Fissh's 360 Gallon Build

I was in the tropical fish businesses for a total of 34 years and was completely burned out on the hobby. I didn't have a fish tank for 18 years and then my friend (that's in the trade) offered me a 360 at a price I couldn't refuse!! The tank was manufactured by ATM ( the guys on the TV show tanked) The whole tank was built of 1" acrylic and was 92"x24"x36. It had it had 4 -2" holes drilled in the bottom and 6- 1 1/2" holes in a center overflow. It Had a painted black back with a blue center overflow and lots of scratches! It was ugly, but basically a real well built tank. So with lots of buffing and patching holes and inlaying black acrylic over the back I had it ready to start the build. It took some research on the equipment, because I was out of the hobby so long, but I finely figured out how I wanted to build it. The first thing I did was use the overflow as a DIY built in filter. It holds 5 gallons of bio balls, 10 pounds of ceramic rings, 15 pounds of carbon and some sponges with a 1600 gph pump. Then I went with Hagen equipment because of they're good track record in the industry. So the list of equipment and décor:
4 FX 6 canisters 975 gph each
4 cp 4 circulation pumps 1375gph each
2- 4 foot fluval 2.0 plant and fish LED
1000 watt Ista heater
600 pounds of Mexican bowl rock
300 pounds of blasting sand
140 African cichlids
Custom stand and canopy
I grew all the fish from 1" to 2" into adults, here are a few pictures.

 

omg, I've died and went to heaven with these fish. (If you can't tell I've been waiting for this

 

beautiful tank fissh . I wish I had a greater appreciation for african cichlids.

 

Is that the max amount of first she you could put in?

 

Is that the max amount of first she you could put in?

No, I'm raising up another 35 fish to go in there.

 

Would love to see a video of a feeding of this tank! Really spectacular!

 

No, I'm raising up another 35 fish to go in there.

Awesome!

 

Awesome tank! Glad the hobby found you again.

 

Fantastic tank. Would love to also see some pictures of the technical setup described above.

 

Love the story behind this tank! Though I can't appreciate that many fish in one tank, even if it is huge lol, it looks like mayhem in there! Well done on the build, I hope you get plenty of joy out of this

 

came back with a bang.

 

Wow this is so cool. I am also wondering if you are still selling ramshorns from your previous post about a year ago.