Making my 800 gal bigger.
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Thanks, but is the wood going to kill my fish? I can't seem to find any info that states that it will....
Thanks for the replies about the wood, I did strip all of the bark off of it as it was suggest many times by a few people I know and by a few people on line. It came off fairly easily 
It's maple Also a little update about the tank: It's drained, the cross bucks are painted with drylok and all the jets are in so we're ready to start decorating! Since my wife let me sleep in yesterday I'm letter her sleep in today while I post progress Here's a slide show of the progress of the progress! Just click on it
It's maple Also a little update about the tank: It's drained, the cross bucks are painted with drylok and all the jets are in so we're ready to start decorating! Since my wife let me sleep in yesterday I'm letter her sleep in today while I post progress Here's a slide show of the progress of the progress! Just click on it 
Glad its coming together well bro !
The maple will not harm your fish. It will last longer if you allow it to dry out and "cure" for some time before you place it in the water. Depending on the thickness of the wood this can take several months. Stripping off the bark helps to keep the tank cleaner.
Hmmn... That sucks... Here it is again?
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It’s been a long time comin’ but the fish are in! The tank is full and murky… That’s to be expected… I jusr fired up the filter so hopefully by the morning it will clear up. I had to temporarily put filter pads in but it should work until I’m able to get the correct ones in. The temperature in the tank is only 71* and I’ve got the thermostat set at 78* so hopefully that will warm up by the morning too. We took a lot of pictures so here’s a slide show again for you.
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Once the deep end was full with water from the pond I started to stock the tank and the first fish to venture into the rest of the tank was a female jaguar cichlid. Soon after it seemed everyone wanted to be up there. LOL The only fish I haven’t seen yet is the larger of the two iridescent sharks, but I expected that…
Here’s a list of what’s been put in so far:
Paco the pacu 22”
Female Jaguar 8”
Iridescent shark 15”
Iridescent shark 12”
Mad Barb 15”
Common pleco 17”
Leopard Sailfin Pleco 16”
Synodontis euptrus 7.5”
Tiger Oscar 10”
Common Oscar 12”
Tiger Oscar 9”
Silver Dollar 5”
Fire Mouth 5.5”
Bocourti 11”
Lemon Severum 4”
Green Severum 7.5”
Midas 9”
Black Belt 10”
Bocourti 10.5”
Jack Dempsey 6.5”
w/c Midas 10”
Convict 8”
Female Nicaraguan cichlid 5”
Uaru 5”
Male Nicaraguan Cichlid 6”
Male Robertsoni “Bob” 9.5”
Midas/???? Hybrid 8.5”
Belly Crawler pike cichlid 6”
Male Salvanii 6”
Black Belt 9”
Black belt 8.5”
Synodontis Notata 10”
Synpilum 11”
Male Jaguar cichlid 9”
Male Red Terror 8”
Black Belt 9.5”
Female Jaguar cichlid 7.5”
Silver Dollar 5.5”
Silver Dollar 5.5”
Midas 8.5”
Midas 8.5”
Intermedious 8.5”
Intermedious 8.5”
Midas 8.5”
Tilapia Mamfe 7.5”
Red Bay Snook 5”
Blue Acara 5”
Pim Cat 10” Silver Dollar 7”
Female Nicaraguan Cichlid 4”
More will be put in tomorrow when water changes are done on the rest of the tanks.
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It’s been a long time comin’ but the fish are in! The tank is full and murky… That’s to be expected… I jusr fired up the filter so hopefully by the morning it will clear up. I had to temporarily put filter pads in but it should work until I’m able to get the correct ones in. The temperature in the tank is only 71* and I’ve got the thermostat set at 78* so hopefully that will warm up by the morning too. We took a lot of pictures so here’s a slide show again for you.
<div style="width:480px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" src="http://w47.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=http://w47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/jstraz/1500 gallon/3d868f72.pbw" height="360" width="480"><a href="http://photobucket.com/slideshows" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a><a href="http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/jstraz/1500 gallon/?action=view¤t=3d868f72.pbw" target="_blank"><img src="http://pic.photobucket.com/slideshows/btn_viewallimages.gif" style="float:left;border-width: 0;" ></a></div>http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f197/jstraz/1500 gallon/?action=view¤t=3d868f72.pbw
Once the deep end was full with water from the pond I started to stock the tank and the first fish to venture into the rest of the tank was a female jaguar cichlid. Soon after it seemed everyone wanted to be up there. LOL The only fish I haven’t seen yet is the larger of the two iridescent sharks, but I expected that…
Here’s a list of what’s been put in so far:
Paco the pacu 22”
Female Jaguar 8”
Iridescent shark 15”
Iridescent shark 12”
Mad Barb 15”
Common pleco 17”
Leopard Sailfin Pleco 16”
Synodontis euptrus 7.5”
Tiger Oscar 10”
Common Oscar 12”
Tiger Oscar 9”
Silver Dollar 5”
Fire Mouth 5.5”
Bocourti 11”
Lemon Severum 4”
Green Severum 7.5”
Midas 9”
Black Belt 10”
Bocourti 10.5”
Jack Dempsey 6.5”
w/c Midas 10”
Convict 8”
Female Nicaraguan cichlid 5”
Uaru 5”
Male Nicaraguan Cichlid 6”
Male Robertsoni “Bob” 9.5”
Midas/???? Hybrid 8.5”
Belly Crawler pike cichlid 6”
Male Salvanii 6”
Black Belt 9”
Black belt 8.5”
Synodontis Notata 10”
Synpilum 11”
Male Jaguar cichlid 9”
Male Red Terror 8”
Black Belt 9.5”
Female Jaguar cichlid 7.5”
Silver Dollar 5.5”
Silver Dollar 5.5”
Midas 8.5”
Midas 8.5”
Intermedious 8.5”
Intermedious 8.5”
Midas 8.5”
Tilapia Mamfe 7.5”
Red Bay Snook 5”
Blue Acara 5”
Pim Cat 10” Silver Dollar 7”
Female Nicaraguan Cichlid 4”
More will be put in tomorrow when water changes are done on the rest of the tanks.
OMG!!!! I can't seem to figure anything out!!!!!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHHH I'll get to this tomorrow... Sorry about all this... What a PITA
