1275 gallon tank! What would you do?

[amilcar]

guppys!!

[Nickintex]

Bichirs (BIG ONES), a Giraffe Catfish, and an African Lungfish.

[Zulaab]

Let me say this. I hope your ceilings are high, and I would invest in a couple of good Koi pond nets.. So when you have problems... you can get to it.

Another thing. Invest in spa hose to clean the tank.
Water circulation. I am thinking you are going to need to setup some MASSIVE filtration system. I am thinking the 162g tank your hubby put together for you.. yeah you are going to NEED to use it as a sump wet/dry. Your hubby will need to build one of those too. If you dont get a wet/dry, yeah I am just going to shake my head for a couple of weeks....

A pair of MAG 36's should do the trick. You will need to buy several overflow boxes so you can get the flow needed. I am thinking in the end you will need to get at least like 6 vortech's for water movement inside the tank...

I am starting to think this is going to be one expensive tank to get..
This might be the biggest tank I will ever lay my eyes on, but if you do it right.. it will make it for prolly the prettiest and largest home owned tank in Texas..

Ohh I forgot.. what kind is lighting are you thinking about using ?

[JGUERRA]

WOW!! that would be so cool got any pics?

[Mzungu]

That is true...it's gonna be tough to service/vacuum/reach the bottom of a 54" tank...

[lilmissruffcountry]

Somewhere I think she said she was going to teach scuba lessons and theirs kids needed a place to clean now that one of their rooms was replaced with a tank.

[lilmissruffcountry]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

That is one part I am argueing with him about.....But he is insistant that it will work......I just don't want to end up :ertrink:

[Zulaab]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

Somewhere I think she said she was going to teach scuba lessons and theirs kids needed a place to clean now that one of their rooms was replaced with a tank.

[bethesdaboy]

Oh, and I have trophs, petros and tylochromis in mine.

[bethesdaboy]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

[russ]

tang shore line biotope!

and a panda.

them panda are dangerous...dont forget my pinky toe!

[myjohnson]

tang shore line biotope!

and a panda.

[FuzzyDragon09]

I would keep 600 Neon Tetras, 269 Rummy Nose Tetras, 310 Silver Tip Tetras, 50 Otto Cats, 25 Bristlenose Plecos, 275 Prsitella Tetras, and 169 Angel Fish

That sounds cool. Btw where did you get the numbers from? Did you just make them up or was there some sort of calculation involved?



I would put crazy filtration on it and grow out 8 Polypterus ansorgii, 8 Polypterus (bichir) bichir, 8 Polypterus (bichir) lapradei, 6 Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri, and 4 Polypterus endlicheri congicus and then let them get monster size. I wouldn't put them in any other tank. The bigger the tank they start out in, the bigger and faster they grow. Also I would hand feed them and breed guppies as feeders.

I'd call it my Lower Jaw Bichir African Pond. :)

Whatever you do it will be awesome but I agree with some of the others a biotope would look great!

[peterp63]

Once you get it built, tell Peter how much it cost. He will need a home for his 4 emperor cichlids soon enough..

I have 5 of these bad boys. They are actually quite mild compared to their tankmates... I guess Chris just worked them up for the vids that he posted Just kidding. My 300 is pretty packed... over 30 trophs and 12 good-sized moshi along with these 5 bad boys. I'm sure that's what's keeping the aggression down. Oh yeah, and I haven't put the rockwork back into the tank yet.

[h0nkzz]

Do a mix tanganyikan !! with Cyps, tropheus & some little shell dwellers & sand shifter.

something like Tim's 215 gallon, but 5 times bigger !