225 Build - Funky Style

Skimmerking · #1 12-19-2009, 06:49 PM

hey congrats man what about the drywalling of the house. you are going to start this tank with out doing the drywall.

GreenSpottedPuffer · #2 12-19-2009, 07:10 PM

Hmmm....Im pretty sure this tank was only meant to be a reef. What is freshwater anyways?

lastlight · #3 12-19-2009, 08:31 PM

Yeah I wasn't going to say anything. Should have made him sign somethng! Once or twice since I began that build I considered cichlids too.

But temporarily !

Delphinus · #4 12-19-2009, 08:51 PM

I'd be all Amazon rays.

Or one heck of a planted setup. Could you imagine a school of say 30-40 cardinals in that tank? Come on, that'd be pretty slick too.

lorenz0 · #5 12-19-2009, 09:35 PM

aww so your the lucky guy who got his tank

for sure will be watching this thread

hillegom · #6 12-19-2009, 10:33 PM

Its looking good. Keep up the good work

rjengen · #7 12-20-2009, 12:36 AM

Can't wait to see this one come alive...again

Myka · #8 12-22-2009, 12:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delphinus

I'd be all Amazon rays.

Or one heck of a planted setup. Could you imagine a school of say 30-40 cardinals in that tank? Come on, that'd be pretty slick too.

More like 200 Cardinals. That'd be sweet. Cichlids are pretty awesome too though, I have considered setting up an African tank again...but only for a few moments of lapse.

Funky_Fish14 · #9 12-22-2009, 08:20 AM

Then throw in a few indian flasher barbs and a school of lemons as well, then a few cool plecos, plants all across the bottom and a giant piece of driftwood, and it would look stellar! Haha.

Actually I will be getting a very large piece of driftwood for this thing hopefully!

Today's progress: First layer of mud and some dry plumbing. Also got partial wall framed where it will connect to the doorway. Other side will get done later.... I need this tank running first.

To do tomorrow:

- Try to find some Tahitian moon sand in town. Its black, and thats what I want. According to the 'technical specs', the copper slag sand I picked up should be usable (it does not contain copper), but many people (though without proof) are saying it shouldnt be used. I think its too fine for my tank and the next size up is too coarse. I also think these grains might be too sharp.
- Pick up a bit a few more plumbing pieces I am still missing
- Actually get the water supply line started this time
- Second layer of plaster
- More dry plumbing

Hoping to have a pretty productive day but I have to squeeze my christmas shopping in tomorrow, haha. Oops.

Thanks for reading!

Cheers,

Chris

Delphinus · #10 12-22-2009, 03:27 PM

How fine or rough-edged is the Tahitian Moon? I have .. um .. I think it's called "Fluorite" in my FW, mixed with a couple bags of "Eco-Complete." I wanted a black substrate that was also good for plants, but it turns out to be way too harsh for my corycats. I want to find something finer but I'm having a heck of a time finding something suitable. Or is the trick maybe not going finer, but going smoother?