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This is an Oceanic reef-ready 150 tall that I got for cheep on Craig's List. I covered the drilled holes with 1/4" glass pieces (all except for one that is plumbed for easy draining of the tank), painted the stand and hood, and transferred the contents of my 55gal to it. I want to thank everyone for their help with getting this tank ready to go.
It has Quikrete Play Sand substrate, and except for some cabomba and a couple of swords, all of the plants are from the 55. I cannot believe how stuffed with plants that tank was! The rock pile on the far left hides a PVC pipe that is capped and has holes drilled all around it, plumbed to a hose spigot on the side of the tank stand. This way I can attach a garden hose to it and run it out the door, draining the tank for water changes without sucking any fish or sand out with it. It is filtered with a Fluval XF5 (this thing is the size of a shop vac) and the Rena Filstar XP4 that was running on the 55. This will stay as is while the new filter (Fluval) builds its colony of biobugs, then I am considering filling the XP4 with peat to lower the pH. This is just an experiment - nobody in this tank is suffering from my water as is - the rainbows and white clouds are 5-8 years old.
Inhabitants include 8 Boesemani rainbows, many, many Endler's and guppies, white cloud minnows, and a dozen Corydoras trilineatus. I plan on a few rubberlip (Chaetostoma sp.) plecos or bristlenose (Ancistrus sp) plecos, and hopefully some angels if I can find some wild types. So, another community planted tank for me! I do have plans to branch out - I've sold off my Africans in the 40 gal and have redone the tank in preparation for 3 South American puffers.
It has Quikrete Play Sand substrate, and except for some cabomba and a couple of swords, all of the plants are from the 55. I cannot believe how stuffed with plants that tank was! The rock pile on the far left hides a PVC pipe that is capped and has holes drilled all around it, plumbed to a hose spigot on the side of the tank stand. This way I can attach a garden hose to it and run it out the door, draining the tank for water changes without sucking any fish or sand out with it. It is filtered with a Fluval XF5 (this thing is the size of a shop vac) and the Rena Filstar XP4 that was running on the 55. This will stay as is while the new filter (Fluval) builds its colony of biobugs, then I am considering filling the XP4 with peat to lower the pH. This is just an experiment - nobody in this tank is suffering from my water as is - the rainbows and white clouds are 5-8 years old.
Inhabitants include 8 Boesemani rainbows, many, many Endler's and guppies, white cloud minnows, and a dozen Corydoras trilineatus. I plan on a few rubberlip (Chaetostoma sp.) plecos or bristlenose (Ancistrus sp) plecos, and hopefully some angels if I can find some wild types. So, another community planted tank for me! I do have plans to branch out - I've sold off my Africans in the 40 gal and have redone the tank in preparation for 3 South American puffers.

