Help stocking a 450!!!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
1 22"+ Male Dovii.



well... idk, personally everything on that list is meh.. Id be bored out of my mind if I had that setup.


Personally... The way I like tanks are like a picture or chunk taken RIGHT out of the area the fish lives... I like it natural looking. Like a moving snapshot of the lake / river or w/e

Id go with either a huge Male Dovii (Amazing color and Personality) SOLO

or, a shoal of something large and predatory, like piranha, but not boring red belly, something really nice. A large shoal of those in a river themed tank (Fallen brush, smoothed dark gravel, Power heads pushing water towards one side of the tank (Emulating the flow of the river) set to you liking (Fast / slow) with something at the opposing end to catch and dissipate the flow (Large driftwood piece / some rocks) so there isn't a swirl of flow at the back end of the tank. And if the Piranha are well taken care of, you could keep more peaceful shoal's of fish with them... I've seen a large Piranha tank with shoals of Caribs and little fish like Neon Tetra.

That would be a turly amazing atmosphere and really set off the tank.


O well, those are the things I would do at least.
 
Tank will be 96"x36"x30". 448 gallons to be exact. I thought about having rays, but I got stung something nasty when I lived in Brasil. Not sure if I have gotten over it.
 
Rakie, that was the sexiest description of a tank setup I have ever heard :). But I don't want do dedicate a 450 to one fish. We just have different tastes. Thanks anyways.
 
Onion01;1061740; said:
Rakie, that was the sexiest description of a tank setup I have ever heard :). But I don't want do dedicate a 450 to one fish. We just have different tastes. Thanks anyways.
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hehe, there were two options, one was a big fish, one was piranha :D


But i spend a lot of time researching eco systems, watching documentaries and such, its a shame i don't have the finance to set up a system like I envision.
 
hehe, there were two options, one was a big fish, one was piranha :D


But i spend a lot of time researching eco systems, watching documentaries and such, its a shame i don't have the finance to set up a system like I envision.
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I gotta tell you, I am a premedical student. But choosing between that and marine biology was probably the hardest decision I have ever made in my life. I envy you :)
 
I think you should do some CA/SA if you want cichlids or whatever and if you do that FW barracuda is def a good choice of shoaling fish IMO. Peaceful and very mean looking...
 
how big do bowfin get again?
 
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