Setting up a used 450 gallon tank

[Egon]

Wow, that is a big ole catfish. Looks like he could suck down a bichir if he wanted.

Yeah, he never goes hungry or I might start loosing fish. You can tell he's well fed LOL

 

[cockroach]

Will we ever get an updated picture on this tank?

 

[flowerhorn10]

Very good deal! Good luck with the setup!

 

[franny.boy]

Amazing tank + background!

 

[Red Devil]

Lots of luck with the set up.. just wonderful..

 

[Paul Jones]

im also looking into the same thing.. awesome idea!

 

[kevinfleming21]

Thank you! The best part of the filtering on this tank is the trickle system. It has been such a pleasant surprise how easy and effective this system is. Originally I set the tank up thinking I wanted an easy way to drain it for water changes and recycle the water so I put in a 1.5" line out to the yard. The trees love the fishy water. The whole tank drains in 5 min lol I didn't realize how much water a 1.5 inch line could move! Then I figured I would just run a water line to the top of the tank for easy refilling. Basically the trickle system was set up and I didn't know it lol. After overfilling the tank a couple time because I have zero attention span and forgot that I was refilling I worked out the trickle and never looked back! The fish have grown huge! So I have slightly increased the flow over the years. I started at about 1 gallon an hour and now I'm up to about two gallons an hour.
Check out my Niger cats growth:

LMFAO! People really have no idea how shocking it is to see this guy waiting at the front of the tank when you flip the light on in a dark room...kinda scary!

 

[Egon]

The Niger is a gentle giant. My tank top to bottom is 30" and front to back is 36". I think this cat is 28 to 30 inches now. I just took these pics today.

 

[cigars]

Woooooozaaaa!!!!!!!! That cat is huge , Nice set up egon love the tank and fish.

 

[Egon]

Woooooozaaaa!!!!!!!! That cat is huge , Nice set up egon love the tank and fish.

Thanks!