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Yes, the tank will be for freshwater

any thought on the lighting I should use? I was thinking about those small TL lights, with a whole bunch of them I can also make them simulate a sunset... How many watts would I need???

That makes two of us :wink:

I just got the frame for the front back from the welder, check it out: and in front of my current tank for size comparison:

I just got me a 50G barrel that I'm going to use for tap water. Plan is this: I'm going to cut the barrel in 2 (top to bottom) and place the two halfs next to each other. Tap water flows into the first barrel, which is equipped with a pump and bubbles. After one week the water is pumped into the...

heres my 45G tank sitting where my 170G tank will be build:

For now I've put my 45G coldwater tank on the cabinet it's the home of 9 carassius auratus (4 'homegrown'), 1 leuciscus idus `auratus`, 1 gobio gobio and a fish I caught in the wild but is still to small to identify This is what I want to make of it:

I'm quite sure it can not! The weight is supported by two long beams along the wall and an additional 3" x 3" beam going straight down in the middle. The cabinet could be pulled right out :wink: Thanks for your concern.

here's a picture of my living room corner where I'm building the tank. (note the styrofoam packing of the cabinets on top, its gonna come in handy when building the aquarium back ;) )

I currently have a coldwater tank with goldfish. I'm planning a new 170G tropical freshwater tank now (wooden tank :D )

oke the time has finally come to start thinking about my new tank. I just got a new drawer cabinet in the livingroom and it has a great space to build my new tank on. The tank will be 1 meter x 1 meter and about 75 cm high (excluding the light canopy) which should be able to hold about 170G of...

Hi, I'm planning on starting to build a new tank soon and decided to sign up here in case I need any advice :wink: