New 210 gallon CA setup

[fug202]

Here is a recently set up 210 gallon CA tank I've been working on for a while. Currently the stock includes 5 T. pasionis, 1 T. meeki, 4 young A. lyonsi, a 3" female freddy, a WC R. octofasciata, and an A. robertsoni. I'll be adding three P. synspilum growouts shortly. I've included a pic of the finished tank, some of the fish, and three progress shots of the DIY background made from pink styrofoam insulation. Rocks were collected locally. Plants are plastic and silk. Substrate is general purpose sand from Lowes (seived to remove the finest particles, and then thoroughly rinsed).



T. pasionis


A. lyonsi


P. friedrichsthalii


.....and the progress shots, which began with a pink styrofoam explosion

 

[TripleW]

Wow! I love how you did the background!


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[SePPii]

Make me a background? that is awesome man! Nice fish, but that background is soooooo sick! I tried making one before and failed miserably


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[BIRD_MAN]

Wow


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[japbart]

How do you make the wood hang from the top?


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[GOAT13]

What an amazing tank. I will be saving that full tank shot to dream about it and wish I had it in my house. Did you find the drift wood and sticks or buy?
Would love to see more photos.

 

[Seanm]

That's pretty crazy, it looks awesome!

 

[cali~budfish]

That's a very nice background you made. Mine looked like I let my 3 year old daughter make it. Awesome scape!

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[jonny5]

damn that background is sick, the rock work is so realistic, good job. Puts my pink Styrofoam rock to shame.

 

[fug202]

What an amazing tank. I will be saving that full tank shot to dream about it and wish I had it in my house. Did you find the drift wood and sticks or buy?
Would love to see more photos.

Thanks (to all)! The thin branches, all of which were dead and dried out when collected, were scavenged from the shore of a small lake. Nothing fancy, just branches that I was able to integrate with the background. The larger piece of driftwood on the right side was purchased online for about $20. It is anchored with screws to the right panel of the background. Here are some additional photos of the setup: