aquarium build

400 Gallon Tank For Sale Glass - not acrylic Owner passed away so it needs to go. Saltwater Height to floor: 53 inches Tank Dimensions: Length: 48 inches Width: 12 ½ inches Height of tank: 21 inches Price includes - tank - various reef fish, lobster, corals & sand - entire filtration...

750 Gallon Tank For Sale Glass - not acrylic Been running great for 25 years - owner passed away so it needs to go. Saltwater Dimensions: Height to floor: 53 ½ inches Length: 130 inches Width: 32 ½ glass tank - 37 inches with wood surroundings Price includes - tank - various reef fish...

hey! i'm setting up a new 6 feet by 2.5 feet by 2 feet 215 gallon aquarium with a 120 gallon tank as a sump. fully cycled , currenly have a oscar, pleco, and a RES turtle, 3 severums, 5 convicts . any ideas for more fish in the future? BTW here's my aquarium channel where i will post a video...

HI i have 2 questions: i'm from india a i wanted to have my LFS make a 300 gallon 68 by 30 by 30 inch aquarium with bracing and 12mm glass. my LFS says it's impossible without at least 19mm glass even though most charts and calculators say it's more than enough! and he says a 68 by 30(w) by...

hi! im doing a 300 gallon (68 by 30 by 30 inch) aquarium and i was wondering if i should use regular glass ( cost affective) or toughened/ tempered glass ( very expensive) my LFS told me that regular glass breaks easily and can actually kill people if broken! on the other hand i found no info...

So I recently bought a fish tank at Petsmart the other day... my boyfriend and I went there to buy crickets for our Chameleon and Bearded Dragon when a beautiful display caught my eye ? When I saw the sale price, it was a done deal, even though I know how much of an investment ? Tanks can be...

Finally finished my move to a bigger home yesterday and used most of today to finally get my 325g cycling! I’m super excited, I put so much thought and planning into this. The tank is filtered by, firstly, a 75g sump/wetdry with 12 gallons of bio balls and lots of other mechanical and...

So I am reusing some old aquariums, one of wich is for my alligator snapping turtle. The aquarium is not full, beceause of this the old silicone line for a divider is visible. Does any body have any suggestions to remove this, i have used vinegar and razorblade so far (not with the turtle in it).

hey guys so my jack dempseys are not very colorful and someone pointed out that since my gravel is brown it wont have there color pop so i went and picked up some black gravel, but is gravel better or should i go with sand, currently i have a aqueon water changer with a 25 foot hose that i use...

Hi all, I am close to ordering my first truly big aquarium. It is meant to be underneath the windows of the front of my house so there is no option of putting the tank on a stand. I came up with sort of a "side-sump" design and i would like to have feedback on it. The dimensions are...

Whats your favorite DIY filter and media choice? I'm thinking of making a canister filter out of a 5 gallon pale and hook it up to my 125g for added filtration. I've seen a few different designs and ways to do it but curious to what you guys have came up with for DIY filtration and media ?

Thinking of getting a large group of tetras, looking for a species that maxes out at around 2-2.5 inches and schools well. What’s everyone’s suggestion or what’s your favorite ? This stock will be for my current 125g setup

This is my 125g setup- Fish: - 5 Myleus Schomburgkii (black bar silver doller), 8 Metynnis Lippincottianus (spotted silver dollar), 1 Metynnis Fasciatus (tiger stripe silver dollar) - 4 Geophagus Tapajos' red head - 1 Hypostomus plecostomus (common pleco) - 1 Calophysus macropterus ( Vulture...

Hi all, I am looking at buying a tank that is around 540 gallons, at a cheap used price of $300, but it has a crack in the glass in the middle of the bottom pane, i’m not sure that it is tempered because it has overflow boxes and I have yet to ask if it is in fact drilled, verifying if it is...

Hello All, I have built a fish tank of my own of size 24x12x18 Inch. Now for some reason, I have miscalculated the height of tank to 18 Inch instead of 15 Inch. I have some space issue for the height to accommodate the tank and looking to cut the height to 15 from 18 inch. So could you please...

Dear Monster fishkeepers, Today I have built a 240 gallon aquarium (96 L x 24 H x 24 W) I really need suggestions from you on selecting the substrate. I am not going to have a planted tank. Its just a Freshwater fish aquarium (for silver dollars, tinfoil barbs, blood parrot, Oscars, etc). But I...

Dear Monsterfishkeepers, I am planning to build a concrete aquarium of 8 feet length, 2 feet wide, 4 feet height, around 400 gallon with front and one side viewing panel. Please suggest what material should i use for viewing panel. Normal glass or acrylic? What should be the thickness. Kindly...

Around the start of term my dad brought back to life my 55 gal square tank, and he got these two beautiful Oscar babies, two Green terror babies, a red tailed shark, and an albino pleco... Not realizing how big they all get. Long story short I'm going to build a new tank that's much bigger for...