how long before.....

[Defeatist]

i have a 130 gallon, 6 ft long, 24" tall, 18" wide tank. im wondering how long i have to build my 8x4x3 tank before my stock will completely out grow the 130.
looking @ getting

1 TSN
1 TSNxRTC
1 Silver Aro
2 Oscars

maybe more, thats what i have in mine @tm
and will the 8x4x3 be large enough to keep these fish (mainly the cat's) for a good long time before i'd have to donate them to an aquarium or something.

 

[goestonemoa]

probably in about a year and a half depending on the size of them alll and how much filtration you will be running
if the silver aro doest grow as fast as the tsn or especialy the tsn x rtc(wich is a very quik grower)he will be eaten ive seen this happen before
so the aro must be IMO altleast 1 and a half time there size
also the oscars will grow about from the size of a quarter to the size of a small football in two years and are very messy

dont let any of the above stop you from this experiment ive seen some pretty crazy things

 

[Defeatist]

yeah i heard about the aro's being eat by cats in the tank. that has me a lil concerned. just tryin to think of some nice inhabitants that interest me. my main thing is the TSN cats. was going to do a TSN, TSNxRTC, and a RTC. then i figured were talking about 3 fish that can get 4' long. the aro would just be cool i think. would love to have a black one but there to pricey. oscars - i dont have to get them, just a thought - im still looking for other options.

 

[Defeatist]

filtration will be a sump, in the 130 gallon it will be one of those stack-able walmart Rubbermaid drawers, sitting inside a Rubbermaid tote. aiming for 1k gph on that maybe a lil less. a spray bar that runs on both sides and across the back, and 2 other hoses coming out to create current, both spray bar and current thing will be able to be regulated. actually hoping to get to work on that this weekend