I just bought this DIY-tank

[Roy L.]

Filter and tank looking good! What are you using for bio material?

Thanks Loubard!

The top crate is empty, its to create a nice shower for the next crates.
In the second I have sponge mats (sorry don't know the correct english name)


In the third I have large bioballs, can barely see them in this pic


And in the two last crates I use the small bioballs (Kaldnes K1)


More or less the same materials I use in a sumpfilter for a couple of my smaller tanks.


I'm planning to take better pictures of the tank with my brothers camera, these pics are taken with my mobile phone...

 

[GregB]

great tank!! I would love to build a huge tank too... think im gunna go Tenecor tho 8)

 

[Roy L.]

Been out in the woods collecting sunken roots in the lakes.
Its about 3-400 kilos of them in there now...

Some of the cichlids have allready laid eggs.



And in a small tank I got this "monster to be" Giant gar.
Hes not big, but he eats a lot of guppys and neons so I think he will grow fast..

 

[Roy L.]

I think it is a longnosed Gar - Lepisosteus osseus..
Anybody know for sure?

 

[black_monster]

thats a needle nose gar, wont get that big. around a foot.

 

[Chad55]

Deffinatly a needle nose gar. Not a true gar and will stay quite small (around a foot). I don't think that it will be able to hang with your other guys. I would get a different gar if you want to put him in your big tank.

Chad

 

[Roy L.]

Ok, thanks.. Have to look for a big one then

 

[Roy L.]

I measured it today with the waterlevel I have now, and it's actually 680 gallons...

 

[Roy L.]

Heres a better pic of my needlenose gar.
He's growing quickly, eats a lot of neons. Fun to watch

 

[Danh]

Is that all that is in that huge tank?? more pics!