Inspiration
It’s all about this guy. For me, it always has been. The nicest LFS growing up in Milwaukee was Aquatics Unlimited, and they had a gigantic tank (years ago, now gone) with multiple arowana, oscars, etc. Ever since that pairing has been my dream tank.
I’ve tried growing out arowanas a few times and have not had success. Wrong tank mates too soon, too much flow stressing them out, etc. Finally, decided to get a dedicated 6’ just to grow this black aro out. Like any good fish-keeper, if I was going to do one 125g tank, why not fill up the whole space and do 4. That would allow me to consolidate some other tanks, buy some new fish, let’s go for it.
I’ve got it all built now, but still a ways to go to final stocking. Started this process running 9 tanks. Right now, I’m at 13 at just under 1,200g. After finishing my consolidation I’ll be at 10 for ~1,000g. Plan is to use this thread to talk about the journey. Over the years, I’ve really enjoyed following many of the threads others have posted on here and used them for inspiration. In that same spirit, I’ll try to write these up and post steps to the process every day or so until I catch up to where I’m at now.
