265 gallon South American in-the-wall build thread

[cdrake261]

Most likely two of them. Then I can do a 100g water change.

sounds good to me...

 

[decoy50]

Do your homework on the Altums before you pull the trigger on them. The price has gone down, but they are still fairly expensive & a bigtime hassle to acclimate. Very high maintenance fish, that even long time fish keepers struggle with. I would recommend any other wild type angel or even some really nice domestic wild-type crosses or F1 before Altums(although Altums are easily the best looking).

 

[Dis]

I like the tank and the stock list. I have a group of altifrons and they are really cool to watch. I'm a stickler for stocking fish from the same regions of the world so I'd pass on the clown loaches.as for the atbums you can get wild Peruvian angels that look similar and are less expensive. Enjoy

 

[pdandy]

Thanks for the tips on the Altums.

Made a little progress on the framing today

 

[isde02]

Looking good bro, keep the pics coming

 

[pdandy]

This is enough for tonight.

 

[cdrake261]

Looks great! I'm jealous...

 

[David R]

Do your homework on the Altums before you pull the trigger on them. The price has gone down, but they are still fairly expensive & a bigtime hassle to acclimate. Very high maintenance fish, that even long time fish keepers struggle with. I would recommend any other wild type angel or even some really nice domestic wild-type crosses or F1 before Altums(although Altums are easily the best looking).

How about captive bred Altums? Any idea how they compare to the wild ones?

 

[PDRed302]

Digging the build; I have always liked in wall tanks, keep those updates coming!

 

[Kyle_91]

Im a sucker for South American tanks! Subscribed for the ride