building a stand

[sbuse]

i am building a stand that is 6' long and 19" wide. so now that i have a stand, i have to buy a 125gal to put on it. i just am not sure what route to go. i love ancient fishes and have gars, aros, catfish, bowfin ect. in tanks right now. i am kinda pondering what to do with this new 125 gal. i have been pondering doing a salt, but at the same time i am kinda board with salt.

here are things i have thought of.

wolffish
piranhas
s.a cichlids
african cichlids
pbass

and a few others i can't think off of hand right now, but what are your ideas?

 

[sbuse]

or grow out some g. tigerfish. just saw that a local lfs got them in.

 

[krichardson]

South Americans or Africans.......got any shots of the stand?

 

[sbuse]

i have not got it complete yet, but i have taken a few pics of my dad with it will we were building it today. i'll through them up and more as i go. it will have a 40breeder centered below it. i will be staining it natural cherry. i am going to be redoing my other stands to match. all the wood, stain and screws came out to about $100 for this stand.

 

[krichardson]

Sounds good man.I am going to build a two tier stand for my 75 and a smaller tank for my feeders below.

 

[sbuse]

what would you recommend for sa cichlids?

 

[krichardson]

what would you recommend for sa cichlids?

I've always liked the nicaraguense-beautiful colors once they settle in and you could add a few eartheaters for a peaceful display.

 

[sbuse]

here is some pics of the stand so far. we only had a few hours to work on it today witch included getting the wood and planning it. it is just the skeleton of it, will have more pics tomorrow night after i get the finishing wood on it, stain and maybe some lacquer.

 

[krichardson]

Looks really good so far.

 

[littlewangzfan]

Just commenting on the stand. Very nice father and son project. Can't wait for my son to grow up, he's showing interest in tools at a very young age.