900 gallon possibility - stock list?

[Oompa Loompa]

Yeah I did. The tank isn't anything like the tank you spent 100 posts discussing.

That's because it was thrown onto us by a student. We're going to keep this running for the next 7-8 months or so, and if he decides that it's big enough we will go larger. I don't know if I want to go with a big SW tank, big FW tank, a bunch of small tanks, or a medium SW and a medium FW tank but I think a big FW would be the nicest option, as it would be cheaper and we could focus more on getting some rare fish instead of spending all of our money on salt and lighting.

I will admit, it doesn't sound like a good idea to have a massive wall of tanks, unless they were all FW or all SW and ran on one filtration system. Sounds like a lot of maintenance that I don't even know if I would want to do paid. So yes, 10 tanks and some birds and reptiles sounds a bit unrealistic now, but 1-2 tanks plus our 60 gallon now doesn't sound unreasonable at all

 

[Hendre]

I would rather maintain a large tank rather than many smaller ones, but i would cut down on the stocking a little unless you like your waterchanges

 

[Oompa Loompa]

I would rather maintain a large tank rather than many smaller ones, but i would cut down on the stocking a little unless you like your waterchanges

Looking into auto waterchangers. I don't think that's too heavily stocked for a 900 gallon though:

7 rays (heaviest part by far, although orbigynis seem to stay somewhat smaller than the others)
1 arowana
7 dwarf plecos
2 pikes
6-8 geos
2 uarus
4 severums
and 24 silver dollars

Perhaps the SD number is a bit too high, but other than that I don't think it would be too bad

 

[Hendre]

Thats still pretty big, maybe dripping 300gallons a day would work. Also remember how fast and hard SDs feed, a lot of food is usually needed to get some to the bottom levels and that will bring serious nitrates

 

[Oompa Loompa]

Thats still pretty big, maybe dripping 300gallons a day would work. Also remember how fast and hard SDs feed, a lot of food is usually needed to get some to the bottom levels and that will bring serious nitrates

I think the SDs would take over the tank pretty quickly, they're not small fish when you get into the ____-hooks and _____-bars and such. 24 is a lot, maybe 24 of the smaller species like spotteds but no way 24 bigger ones. What do you think about pbass in this tank? I'm also looking for a replacement catfish for the tank, those are rare/expensive rays and I don't want to risk plecos with them. They don't need to be algae eaters, just a cool catfish for the tank (or multiples of them actually). Thinking about ageneiosus cats, maybe 3-4 of them

 

[M@T!@$]

I think the SDs would take over the tank pretty quickly, they're not small fish when you get into the ____-hooks and _____-bars and such. 24 is a lot, maybe 24 of the smaller species like spotteds but no way 24 bigger ones. What do you think about pbass in this tank? I'm also looking for a replacement catfish for the tank, those are rare/expensive rays and I don't want to risk plecos with them. They don't need to be algae eaters, just a cool catfish for the tank (or multiples of them actually). Thinking about ageneiosus cats, maybe 3-4 of them

Nice

 

[M@T!@$]

I think the SDs would take over the tank pretty quickly, they're not small fish when you get into the ____-hooks and _____-bars and such. 24 is a lot, maybe 24 of the smaller species like spotteds but no way 24 bigger ones. What do you think about pbass in this tank? I'm also looking for a replacement catfish for the tank, those are rare/expensive rays and I don't want to risk plecos with them. They don't need to be algae eaters, just a cool catfish for the tank (or multiples of them actually). Thinking about ageneiosus cats, maybe 3-4 of them

But I think you should focus on building the tank first, and then create a stock list thread. I don't wanna be rude but you already created many of these threads to no progress

 

[Hendre]

But I think you should focus on building the tank first, and then create a stock list thread. I don't wanna be rude but you already created many of these threads to no progress

Itsgood and all to have ideas but he has a point

 

[Oompa Loompa]

But I think you should focus on building the tank first, and then create a stock list thread. I don't wanna be rude but you already created many of these threads to no progress

Good point, the tank can be based on what generally will go in the tank but it's a waste of time to make a stock list without knowing how big the tank will be. It might lead to some big disappointments too

 

[Thekid]

Good point, the tank can be based on what generally will go in the tank but it's a waste of time to make a stock list without knowing how big the tank will be. It might lead to some big disappointments too

It's not disappointing if we all know deep down you aren't going to do it.