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Greetings all,
this is my first post; what a great sight.we have an 8000 gallon open tank in the floor of our home.we have been keeping koi for 12 years and now would like to get some large exotics .looking for some guidance as to what would do well in the enviroment Here are some specs
winter temp no lower then 66F
Summer 72-76F depending on how much sun we get
ph can be adjusted to anything
saltwater can be used
54 feet in circumfrance
17.5 ft in dia
appox 5' deep
circuation 60 gallons per min
will post some pics soon
any thoughts would be greatly appre.
Best regards
Andrew
 
Sounds like an amazing setup you got, happen to have any pics of it???

As for what you could stock, i guess skies the limit, just depends on what types of fish your looking for when it comes to exotics, but i'm sure some of the members here will be able to give you some good advice as far as stocking goes...
 
Are you in Syria?
Is this basically an indoor pond were the fish will be viewed from above, or are there side viewing panes as well.
The first thing that comes to mind are Red Tailed Catfish, Arapaima and other SA monsters, but then F/W stingrays with shoaling fish would be awesome as well. You could also create an impressive ecotope.
Whatever you do will be incredible. I'm completely jealous.
 
your tank maybe on the cold side so maybe some US native and coldwater fish. there is a coldwater forum you could look through.
 
Are the koi still in it? If not, get a commercial protein skimmer, make it saltwater, and get yourself some sharks and rays. ;););)

Thats the only way to make use of such an awesome setup.
 
thanks for the feed back.I am in NE pa usa.I thought about sharks but where to buy them is next question.This is in our homeI will get some pics for you all asap.its all stoned above the floor.has a finished stone copping around the top.My wife and i designed and built it.we had help with putting the addition on
 
thanks thats why i posted its a little to cool for tropicals.i have a 11kw pool heater but it costs around 150 mth to heat and that presents humidity in the cold winter.
unless there is a way to cover it during winter?????????
 
welcome!, that tank sounds SWEET! Try some stingrays, some large arowanas, pacus, prihannas, but if you can maintain a huge heater, get a shark man! I duuno where the SW type can be bought - bluezoo aquatics - expensive shipping but truly worthy.
 
That's an amazing setup! The trouble is that most fish are better viewed from the side and don't look as nice from the top.

I think if I had that tank I would go for a saltwater US east coast setup, with stingrays, flatfish, tripletails, spadefish, drum, and so on. With sufficient cover you could might be able to breed forage species such as mummichogs, silversides, and pinfish in-tank.
 
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