building a 1000 gal concrete block monster tank

[Mr.V]

Couldn't agree more.... Do you think they watch these forums?

haha probably not the most they probably know about fish is that they live in water. but yea i nvr had vista but a good friend of mine did and hes a comp tech guy and he said it was crap i am really interested in the new mac os it looks amazing

 

[wizzin]

I just descovered that I had moved all the pictures from one server to another. OOPS. I put them back so the thread should show the images again.

Heres 2 pics of the background. I've got some huge driftwood stumps coming next weekend. I'll try to fill it next weekend and fire up the filter system to test run it.

 

[Derpeder]

Thanks for the pic update.

Cool looking!!!

Keep the pics coming!!!

 

[Greenaveli]

Whoa. Just saw this thread has 66,666 views! YIKES...

You didnt know that you are Monster's American Idol?

 

[numbers]

Can't wait til you get those jumping aro's. Has anyone seen this vid online?

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/622536/high_jumping_arowana_training/

 

[wizzin]

nice, except that looks like a 55gal.

 

[wizzin]

just some close ups of the background work. I've got one more coat of dark grey/black to go on over most of the entire background and it's done. Should be done today. Up along the back wall where there is a ledge on top of the new concrete blocks of the tank wall I'm going to have a ton of plants. Some live, some fake. I really want to put orchids up there. They should do well in the humidity. The idea being to make it look like a river bank.

oh, and some of the spots are still wet. Hence the dark spots.

here you can see that I built a panel of foam/concrete on an angle accross the back corner where the overflow is to hide the pump and plumbing up to the filters. Theres an opening at the bottom that I'm going to "screen" in. Should prevent clogging and hide all the guts of the system.

just looking at the back wall where the build out is. I'm going to have some heafty drift wood branches running up the corners of the build out to hide the fact that it is "built out".

more of an overall of the bkg.

whatever... you get the idea.

 

[bmxer4ever]

Like the latest pics.....I take it everything has bonded properly this time? My fingers are crossed for you that the next fill is the last fill.....

 

[wizzin]

Like the latest pics.....I take it everything has bonded properly this time? My fingers are crossed for you that the next fill is the last fill.....

yup. good to go. I actually patched everything and filled it again to test. It sat full for 4 days. No wet spots on the outside at all.

 

[Derpeder]

yup. good to go. I actually patched everything and filled it again to test. It sat full for 4 days. No wet spots on the outside at all.

I cannot wait to see this thing stocked up. Its been a long time coming.