600 gallon tank finally here!!!

[jlnguyen74]

Great setup, Jen! Mini version of House Of Sam! BTW, you might consider of putting that cat in with the pack!

 

[Wet Whiskers]

Great setup, Jen! Mini version of House Of Sam! BTW, you might consider of putting that cat in with the pack!

I can't even be called mini. To name a handle of what I'm missing... Lince cats, 14" leaopard cactus plecos, a giantic old pig nose turtle, large barramundi, bichirs the size of a man's arm, a group of black aros, etc. etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.

And, poor Rupadupe... Swift kick in the butt your way there John! I'm not gonna feed my little man to the water cats. That is one seriously awesome cat who's not really sure if he's a cat or dog, and who thinks the pizza guy is awesome as he brings grub.

 

[nitrofish1]

any updated pics?

 

[Crazyfish88]

Here let me fix that. Here are a couple pictures I snapped real fast this morning.

Bernard begging for breakfast...

My two hams competing for attention...

Hard to get a shot without the hybrid stuffing his face in the camera. I should note that we won this guy at 3.5" at the August 2008 SoCal Meet. Thanks Oddballer!

Here are the links to the videos for the people having trouble with the embedded videos.

Prepping for fish move:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JJhHqeH2w

Water Change System 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8A3RA-kRKQ

Water Change System 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UktqxdyBTU

Water Change System 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-pECNJeOs

Water Change System 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhFDg7L0bYE

Fish right after move to 600 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLQ_oCxd1bg

Fish right after move to 600 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5IkOk4MKu4

Fish right after move to 600 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5FbD43LPgQ

Hope that helps.

Wowunbelievablely gorgeous tank and cats you have thereMuch envy Great vids too! Keep up the good work. I would love to see what's your next upgrade will be like. I sense your cats will get into the 3'+ club soon

 

[Wet Whiskers]

any updated pics?

I got a few more and a video last night, and but haven't gone through them and uploaded any. I need to edit the video too. It's currently too long.

Wowunbelievablely gorgeous tank and cats you have thereMuch envy Great vids too! Keep up the good work. I would love to see what's your next upgrade will be like. I sense your cats will get into the 3'+ club soon

Thanks. I think it will be a good 1.5 years before they will be 3'. Well, very possibly sooner for the one TSN and maybe for the RTCxTSN.

 

[John7429]

Lookin good~

 

[fcamargo6thave]

interested in any more fish. how do u do water changes do u swim in the tank and do them

 

[Griller]

Bernard begging for breakfast...


That is one hungry beast

But why is the water cloudy? Is it just the light?

 

[Wet Whiskers]

Lookin good~

Thank you.

interested in any more fish. how do u do water changes do u swim in the tank and do them

I want a large silver or black arowana, but that is the last fish that will go in there. There needs to be growing room for all those cats until I have a pond. Water changes are done using my R/O system, a 55 gallon mixing drum, and pump. I mix the R/O with tap to get the correct pH, hardness, and temperature. Its tedious and time consuming right now since I'm doing 300 gallon water changes. The next step is to get the automatic water changer up and running and adding a larger capacity R/O membrane, but there are always hang ups with the this place and back peddling to fix years of neglect. We don't want to do too much here as we want to move in a year or so. As for getting in, I still haven't done that. Too much to deal with I guess atm.

Bernard begging for breakfast...
That is one hungry beast

But why is the water cloudy? Is it just the light?

The water was cloudy since the sand was still new and they were stirring up constantly. It's cleared up now.

 

[XbackRedDragon]

Wow i'm drooling!!!!!!cheers!!!