Danny's 130 Gallon Hydrocynus Sp. Tank

[DayumDanny]

Hey Guys,

This will be my first monster tank. I was inspired by these monster fish ever since the episode of River Monsters when Jeremy Wade sought out to find the goliath african tiger fish a couple years back. I recently actually decided to go out and get these fish and setup my 130 gallon. With the help of Chixulub I'm off to a good start.

Tank: 130 Gallon Long ( 72L x 18W x 24H inches )
Filtration: x2 60 Tetra Whisper HOB, 40 Gallon Sump, (Will be adding an fx5 when i can get my hands on one)
Powerheads: x4 Koralia Evo 1050 gph

Stocklist:

I currently just added 1 Hydrocynus Vittatus (Red Tail African Tiger Fish) 3 Days ago and he is about 4.5 Inches. I got this guy from Scott at Ocean State Aquatics in Rhode Island. They have great customer service over there.

2 Silver Arowana that i got for 30 each at a lfs. Both are currently at 3.5 inches and are eating market shrimps.

5 Red Tail Tinfoil Barbs. Theses guys are essential theyre helping me break my Vatf off live food as well as preventing my future atf from fighting with each other. Chixulub just posted a thread that contains more information on how to break your african tiger fishes off lives. After two days of introducing the tiger barbs, and 3 days of starving my vatf, he finally started trying to steal the pellets from the barbs.

My future stocklist will contain at least one of every sp of african tiger fish. Not sure about the brevis but I definitely want the goliath. So if you guys have or know anyone that has a Fatf, Gatf, or Batf let me know. I may add one or two parayas but they are not my priority. Yes I am aware of my tank being to small. This is my grow out tank. I have a 500 gallon that I am currently setting up for these guys when they grow out.

At the OCA

Arowanas

Acclimation

I had no idea how strong these guys were even when they were young. This was before I upgraded to the koralia powerheads. These guys are so fast and almost impossible to take pictures off

Schooling

 

[cl0wn knife]

very nice, pic of the 500 you've set up?

 

[DayumDanny]

Nothing special just a koi holding mini pool thing that's 500 gallons

My plan is to build a huge tank that is constructed of wood and plywood and then using pond liner to hold the water and a giant glass window.

 

[Chicxulub]

Very nice! Look forward to future updates.

Be careful with that aro. It will outgrow the tigers at a dramatic pace.

 

[lix.ma14]

so the final setup is that indoor pool?

 

[cl0wn knife]

very cool nice pond

 

[Chub_by]

Love how you've already set up the next tank, you seem to be very well prepared for your fish. Well done, I'm also subbing this to see your further progress.

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[predatorpassion]

you got your aro's for $30?? man i wish i was able to lol. Very nice setup, and props for planning ahead for all these monsters. Instead of a spur of the moment purchase, which im sure we are all guilty of at one point in time haha. looking forward to the future progress

 

[RampageRR]

Very nice, good to see more people getting into ATFs right at the same time as I am, we can all keep posting update pics on these guys for a good while. Keep us posted if you find more of the other species you're looking for.

 

[rwellbaum]

Nice set-up!