Wooden Tank

[bluedempsey]

looks like it's coming along great

 

[Mourinho18]

This here is an update of the setup

 

[mbierzyc]

so is it more of an indoor pond really? or am i looking at it wrong?

 

[Mourinho18]

yeah, basically an indoor pond. call it a plywood tank though

 

[fishnthings]

wow, thats nice...... looks like it came along great!

 

[guppy]

Just an idea here but you could use styrofoam panels between the 2xs to insulate it then face it with paneling and cap the top rails with 2x6or 2x8 laid on their sides so you could sit on the edges. Just varathane the outside of the paneling to weatherproof it. the seating rails would also hide and protect the upper edges of the liner as that is a common wear spot., looks good.

 

[Mourinho18]

thanks for the ideas there guppy, we might try to insulate it with styrofoam since we have some laying around. I'll post pics once i get the whole thing setup and the fishies in there. I have a seperate area of 50 gallons which i used egg crate to seperate for my cichlasoma oblongus. The water is a little cloudy from the newly added pea sived gravel and sand. It's not filled up really high




On a side note. I think my abalios is starting to get popeye. The reason i think he got it is because my heater died on me during the night. It was on 86 degrees when i went to bed and it was 70 today. So its become obvious with him. The others seem fine though. I treated them with pimafex and got a new heater for the temporary setup. . I also have quite a few of these juv. in a 16 gallon setup.

Really really hope they make it. poor guys.

 

[Mourinho18]

just moved the little guys in today, filled it up only about halfway since theyre still juvies, somehow the oblongus are making it past the divider, pissing me off to put them in their spot and to see them escape every ten minutes or so