finally filling up my 220g from begin to end picture

[kevincao]

hey, finally able to fill the thing up, here is from begin to end of the process, it took 2 hours (had leaks on the pipes so had to fix, but i'd say 1 and half hour just filling the water


-sump is 80 gallon, but of course it only took 30g of water, so after calculation with 98% full tank + 7 inch high water in sump it came out to be 253 gallon

-also in pic i will show you guys how i support the house.

-and i gotta buy wayyyy more filter media for that sump, so still a long way to go, waiting to get paid feb 10th and they better not be late again....

-and black blanket to cover the ugly self made stand lol

enjoy

 

[Crazyfish88]

Congrats and it looks great! Nothing beats the feeling of filling up your first monster tank

 

[kevincao]

thanks, i can't take my eyes off of it even my piranhas are staring at it lol (they in 55g btw)

 

[kevincao]

here is one when lights turned off.

 

[Loubard]

Looks good, but the stand doesn't look really sturdy. How much length is it covering?

 

[kevincao]

is 72 inch, i removed the middle 2x4 of the stand to put the sump in, because sump is 48 x 24 and tank is 72 x 24 maybe i'll stick a pole in the middle, but looks fine today still

 

[kevincao]

today (the nextday) i put some blood parrots to cycle the tank, might sound i'm torturing them, but i've test the water already, everything is perfect, even the temperature, that's why i put them in, got those for $10 each at my friend's fish store, might seem small in the tank, but is actually 4 - 5 inch and i do not dye parrots, that's their color and will always be their color. here are their pictures


-please don't leave bad comments about me using fish cycle, they have been there for 6 hours now before i have post the pictures. thanks.

 

[iloveyouDIE]

I'm so jealous of that tank! I'm thinking about getting a 125+ monster in my immediate future to merge 2 of my smaller tanks.

My parrots would love to be hanging with yours right now!

 

[kevincao]

hehehe, thanks for the good words, don't forget to show us once you get your monster tank, i'll be first one to see

 

[deeda]

Is the stand made with 2 x 4 construction?