or 14"...I can only hope though!

My eel is pretty big too...haha

[untamed]

I don't know which pump that photo is...but I don't see any valves on the intake or output. Stop and think about how you are going to remove/clean/replace that pump once the tank and pipes are full of water...

[untamed]

Also...I think you need a larger strainer on that CL intake. If you can't find a larger strainer, put a T on the intake and put two of those strainers on. As is, the amount of suction you'll have there makes that a deathtrap for lots of critters.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by untamed

I don't know which pump that photo is...but I don't see any valves on the intake or output. Stop and think about how you are going to remove/clean/replace that pump once the tank and pipes are full of water...

Yeah I realized that after I had cemented everything and that is actually why I have put this all aside for a while. My fish will have to wait. Im really sick of dealing with all this at the moment. Would have even been nice to have paid someone to do it. A friend of mine did that last year and it has worked out great for him!

So anyways it will most likely be a few weeks or a month until I do much more.