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You two are hilarious. Was just catchin up on this thread from my parents' home in Cali. Lovin the pics of the new setup as they come in... showed my mom the stand when you texted the pic, and she said... owl.jpg
So a couple of weeks ago I started a hunt for a bigger tank to house my petros. While this was going on, I looked around for some cool rocks to put in the new tank. Ended up looking at Autonet's petro show tank and Beto's male peacock show tank and saw that they both had the kind I need. Found some at Alamo Stone and added it to the 125G to get a feel for how they'd look:
I like it! The striations and character are striking. Fish look good too next to them. Speaking of fish, time for some pics of the Moshi, couple of which is coloring up very well, and Polyodons:
Here's the LDA-31 orange spot pleco that came to me from Beto who got it from Tim:
And here are a few shots of the Troph. Red "Livua" that I bought from Beto, or should I say borrowed since he's buying them back from me:
And finally my P. Ikola Red Eye and Cyp. Kekese wanted to say a quick hello from their 20L:
So thanks to a few my fellow Boxers and a couple of my neighbors, the 230G is on a stand and went from looking like this Sunday night...
...to looking like this today
The overflow plumbing is almost done (got to install a proper length up-tube to attach the loc-line) and the bottom drilled holes have been plumbed to connect to a 2262. Preliminary leak tests on the fittings are good so tomorrow should go well. I hope to have everything tied up tomorrow and start filling it up to run pumps and filters. While this is going on I will do final cleaning and do a 90% WC before I go out of town Friday and leave the tank to cycle for a few days.
Thanks. I wanted to make the stand 6" taller but my apartment ceiling is only about 8.5ft so had to keep it at this height, which still allows for 33" clear vertical space. Definitely having fun with this and will keep updating as things happen.
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