NEW HERE building a large tank - Aquarium Advice

Fish Kid · 01-17-2007, 04:57 PM

HELLO! this is my first post here at aquarium advice and i look forward to becoming part of your (seemingly) already great community. i hope that me not having fish at the moment and being new to the site will not give the impression that i am new to the hobby or inexperienced. a am in fact very knolegible in the area of fish. i do however have many empty tanks as i just moved and had to get rid of my fish i do plan on filling them soon though! Sadly i have no fish at the moment... but i am working on a rather large project, making a 8x4 FOOT! tank. this tank however will not be an aquarium but a paludarium! ~part land part water~ it will consist of an oak waterfall, an small pool that goes down to another waterfall, a bit of rapids, and then finally the main pool that will have about 50 gal in it... what inspired me to do this you might ask? well on a wonderful walk along the bank of a small stream here in Ohio i noticed the wonderfully diverse population among the rapids and pools of the stream, along with the intricate root systems that many of the pool-fish lived among. i was immediately hooked and went out to buy every book on Ohio streams and the fish i could find. I was very suprised to see that unlike popular belief that the cold-water fish here are boring and dull that they are very colorful and vibrant and that there are many types of these fish. i will be working on this project for a wile and may have many questions to ask but i will to be sure to keep you all posted on anything that i do to it.

**melosu58** · 01-17-2007, 05:32 PM

Welcome to AA

Fish Kid · 01-17-2007, 05:45 PM

THANKS!

rich311k · 01-17-2007, 05:48 PM

Welcome to AA!!!

neilanh · 01-17-2007, 06:12 PM

Welcome to AA!
I look forward to following this project!

drobertson · 01-17-2007, 07:32 PM

Hello, and Welcome to AA!!!!!

LandGhoti · 01-17-2007, 07:36 PM

Welcome to AA! Your project in the works sounds very cool.

**roka64** · 01-18-2007, 11:14 AM

WELCOME TO AA!!!

Please do not cycle with live animals.

That sounds like a really cool project!

Fish Kid · 01-19-2007, 12:10 AM

i know not to cycle with animals! i personaly beleave its very crule to cycle with fish be feeders or not. at least when they're fed to another fish they're serving a purpose! sorry... thanks for all the positive comments and i will be sure to update these as the project goes along!

vintage rose · 02-01-2007, 01:48 PM

Wow, that sounds great! I'm glad to hear someone else is interested in something I am. I have been trying to get info on such a project but I'm not making any head way. I'd be really interested in any info you or anyone else has. Good luck!

01-17-2007, 04:57 PM	#1
Fish Kid Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 66 Images: 6	NEW HERE building a large tank HELLO! this is my first post here at aquarium advice and i look forward to becoming part of your (seemingly) already great community. i hope that me not having fish at the moment and being new to the site will not give the impression that i am new to the hobby or inexperienced. a am in fact very knolegible in the area of fish. i do however have many empty tanks as i just moved and had to get rid of my fish i do plan on filling them soon though! Sadly i have no fish at the moment... but i am working on a rather large project, making a 8x4 FOOT! tank. this tank however will not be an aquarium but a paludarium! ~part land part water~ it will consist of an oak waterfall, an small pool that goes down to another waterfall, a bit of rapids, and then finally the main pool that will have about 50 gal in it... what inspired me to do this you might ask? well on a wonderful walk along the bank of a small stream here in Ohio i noticed the wonderfully diverse population among the rapids and pools of the stream, along with the intricate root systems that many of the pool-fish lived among. i was immediately hooked and went out to buy every book on Ohio streams and the fish i could find. I was very suprised to see that unlike popular belief that the cold-water fish here are boring and dull that they are very colorful and vibrant and that there are many types of these fish. i will be working on this project for a wile and may have many questions to ask but i will to be sure to keep you all posted on anything that i do to it.

01-17-2007, 07:32 PM	#6
drobertson Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 490	Hello, and Welcome to AA!!!!! __________________ http://www.fantasyreef.com/database/...getdb&db_id=8]

01-17-2007, 07:36 PM	#7
LandGhoti Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Le Midwest Posts: 819 Images: 1	Welcome to AA! Your project in the works sounds very cool. __________________ Andrea 29-gallon FW 1 yoyo loach, 2 polkadot loaches, 6 cherry barbs, 2 turquoise rainbows, 1 chinese algae eater, 1 rubberlip pleco, too many MTS to count

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01-17-2007, 05:45 PM	#3
Fish Kid Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 66 Images: 6	THANKS!

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01-19-2007, 12:10 AM	#9
Fish Kid Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Bellbrook OH Posts: 66 Images: 6	i know not to cycle with animals! i personaly beleave its very crule to cycle with fish be feeders or not. at least when they're fed to another fish they're serving a purpose! sorry... thanks for all the positive comments and i will be sure to update these as the project goes along!

02-01-2007, 01:48 PM	#10
vintage rose Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 3	Wow, that sounds great! I'm glad to hear someone else is interested in something I am. I have been trying to get info on such a project but I'm not making any head way. I'd be really interested in any info you or anyone else has. Good luck!