Tinman pics

mud flat coming online

another view, the 70 behind will trickle into the 125 across the front. These feed from a larger tank in front, this is a partial bypass to help my conditions here

dude that is cool looking, kinda reminds me of a display refugium on a saltwater setup, be sure to post pics when you get your mud flat setup done and keep up the good work.

one more drilled 70 and the CO2 to add ,and tons of Flourite yet, too much to spend at once

Mud flat is behind this

dude that is cool looking, kinda reminds me of a display refugium on a saltwater setup, be sure to post pics when you get your mud flat setup done and keep up the good work.


It is based on a friends. SW idea used for fresh , entirely based on SW ideas but what I need here in my conditions

front side ,mine is for fish , not show so it is spotty and hillbilly engineered

lookls really good man, need to have your sw friend join us also (we could always use some more members especially since us salties are starting to get dwarved LOL)

sump and bio stack , 2 horsepower whisper flo pump on this part

backside of front to left of sump

This shows the mud flat location behind the 8' tanks , my fish sink is behind for filter maintenance with a mixing valve tied into my system for water changes . The sink is next to the sump pictured just before

Wow, that looks like its going to be really cool.

I an understand about the fluorite. That stuff is costly. Cost me 20 bucks for only my 10 gallonD:

whats gonna go in the tanks? very interesting tanks

wow nice looking setups I am sooooo jealous where you at in ks I'm in ok not far from witchita

I an understand about the fluorite. That stuff is costly. Cost me 20 bucks for only my 10 gallonD:

I am going to try 1 every 2 weeks for the front ,should get more soil than plants for awhile . I am going to split these starts as I grow

whats gonna go in the tanks? very interesting tanks

Frankenstein, these tanks are as a group a river system . Each tank is specific to the Loach it houses . These have groups of loaches and other occupants ,namely catfish to maintain the tanks .One is for Clown Loachs , one for Red Tail Blue Botia , one for Yo-Yo and Striata's's ,one is for Syncrossus helodes or the Tiger Loach, and one for Dario's.The upper 8' houses my larger fish including Silver Dollars, Pink Tailed Chaelceus,Synodontis ,Red tail shark and a Gold Severum .

The refugium I am adding is for adjusting water conditions long term . Its occupants will be shrimp and the snails that supplement my feeding here . It is a 125 gal. long tank being fed from 2 70 gallon tanks that trickle in from a larger tank . 10% of my flow will be diverted across this in final form I am guessing.

wow nice looking setups I am sooooo jealous where you at in ks I'm in ok not far from witchita

Now how can I stay ANONYMOUS if you meet me ????????

I would suggest you email me should you head towards KC

Don't be jealous , its a life's work . I got tired of getting carpet wet so I set up in the basement .No show ,all grow . Most people don't get it .They just look at me

nice tanks. house plants that you have we plant outside.

Tinman wrote:

wow nice looking setups I am sooooo jealous where you at in ks I'm in ok not far from witchita

Now how can I stay ANONYMOUS if you meet me ????????

I would suggest you email me should you head towards KC

Don't be jealous , its a life's work . I got tired of getting carpet wet so I set up in the basement .No show ,all grow . Most people don't get it .They just look at me

Hey! We would understand!!!!!

Hey! We would understand!!!!!

Thats the people I hoped to meet here.... very cool

lordraptor1 wrote:lookls really good man, need to have your sw friend join us also (we could always use some more members especially since us salties are starting to get dwarved LOL)

Sorry you are feeling down, lol but at least some of us FW kids are just learning what we can so we can have SW too someday!
With you helping, I am SURE you won't be dwarved for long raptor!

Cool setup Tinman....geez and my boyfriend complains about MY set up....lol What would he say if I told him I was gonna do something like this? Hahaha....he thought I was crazy when I bought my 58 lol Wait till I show him....he's gonna have a heartattack!

You bring him to visit sometime , 1800 gallons is all.... I will make some new vids of my occupants for you to see if I can get enough spots off the glass. The fish are the reason for this insanity .I just love em.....

They are definetely what turns my world. I have missed them so much and when I got a chance at my 35 I took it. It just wasn't enough though....lol I bought my 58 for $85 and invested more from there. It's worth every penny. I have been looking for a 75 for cheap and have found a couple but haven't had the money at the same time they are for sale so they get snatched up. Ah, but that's part of the fun...shopping and putting it all together and then seeing your fishies swimming in it for the first time. Then it's time to do it all again.....have I got the bug or what?

Angelbaby wrote:They are definetely what turns my world. I have missed them so much and when I got a chance at my 35 I took it. It just wasn't enough though....lol I bought my 58 for $85 and invested more from there. It's worth every penny. I have been looking for a 75 for cheap and have found a couple but haven't had the money at the same time they are for sale so they get snatched up. Ah, but that's part of the fun...shopping and putting it all together and then seeing your fishies swimming in it for the first time. Then it's time to do it all again.....have I got the bug or what?

yup you have most definitely caught mts aka: multiple tank syndrome:)