This is my little clan :D

[TheBlackOperations]

awesome setup. removing the rock was probably a smart move, but why the sand? this tank looks so natural and I think bare bottom ruins it. I know it's easier to clean but a light colored sand is'nt much harder. anyway, great looking fish.

After my retic stingray went to fishy heaven, I was so pissed to find so much crap stuck in the rocks I just removed everything. Plus my stingray before he died lost it's barb and I wasn't going to sift through the sand to find the poisonous needle in the haystack! I am trying to figure out a system where I can compartmentalize the crap to a general area to be able to syphyn out but have been swamped with work.

Still in debate on leaving it bare bottom, however, the peace of mind of a cleaner tank out weighs the "natural" look. I might add HD led to light up the fish from the bottom, tiles, drill, I dunno. All and all, i am going to need a bigger boat in a few more months with how fast everything is growing. Ally gar went from pencil size to mini dodger bat in 4 months!

Any suggestion welcome!! I am really new to the hobby.

 

[TheBlackOperations]

I'll bet you go through your share of feeders!

About 100 lg feeders + 150 medium a week, isn't that normal? Plus night crawlers, mkt shrimp, massivore, crickets, um and small neighborhood animals and the occasional kid.

 

[valderi123]

sweet gars

 

[MHcblues119]

Wow awesome tank...I know how you feel I'm so tempted to go bare bottom once again

 

[TheFishJunky]

really diggin' that set up and the way it is scaped.Fish look great also

 

[TheBlackOperations]

Wow awesome tank...I know how you feel I'm so tempted to go bare bottom once again

Thanks lots of time and miles driven to get all these bad boys!! I loathe syphoning the crap and sand together, then having to gold pan the crap out every day. The best thing I did was to suspend the driftwood and powerhead the crap so it gets to one corner.