Photo #2 - Up And Running - 1tiger Oscar, 1 Albino Oscar, 1b...

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66 gallons freshwater fish tank (mostly fish and non-living decorations) - Up and running

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Country: South Africa
Description: Top Tank:4ft long, 19in tall and 17 in deep, custom made, double paned 5mm glass, total thickness 10mm with shatterproof laminate in between. Running off homemade wet/dry sump filter, bioballs and filter mats returned to tank with 2 x Dolphin200 pond pumps, venturi and 100W heater. Lighting is overhead household 46W cool glow flouresant tube. Bottom Tank:3ft long standard 5mill thick glass. No substrate, 3/4 rocks, Dolphin500 power filter, 50W heater. Lighting is as above with additional flouresant under canopy.
Advice: Patience!!! lots of it together with planning and tons of research coverring everything from types of fish u wanna keep , tank size, filtration filtration filtration...
Fish Kept: 1Tiger Oscar, 1 Albino Oscar, 1blck ghost knife fish, 1sailfin pleco, 1 frontosa 3 clown loaches, tiger barbs, silver dollars, 1moonlight gourami, cuckoo catfish and 2 siamese fighters
Corals/Plants: Plastic plants, and gravel
Tank Size: 66 gallons
Quote: All i have in this world is my word and my balls and i dont break em for nobody...
About Yourself: Was given 2 goldfish in a 11in tank with corner filter as a gift 6months ago and was hooked, then quickly upgraded to 3ft tank and just recently my new 4ft up and running

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