November 2008 TOTM Winner : Scarysdad !

[Ash]

Congratulations to:
Scarysdad

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[proaquatics]

CONGRATS SCARYDAD

[benzjamin13]

Nice Tank! Congrats!

[gran charismo]

congrats, very worthy, great stocking

what are the dimensions

[Gr8KarmaSF]

Congrats!

[silverdragon]

Congrats :D love the stocking..
Also want to know the dimensions of the tank please..

[msjinkzd]

Great tank!

[scarysdad]

Wow!!!!!! Thanks guys; this means so much knowing it is picked by yourselves my fellow MFK'ers and not just the mods(as on another popular forum)
Got to give a big heads up to Camshaft as he really gave me a run for my money. There were easily 4 or 5 that could have taken it this month I was in good company(No. 17 I thought would win when I first saw it !!!!)

The tank....

It is a 255gal tank 84" long x 28" tall x 27" wide.....it really was a long project required complete re decoration of the room. I built the stand and canopy myself, then had the tank builders build the glass tank straight on to it.
Filtration is via 3 cannisters Fluval FX5, Eheim 2217(with in line 36 watt UV sterilizer) and an Aqua-Vital 1200

Current stock and sizes.....
1 Cichla Ocellaris(I think I owe quite a bit of the prize to this guy) 15"(got him 2 yrs ago at 1.5" !!!!)
1 x Silver Arrowana....shes around 18" now
2 x Red Oscar a mating pair they are around 12"
2 x Jack Dempsey 1m/1f both around 6"
1 x Veija Maculicauda(Black-Belt) 12"
1 x Veija Synspillium 15"
1 x C. Trimaculus 10"
1 x C. Uropthalmus 8"
1 x C. Manguanese(Jag) 9"(female)
1 x Cren. Johanna 11"
1 x C. Salvini 6"

3 x Silver Dollars(all ~ 6")

2 x Common Plecs both 15"
1 x Gibbiceps plec 16"
1 x Ornate Pim 7"
1 x Lima Shovelnose 12"
1 x M. Irwini 12"
1 x P. Ornatus ~ 12"
1 x P. Delhezi ~ 8"
1 x P. Lapreidi ~ 10"

50 gal w/c weekly......

here are some links to other threads containing more pics if anyone is interested.....
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49117

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49761

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85060

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=172974

A huge thank you once again to all who voted for me; this forum has given me some invaluable advice and inspiration over the last 4 years....

Craig(Scarysdad)

[Kilbane]

Woot! Grats man awesome tank and stock. Yep Cam's was up there with yours also an awesome set-up :).
Thanks for the compliment and great tanks everyone. Can't wait to see the next contestants set-ups.
Thanks to all that voted for me (#17).

[doods]

that really awesome dude

[leonet]

very impressive tank you got there! congratulations.

[Tongue33]

Pimpin!!

[zebraplec]

Very nice tank!

[spwd]

Congratulations scarysdad, a very worthy winner and nice stocking too!
And a big thank you to everyone who voted for my tank #15

Cheers steve

[Eric A]

Yeah congratulations Scarysdad. You deserved it brudda, thats an awesome tank. Love how it looks like a carefully thought out high tech small planted tank. You've done that but with about 220Gals more :D

[Gator]

Congrats! Great set up and nice fish!

[freshwaterfishing]

Congrats! Very nice tank

[crisper]

Congrats that is one sweet setup.

[Johny]

nice tank!

[Leonidas]

Thats a beautiful tank, why not make a video of it and post it in the vid lounge so we can appreciate it more.

[Eric A]

That a nice idea Leo...

[scarysdad]

I will work on it.....

[Miguel]

Congrats!!

[sudi817]

Congratulations! Very nice tank, awesome fish collection.

[kenziem1]

I bet those fish believe their in their natural habitat. So real!

[manbai]

wahh....nice setup! CONGRATS scarysdad

[Ssklink1]

great tank

[Privitor]

there is some big fish in this tank wow

[ray777]

Awesome Tank

[peixe98]

great tank!!!!Congratulations

[skillzizzo]

Nice set up. this is the first time that i have seen it on here. I just checked out the copy pasted links that you posted. Curious how you get all of them to coexist. Some bad fish in there black belt, jag midas, Johana for just a few exct. Any ways good job like the tank. And good luck.

[JimmyT22]

Freakin' sweet!!!

[bongko]

Nice tank setup! Looks very nice! Just wondering but do all the fish get along?

[ScottKelly911]

VERY nice tank!

[scarysdad]

Suprisingly all the fish get on fine....I believe a lot of this has to do with having them together from young and selecting female fish for the most part. Most aggro I get is from Mr and Mrs Oscar having domestics. Also the V. Syspilium dosen't like the V. Maculicauda very much....

Thanks for all the comments guys must try and post an update soon....I have an Irwini in there now at around 15" that is just a pig at feeding time.
I have a 6" Pearsi and 6" Umbi in my grow-out 60gal that will be in the the 255 around summer time...

[big scottie]

nice tank i love that jaguar

[Cheny]

Wow!Great tank!

[justpgraham]

fantastic got the same tank size but my fish are shrimps compared man!!!

[senate09]

awesome tank!

[Capsaicin]

The thought of how much this tank is worth makes my brain hurt a little, but the pictures of it provide a nice sense of accomplishment.