well, after a short hiatus and selling most of my tanks and almost all of my fish, I am back! I bought a 450 gallon tank around Xmas. I bought it used from someone in Michigan. The dimensions are 72"x48"x30". After painting the back black and setting her up, I filled it with water and did a little aquascaping the day after Xmas. This past Wednesday I got the first inhabitants delivered from W. Virginia....3 Cichla monoculus ' Lake Diamante'. So it has begun. Right now I plan on putting many varietied of peacock bass in the tank, a widebar datnoid, and a tigrinus catfish. This may change a little as we go, as I do want to get a leopoldi ray in there as well, but here are a few picks to get started.
The tank sitting in my garage on it's front, after the back was painted.

tank set up in my basement, but still empty

finally filled and aquascaped

and the first pbass in the 450, just babies

Should be a pretty fun journey, it's nice to be back!