75 gallon

[crayfishguy]

So I'm debating what I'm going to do with my roughly 75 gallon tank once it is available. I was planning on selling it, but the more I think about it the more I want to do something cool with it. I was thinking of putting some Polypterus in, likely just one or two. Does filling the tank roughly halfway (10") in order to leave room for some grasses sound like a good idea? Sandy bottom, grasses, and some wood, maybe some floating plants. I remember from the last time I looked into this that I liked palmas palmas. Are these something I could get my local fish shops to order easily enough?
Thanks in advance

 

[Polyaddict86]

So I'm debating what I'm going to do with my roughly 75 gallon tank once it is available. I was planning on selling it, but the more I think about it the more I want to do something cool with it. I was thinking of putting some Polypterus in, likely just one or two. Does filling the tank roughly halfway (10") in order to leave room for some grasses sound like a good idea? Sandy bottom, grasses, and some wood, maybe some floating plants. I remember from the last time I looked into this that I liked palmas palmas. Are these something I could get my local fish shops to order easily enough?
Thanks in advance

Palmas will be good on 75g.

 

[crayfishguy]

Palmas will be good on 75g.

Does filling it halfway seem like a cool idea, or is it just going to make life harder?

 

[moe214]

Does filling it halfway seem like a cool idea, or is it just going to make life harder?

I believe it's called a paludiarium(spelling may be off). They look cool to me

 

[Polyaddict86]

I havent seen one

 

[Polyaddict86]

I believe it's called a paludiarium(spelling may be off). They look cool to me

Yes they are nice but just leave enough room for the poly to swim

 

[crayfishguy]

Yes they are nice but just leave enough room for the poly to swim

10" or so sound like enough? How much vertical space do these guys need?

 

[Polyaddict86]

Polys dont really need deep water, but what they need is width and lenght to swim around

 

[crayfishguy]

Polys dont really need deep water, but what they need is width and lenght to swim around

Sounds good. Floor plan is roughly 48x18. Tank is 20" tall, so if I wanted to use that space for other fish I could do that as well, and just stick to underwater plants.

 

[jaws7777]

May have to do more wc's to keep up with water quality. Filling the tank all the way would give you more room for error