4000GL.TANK???!!!YES!!

[Lil_Stinker]

11ft x 6ft and 2 inch tick is very expansive......

Glad mine will only be 3' x 8' x 1"

 

[Ocean Blue]

Great project! I have a customer that bought a 360g from me and he use a continuous water change system on his tank (nothing more than a hole drilled into his sump and water from a hose turned on very slowly, about 4gal/hour). He had this setup in his older 200g and it worked great! He adds a little bit extra dechlorinator like prime and there's never a problem. John Marcus was using continuous water change on his tanks for several years before changed to using nitrate filter. He was treating the incoming water with seachem prime fed via a metering pump. For a tank your size I would recommend putting a carbon filter inline to remove chorline. Don't use one for ro/di filter, it's too small. Find a carbon tank that's 1cu/ft or bigger, it will do the trick.

As for background, you might want to look at foam background from aqua terra. Take a look at this http://www.aquaterra-intl.com/gallery.html They make a version called the mesa rock wall that you can installed like a tile and add 3d rock pieces to it to create a three dimensional background. It lookes really good. (full discloursure - I am an authorize dealer for aqua-terra products)

As for heater, I've never been big fan of titanium heaters. They're not really reliable. Here at my shop, I made large heaters out of hot water heating elements you can buy from Home Depot for about $15. They have a 1" regular thread pattern and you can hook it up to a temp controller like a ranco. If you need more info, just let me know.

Hope this helps. Brian

 

[CichlidsRool]

It is definitely very expansive AND expensive. Are you still going to order it?

at this point i have no choice or i am thinking about making the front of the tank shorter from the sides...$7000 is just wayyyyy tooooo much.!

 

[CichlidsRool]

Great project! I have a customer that bought a 360g from me and he use a continuous water change system on his tank (nothing more than a hole drilled into his sump and water from a hose turned on very slowly, about 4gal/hour). He had this setup in his older 200g and it worked great! He adds a little bit extra dechlorinator like prime and there's never a problem. John Marcus was using continuous water change on his tanks for several years before changed to using nitrate filter. He was treating the incoming water with seachem prime fed via a metering pump. For a tank your size I would recommend putting a carbon filter inline to remove chorline. Don't use one for ro/di filter, it's too small. Find a carbon tank that's 1cu/ft or bigger, it will do the trick.

As for background, you might want to look at foam background from aqua terra. Take a look at this http://www.aquaterra-intl.com/gallery.html They make a version called the mesa rock wall that you can installed like a tile and add 3d rock pieces to it to create a three dimensional background. It lookes really good. (full discloursure - I am an authorize dealer for aqua-terra products)

As for heater, I've never been big fan of titanium heaters. They're not really reliable. Here at my shop, I made large heaters out of hot water heating elements you can buy from Home Depot for about $15. They have a 1" regular thread pattern and you can hook it up to a temp controller like a ranco. If you need more info, just let me know.

Hope this helps. Brian

thanks for great ideas buddy i will look in to for sure...

 

[CichlidsRool]

My son and I had a breeding colony of Neolamprologus Brichardi for almost 2 years. Many times they are referred to as "Fairy Cichlids" or "Lyretail Cichlids". The males tend to develope some amazing blue straitions on their cheeks, and they raise their fry communally. It's amazing to see, but the 6 week olds will be taking care of the newly hatched young, all the while themselves being taken care of by the 2 month old young, and so on... They are absolutly fantastic Tangs. The do enjoy as many crevices and cavities as you can provide, and as a previous poster noted, LAVA ROCK with all of its nooks and crannies is their absolute favorite.

Absolutly FANTASTIC Project!!!! I'm subscribed, and look very forward to seeing the progress. Best of luck to you. Take care.


Ben.

my goal is to put as many different kind's of Tang's is my tank,for sure i am going to add Brichari's...

 

[The1and only]

I would look at 4x6 pieces stood up long ways and add a stainless steel top brace.

 

[wright4lfe]

looks great. another awesome project started on MFK...

 

[Lissaspence]

WOW! this is such a cool build. I hope you find a solution to your acrylic problem! I can't wait to see the progress.

 

[freshwaterfishing]

Any news on whats going on? Have you decided?

 

[Yanbbrox]

Decisions decisions.......