Biggest Fish you will accomodate in your current tank
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Damn! I missed the pic of this crazy monster tank, can anyone pm me with a link to it? I promise I wont start flaming anyone! Just curiuos to see it! 
I currently have a 4"x2"x2" (450l tank/~100gallons I think?) I'm looking for a 6"x2"x2" at the moment to house my Murray Cod. This will probably be the only fish in this tank until he gets to about 20" then I will look at alternative accomodation for him (maybe a plywood monster tank?), I would put a couple of other fish in with him, (a Jardini would be nice as the MC tends to hang around on the bottom) but I think he'd eat them
I find it more enjoyable to watch a fish with plenty of room, it looks more natural when they can move around freely in a tank instead of just doing small laps.
I currently have a 4"x2"x2" (450l tank/~100gallons I think?) I'm looking for a 6"x2"x2" at the moment to house my Murray Cod. This will probably be the only fish in this tank until he gets to about 20" then I will look at alternative accomodation for him (maybe a plywood monster tank?), I would put a couple of other fish in with him, (a Jardini would be nice as the MC tends to hang around on the bottom) but I think he'd eat them
I find it more enjoyable to watch a fish with plenty of room, it looks more natural when they can move around freely in a tank instead of just doing small laps.
ithink it is time for a bigger tank u can try 6 by 4 my frend had it he is crazy got a golden arowana 
alfon76 said:
Howdy,
you're welcome
200 cm, 125 kg. Max: 450 cm, 200 kg But I am sure you know that. Common 900 gal acrylic tank: 120'' (300 cm) x 36'' (90 cm) x 58'' (120 cm). Perfectly fine for a one or two footer, you're absolutely right.
Check out Johnptc's article in the "article" section here. You might want to look into that for your upgrade. But then, what do I know, I have never kept an arapaima. And for sure I never will.
Peace out,
HarleyK
My guess is that he has the nice looking gourami in the avatar, a convict cuchlid and a platy all in a 450 gallon tank. That's why he can talk donw to us the real monster ish keepers.
Whenever I feel like I need you to tell me what do I need for my fishes I will PM you or email you HarleyK, until then you can save your "advice" to me.
Ivan
Whenever I feel like I need you to tell me what do I need for my fishes I will PM you or email you HarleyK, until then you can save your "advice" to me.
Ivan
Hi Chad,
I am currently starting up a 220 gal tank. I hooked up the filter last week Thursday and introduced a few sword tails and gouramis last night. They are my starter fish to establish the tank as an ecosystem. So if you ask what I keep right now, that's it. They look lost in the big tank
In the next weeks, I plan on directing the tank to African species. I was thinking of a dozen Pantodon buchholzi, 5-7 Synodontis nigriventis and eventually a few Gnathonemus (which one depends on availability).
Last year I had to take down my 80 gal tank (theme Southeast Asia) and sell it since I moved. I bridged the months with setting up a couple of smaller tanks (which is where the swordtails and gouramis came from), but finally the time came to go big
I think Pantodon are pretty cool, I always loved them, and we have lots of crickets in our backyard in the Summer. Furthermore, they will love living in a tank with plenty of surface area. As other posts of mine indicated, I rather have a tank too big for the fish than the other way around.
HarleyK
I am currently starting up a 220 gal tank. I hooked up the filter last week Thursday and introduced a few sword tails and gouramis last night. They are my starter fish to establish the tank as an ecosystem. So if you ask what I keep right now, that's it. They look lost in the big tank
In the next weeks, I plan on directing the tank to African species. I was thinking of a dozen Pantodon buchholzi, 5-7 Synodontis nigriventis and eventually a few Gnathonemus (which one depends on availability). Last year I had to take down my 80 gal tank (theme Southeast Asia) and sell it since I moved. I bridged the months with setting up a couple of smaller tanks (which is where the swordtails and gouramis came from), but finally the time came to go big
I think Pantodon are pretty cool, I always loved them, and we have lots of crickets in our backyard in the Summer. Furthermore, they will love living in a tank with plenty of surface area. As other posts of mine indicated, I rather have a tank too big for the fish than the other way around.
HarleyK
