Update of 310 gallon tank (pics)

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Ok so some of you may be wondering whats going on with this project as i havent posted in a long time. Ive been on a well deserved vacation and havent been worrying bout my fish as they are in the hands of a lfs. I will b returning home on Tuesday the 31st of july at which point I will immediatly fill up my 55 gal and my 80 gal. These will house my fish for the remaining time until my big tank is done. It has been sitting half full for over a month now and my mom has been checking it daily for leaks and it is still leak free. I think its safe to say i can continue to finishing the tank. which will involve painting the ouside and the canopy inside, mounting lights and screwing the canopy on top. after that i will buy filter media and put together the sump. as for the fish I will be keeping. I have made some small changes.

I decided that since i actually started this hobby because i loved snakeheads I figured why not keep more snakeheads. SO my three oscars will not be staying. If anybody would like them I am getting rid of them for a very decent price. and remember they are probably the most gorgeously colored oscars ive ever seen.

My 310 gal wil only be holding the followinbg fish.

1 P Ornatipinnis
2 P Endlicheri
5 Channa Marulioides
1 Chitala Ornata (Clown Knife)
1 Catfish (probably a Juruense)
and I am still debating an arowana
I may be able to get a african arowana... if not ill get a black

You may be wondering what ill do with the rest of my fish. my 55 gal will house these:

2 P senegalus
3 Blue Loaches
3 Clown loaches
and ill prolly get some other smaller species of polypterus
im thinkin weekssi and palmas

expect the tank to be done halfway through august... and on its way to be stocked by the end of the month when it is cycled.
 
i AM SH*TTING MYSELF right NOW~!
I just filled the tank fully for the first time. and i am so nervous!
pictures r comin... my camera is charging right now!
 
good luck with it... by the way, you guys touring the states at all? just sent a friend request to your band on stupid myspace, i like the music
 
I was just wondering and maybe I missed where you said it already if so, sorry, But is that some sort of MDF wood that you are using on the walls of the tank?

BTW That is a nice lookin tank.
 
its this type of plywood with a teflon layer so its water proof. they boxes for mixing cement in with it and the teflon stops the cement from binding to it. it means u needa do a lot of sanding though to get that layer off but its strong stuff.

downset: thanks for the kind words. and no we are not touring the states yet.. thats still just a little too expencive for our bookers...
 
so heres where its at so far
full of water, filter is not running yet but its holding the pressure :>

the lights work everything works
the pipes will b attatched for the filter tonite and then the water will b flowing
going to hang a net in the sump to catch all the floaters and then some filter media to catch random dust n saw dust. then ill empty it
and fill it again... put in filter media and let it cycle
my fish r gonna b so happy with the size of this thing

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looks really good man
 
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