240 gallon acrylic tank.

[Wolf3101]

I coated the concrete and added the fish after two weeks time... lived in AZ at the time and the sun broke down the liner and the pool material. MOST play pools have anti-mildew agents in them and are toxic to fish.

 

[JEAE21]

hey wolf what kind of coating did you use?
and did you do this by yourself, or hired someone?
do you have like a layout plan? do you just dig a hole and pour concrete mush?

 

[StripeGirl]

When our monsters get too big to keep in our tanks we eat them and start over.I have a culinary degree and enjoy the challenge of filleting and coming up with a tasty dish.

 

[Onion01]

lol

 

[JEAE21]

isn't that like hard to do though??
i mean you raised it for a few years..don't you get attached to it?

 

[Onion01]

I think he was kidding. If he wasn't, remember that lot's of people raise animals for food. You just can't think of it as a pet.

 

[JEAE21]

oh..

 

[Druu]

thanks guys.
I'm more of a look-at-fish-from-the-side. and not look from the top
so I decided to get like a smaller tank like a 125gallon and buy babies..
once they look like they're packed i'll move them onto a aboveground pool!

hey how would I heat those pools? don't some come with filters too?


hey but mystix212, i did my research..they grow that big in the wild..that's not their average size though.. it's like catching a 10lbs bass in CA, they're here but not many.(unless they're fed rainbow trout)
i mean, how many 3' have you ever seen in a private collection? not a aquarium or anything..
some fish get stunned. and some books say that a "3'" arowana can be kept in a 120 or a 180gallon tank.

If, as a child, your parents kept you in a room 3'x3'x3' and let you sit in your own waste day after day, you wouldn't get very large, now would you?

 

[Onion01]

I am adding that to my sig

 

[Fish Eat Fish]

Im sorry man but you need to chill. Youve got noobie fever. In the last few days you went from saying you were a super noob and asking if you can kill nitrite with tap water...to saying your going to buy the biggest pool avaliable to house 3 foot fish. You do realize that the price of the pool is nothing compared to the components and up keep needed to house fish right? You know that the amount of water evaporation will ruin your house unless you go to great lengths and spend lots of money on dehumidification right? I mean you still dont understand the basic concepts and needs of fish keeping...you should just be thinking about your current project and then going one step up from there next time after you have had a running tank for atleast a MONTH! You now want to build a concrete pond and you just asked "do you just dig a hole and pour concrete mush?" Thats called paving a driveway. You havent researched or thought about anything. The rule of thumb is if it seems hard multiply it by ten if your expirienced and just forget it if your a noob. I dont mean to be the barer of bad news but before you talk about building a $20000 monster pool how about you learn to keep some goldfish.

Dont make the mistake of thinking you can be the exception to the rule because you wont feel so smart when all your fish are floating at the top of the tank. The people hear know what they are talking about. Challenge them all you want but in the end you will see.