Finished New 6 foot River tank system

Today we finished our new 6 foot River tank System. It will be a Native Fish Tank. I called some of the fish , "Black Nosed Creek Chubs" , but they are really Black Nosed Dace ! Can't wait to go down to Tobacco Creek and net some more fishes !!!
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all right! now thats something.

but all rock? no homedepot sand mixed in?

Nice! Reminds me of my native tank I used to have. Everything came out of the lake including the food.

Great tank!

very nice

Nice that is the same way my stream tank was run.

oooh very nice. I've always wanted to do a stream/river tank, extra extra long tank.

how have your fish acclimated from wild food sources to captive-type food sources?

Great looking tank, love the idea of the filtration system.

fishface30 wrote:

oooh very nice. I've always wanted to do a stream/river tank, extra extra long tank.

how have your fish acclimated from wild food sources to captive-type food sources?

They have transitioned nicely ! They now eat flake foods and smallish shrimp pellets.

Love it. Very cool idea and I love the flow in the tank. Fish seem very happy as well. keep the updates coming.

Very nice set up..Is that an African Cichlid swimming through the decorations?

Native tanks are Awesome... Well Done!

CichlidChris wrote:

Very nice set up..Is that an African Cichlid swimming through the decorations?

yes it is . it is a young Kenyii male . I had no where esle to put him safely . LOL

looks great! the fish look very happy too. well done:)

yes it is . it is a young Kenyii male . I had no where esle to put him safely . LOL [/quote]



it happens never have enough tanks ....I say just one more but would be happy with 100 of em

And me with 43 running ! And no where to put him safely ! Hahahahahaha

Nice work! I like the rocks it does lend itself to a very naturally look.

Congratz looks very natural !!!
if you change the heater to the end makes any difference ?

Heater location really doesn't make a difference IMO. But I did hide it behind structure just so I didn't have to look at it all the time . I was just excited to have it completed and wanted to get a video of it . Didn't even think about the heater ! Ray

Ray, why don't you put the heater under the tank?

Hey Ray thanks for the answer you do a great job

awesome job!!!, looks fantastic!!

cwhip wrote:

Ray, why don't you put the heater under the tank?

There is a heater in the sump that has 5 tanks on it . Just wanted a little extra heat in the river when I added the fishes . You know , to stop any stress related ill's such as Ick .Will lower the temp incrementally till it reaches the same as rest of the tanks on that system.The other tanks are at 76° to 78°.