150 Gallon New World Cichlid Tank

[Oregon Cichlid]

Hello,
I am new here I have been reading the site for a while and am finally moving my fish into a bigger tank and thought I would share the build.



The tank itself is a Marineland 150 Gallon Tall with Corner Overflow. The tank divides our living room and dining room.



I am building a sandfall for the end with the overflow that is up against the wall.



Complete with fake rock wall for it to cascade down.



I am also building an acrylic sump which I rendered in Solidworks and am having a local acrylic supplier cut and route the edges.


There would be pics, but they don't seem to be uploading correctly, I will look into that more tomorrow...

 

[muttley000]

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing this when you get the pics figured out as I can't envision what you are doing.

 

[Oregon Cichlid]

Still Can't upload, also can't edit my earlier post so I'm going to duplicate it here...

Hello,
I am new here I have been reading the site for a while and am finally moving my fish into a bigger tank and thought I would share the build.

The tank itself is a Marineland 150 Gallon Tall with Corner Overflow. The tank divides our living room and dining room.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VDmrSDIa59I/VLLeLaZbhqI/AAAAAAAABuo/OfDDi-TbdRk/w462-h821-no/20150110_221732.jpgp/img]

I am building a sandfall for the end with the overflow that is up against the wall.

[img]https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-TteUhY2g3pg/VLLeMeaO0DI/AAAAAAAABuw/rGBIhB4lk8U/w462-h821-no/20150110_221820.jpg

Complete with fake rock wall for it to cascade down, this is the rock framework.



I am also building an acrylic sump which I rendered in Solidworks and am having a local acrylic supplier cut and route the edges.

If an admin happens to see this, please delete this post and insert pics into first post, thanks.

 

[Oregon Cichlid]

And here is the foam all carved, opted to go with stone brickwork rather than stone.

 

[Oregon Cichlid]

My sump setup with filling and draining hose fittings for water changes. There will be a shelf on the right for air pumps and other accessories, and a power strip will be mounted to the right wall of the stand.

In this picture you can see the Oscar, and the "Texas" I am very happy with how the tank decor turned out and the fish seem to be happy with the new tank.

 

[xraycer]

Cool sandfall!

 

[Oregon Cichlid]

Thanks! It took allot of time to do the facade and make everything work, but I think it was worth it!

 

[Davidiator]

can i have a link to the cement you used to cover the styrofoam? thanks