Trying to get these 4 built in tanks in the same picture… from left to right… African Tetra tank, South American Tetra tank, Asian bamboo water garden, South American Cichlid tank
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Stand construction is interesting, as the 2 - 55 gallon tanks in the center, are supported in the center of the tank, allowing another 55 gallon tank to sit between and below them ( only visible from the back side ) the 2 tanks on the ends are 45 gallon talls and each has a 30 gallon long under it ( not yet refilled ) visible from this side ( the tanks on the left are visible from both long sides ) I’ll likely use the 30 gallon longs as breeding tanks, sometime, when I get around to refilling them… these were all running before moving and building them in, like over 20 years ago, and run or a couple years, at which point, I got too busy doing other things, and they sat empty… I started refilling them one by one, as I got time, a couple years ago…
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Oh wow ! That picture of your built in aquariums is awesome ! Is that a couch in front of them ? I could dig sitting in there and zoning out watching the fish .
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It’s actually my bed, they are like a wrap around headboard, but I have a footboard to the bed, where I can sit and look at the tanks ( where the picture was taken from ) I have an awesome wife, who put up with them sitting empty, in the walls around our bed for around 20 years… about 2 years ago, I decided I better either fill them again, or tear them out.. I’m glad I refilled them…
A bed ? That’s even awesomer . I could wax eloquent about fish and romance but this is a family forum .
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It’s great mood lighting… but alas, I’m old and worn out now, so more watching fish than romance anymore…
Did you reseal these tanks when taking them from such a long vacation?
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I got lucky… no leakers
Has there ever been.... a jumper?
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Only once, before I got so many plants… on the fronts, a wall above the tanks goes to the ceiling, and the tanks are caulked around the front, so no fish or water in bed… ( if that was your concern ) there is a 2.5 foot wide work area behind the tanks… this is where all the lighting and plants are… In hindsight, I could have made the work area a little wider ( can’t really get good pictures of the Bichir and Silver Dollars in the 55 gallon under the 2 tanks in the middle…. But the built in footboard / backrest for viewing, is extra additional support under the main support beam, of the house, so that was my starting point
I have good enough plant hedges along the backs of the tanks, that should contain all but the Olympic class jumpers
I have good enough plant hedges along the backs of the tanks, that should contain all but the Olympic class jumpers
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