Rebecca's 55 Gallon Aquarium Build

[butterfly_koi]

Originally Posted by Wy Renegade

That is a bummer! How hard was the background to get out? Personally I've seen people say not to use the red cedar, but I have in the past without any ill effects - once again having a truly dry/dead piece that has weathered a good bit may be the issue.

It wasn't too hard, all I had to do was crack the concrete and it just fell off. My pieces of driftwood were not truly dead, I didn't even think about it because when I put it in there the tank wasn't supposed to be full of water. I'm not too sad about it, it was allot of fun building it and even more fun breaking it down. Now that I know how to build a background if I decide to build another one it should be easy.

Originally Posted by Andrew McFadden

Sorry for the loss of the fish, background and a cool tank.

It's alright Andy. It's still a cool tank, just an empty cool tank.

[Andrew McFadden]

Originally Posted by butterfly_koi

It wasn't too hard, all I had to do was crack the concrete and it just fell off. My pieces of driftwood were not truly dead, I didn't even think about it because when I put it in there the tank wasn't supposed to be full of water. I'm not too sad about it, it was allot of fun building it and even more fun breaking it down. Now that I know how to build a background if I decide to build another one it should be easy.

It's alright Andy. It's still a cool tank, just an empty cool tank.

I.see a cichlid tank coming now glad your okay with it though

[butterfly_koi]

I've thought about cichlids and was set on them for a while but the certain species that I want I cannot find.

[Evansimp]

What about a vivarium with killifish?

[Tetra1990]

Aw that stinks! Back to the ol' drawing board!!