my 220g native in-wall build

[UncleWillie]

Stellar setup. Nice to see a completely project without all the wait between updates, haha! What a nice wifey you have to let you do such a project and have those 'ugly' fish in there. The hat is off.

[Cliff]

at this point i am going nuts wanting to put my fish in ....

so got the bg done filter and sump going and filled the tank .... and the water was really cloudy so i had to drain and re-fill (didnt wash the sand well enough

here are some pics of it as of last night complete with fish

Just out of curiosity, what type of plants is that in these pics ?

[scotty]

Just out of curiosity, what type of plants is that in these pics ?

i think it is moneywort......

[scotty]

Stellar setup. Nice to see a completely project without all the wait between updates, haha! What a nice wifey you have to let you do such a project and have those 'ugly' fish in there. The hat is off.

Did he just call my fish "ugly" ?

[UncleWillie]

No, No. I tend get asked "Why do you keep those ugly fish, instead of those bright tropicals that everyone esle does?" I only keep natives, and I think they are beautiful, but others call them ugly. Though I will say, I've started keeping the prettier of the native species (redbreast(avatar), dollar sunfish, flagfish and yellowfin shiners),in more recent years, though whe i first started keeping them, I typically kept the 'brown/'ugly'' fish like blacknose dace, fantail darters, blah blah blah. I don't get the 'ugly' fish comments much anymore.

[scotty]

No, No. I tend get asked "Why do you keep those ugly fish, instead of those bright tropicals that everyone esle does?" I only keep natives, and I think they are beautiful, but others call them ugly. Though I will say, I've started keeping the prettier of the native species (redbreast(avatar), dollar sunfish, flagfish and yellowfin shiners),in more recent years, though whe i first started keeping them, I typically kept the 'brown/'ugly'' fish like blacknose dace, fantail darters, blah blah blah. I don't get the 'ugly' fish comments much anymore.

lol i noticed the avatar after i posted that.....

[Northernguy]

lol i noticed the avatar after i posted that.....

Are you calling his fish ugly? lol

[scotty]

Are you calling his fish ugly? lol

well , you know what they say . if the shoe fits .........LOL

[scotty]

well , picked up the materials for my 55g sump for this tank , i will start on it shortly...

[scotty]

i got the trickle pleat built and the glass dividers installed last night . i also picked up some "egg crate" to suspend the bio media ......