150gallon Tanganyika setup journal ** PICS AND VIDS NOW**

[gotticgs]

Hello i hope you enjoy what i am about to present

rock info
http://houstonfishbox.com/vforums/sh...56&postcount=9
sump addition & new fish
http://houstonfishbox.com/vforums/sh...7&postcount=19
VIDEOS
http://houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showpost.php?p=368098&postcount=37
FISH
http://houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?p=368350#post368350
So this is it.
this is the tank you might of seen on the ADG thread that Delock needed to get rid of

after washing it all down including the stand I brought it into the house


it has 2 bulkheads that I just totally replaced



what you will see next is most of the plumbing .
i ran the 2 bulkheads together with unions and valves to have flexibility to do what ever i want if i want to change it.


a little more test fitting

the rear



a little bit of kitty help

painted it blue and added a drain

configuring my output and painting it black

adding pool sand



1st test FAIL i did not seal the bulkheads enough but i sealed the hell out of them now

after repairing and letting the silicone cure it was go time

i bought a Odyssea 700 pump which could not keep up so i have my inlet valve about 3/4 the way open
so I am in the process of upgrading so i can open her up to full capacity i will be conjoining my sump with a overflow chamber of some sort ( Rubermaid container) the way i figured it out i need about 10
more gallons which is overkill to make it threw a power outage so i am doing that ASAP or I can just get a bigger sump (if anyone has one hit me up )


and now my favorite part Decorating

and more rocks



please let me know what you think and yes i do know i still have allot of things i need to do this is just the beginning

things i still need if anyone has any of these items for sale feel free to pm me

cannister filter
better lighting
better pump ( I should have this covered)
add more sump
aeration

tonight i am adding a faucet in the wall to help with water changes and keep water hoses out of the house
will have pics Monday or Tuesday

[jeebus]

Looks awesome. Exactly what I would like to do with my next tank...

[cichlid1409]

sweet! i love the rocks, sand , tank.... everything!

[J-WS6]

Any ideas what you plan on stocking in it?

[gotticgs]

i duno i change my mind but this is the list of
possibilities

Boulengerochromis microlepis

Exochromis anagenys from malawi though

Tropheus sp Black Bulu Point

Tropheus Moorii Bemba

and for the bottom

2 giraffe cats

and i already have 2 blue phantom Plecos and i am going to try to get two more

[cichlid1409]

go with the trophs :)

[newb]

Man I love those rocks...where did you get those?

[schance]

how do you plan to run the plumbing im curious and a great setup very smooth

[gotticgs]

some landscape place in magnolia off of 1488 the rock is called black star


oh yeah sorry i got all of them and i did not see anymore. These were just lying in the corner half of them were buried in dirt so I had to pressure was the crap out of them when i got home

here is a link that might help you ( look at the first rock)

http://www.apexstone.com/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,29/Itemid,1/

here is some rock porn

[gotticgs]

how do you plan to run the plumbing im curious and a great setup very smooth

the pictures pretty much explain it

[cichlid1409]

looks like it drains from the bottom two holes into the wet dry and is pumped up around the back over the top of the tank. i really like the drain you added gotticgs.

[schance]

i was talking about where does it come out of the wall?

[gotticgs]

HERE WE GO

[cichlid1409]

tonight i am adding a faucet in the wall to help with water changes and keep water hoses out of the house
will have pics Monday or Tuesday

not there yet.... only for refilling after WC .... i guess

why does the drain pipe go all the way up the back of the tank

[gotticgs]

i was talking about where does it come out of the wall?

what come out of the wall