46 Gallon Bowfront

[bassbonediva]

Love it! That fish in the center with the one black stripe over its eye and the spot on it's body...what kind is that? A cichlid of some sort?

 

[Newman]

probably...it looks great!
Where do you get these awesome looking, large driftwoods?

 

[GregBox]

That would be a keyhole cichlid bassbonediva. They are native to the South Americas and one of the more peaceful and docile of the dwarf cichlids.

 

[bassbonediva]

Ah! Ya know, I saw "keyhole cichlid" in his signature for that tank, but read it "keyhole loach" for some strange reason. Yeah, Newman can attest to the fact that I FAIL EPICALLY today!

 

[unwritten law]

probably...it looks great!
Where do you get these awesome looking, large driftwoods?

There are a few pieces of driftwood in there.... one large, one medium and two smaller... I got the majority from a specialty shop near DC before it shut down.

 

[Newman]

aww dang. those are rare to be found at any of my LFS...
And yea I expected there to be more than one, so is said driftwoods lol.
I like how you unified them at a point so it seems like one big one tho.

 

[unwritten law]

Had a big tiger barb fight last night apparently.... my keyholes were too busy sleeping to break it up like usual... lost one and one is pretty torn up... the dead one always looked not so good but the one that is torn up looks even worse... added melafix, i expect a recovery.... hospital tank is currently being used already so no luck there...

 

[unwritten law]

at work (petco) we had a rate my tank contest. There were about 5 saltwater tanks and 5 freshwater tanks compete against each other. I couldnt enter since i work there but my friend entered my tank saying it was his and won second place. First and third went to saltwater tanks.

this was the pic he entered:

 

[emmanuelchavez]

Looking great!

 

[unwritten law]

thats an old picture tho... the new setup is still how it looks.. pictures are a few post back: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/572546-post200.html

 

[Newman]

wow you changed it up a lot... liked your old layout more, only because it made the tank more "full" haha

I think it's great that youre able to make a FW tank look good enough to compete with SW reefs lol.

 

[unwritten law]

i had a lot of bad algae.. that's now slowly coming back... the tank is gonna be broken down soon anyways... in about 2 or 3 months.

 

[Newman]

yeah I remember you said you were going to take it down for the summer...that will just leave you with the reef?

 

[unwritten law]

yes... but that reef may be broken down when the 46 goes salt over the summer... depends on how much money I can make in 3 months

 

[Newman]

wow, so what are your plans with the 20 gal?
and what will you do with the SW 46? reef or fish themed?

 

[unwritten law]

46 gallon reef.. current stock plus probably a few (4) chromis and a dwarf angel. The 20 gallon will be its sump, cause the stand restricts the size of the sump to about that.

I will first buy a water filter.. most likely when I get my tax return, before the 46 is even broken down. Then when its in its new place powerheads, sand and rocks go in for a cycle. then another 96 watt fixture for a total of 192 for just over 4wpg... I will add the chromis first to make sure it's safe for my other fish. Once the other fish go in to the main tank or 10 gallon quarantine the sump will be built with a HOB overflow.

should cost about 650 to do... hopefully...but will be more like 700.

 

[Newman]

sounds really cool. didn't even realize you could use the 20 as the sump

 

[unwritten law]

just need some acrylic and some glue... an overflow and a pump.

 

[emmanuelchavez]

thats an old picture tho... the new setup is still how it looks.. pictures are a few post back: http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/572546-post200.html

Oh snap! That looks even better.

 

[unwritten law]

its minimalistic. As long as I keep it clean, it looks fine.... my tigers love swimming in the open so why not give them that... but there is enough hiding spots in the wood for everyone.