new tank!, what you think?

[ryry123]

this is my new tank setup 180 gallon acrylic aquarium i got off craigslist for $200 and built a stand.

what you guys think, any suggestions or comments?

2 oscars
1 red belly pacu
1 silver catfish
1 bala shark
2 convicts

(all trying to catch up to my 12 inch tiger oscar that will join them in the future.)

FILTRATION- overflow into a refugeum with a 200 gallon aquarium cascade canister filter. 60 gallon aquarium HOB filter. 2, 300 watt heaters, 700 gph pump returning the water.

 

[BIGgourami]

nice

 

[pwmin]

Nice. i like the refugium at lot...great idea. I would get at least 2 more balas, though, and the Pacu will eventually outgrow the tank. if your silver catfish is the brackish kind (columbian catshark a.k.a. black tip shark, etc.), it's going to have problems when i gets bigger.

pix of the 12" O?

 

[benito1188]

cool, how big is the filtration tank?

 

[princess]

cute tank! what you gonna do with the pacu lol....i love pacu's

 

[ryry123]

the filtration tank is 20 gallons. i am moving to college in salisbury and when i do next year i will make the filtration tank a 40 gallon long (48") i got for free. i will put a picture of my big O soon. as for the pacu. now that people are starting to ask me that i am starting to get scared and might get rid of it soon and buy an silver arow. because i heard its hard to move a pacu when they get 2 ft long. and i know arows do to but they are not a tall as they are long, lol.

 

[Hawkfish3.0]

Looks good.

 

[djdlemma]

Very nice!!!

 

[Weylin]

Awsome.. I like the idea of then refugium...

 

[navygirl76]

i think it looks great! i love pacus as much as anyone else, but those suckers can get 3 feet long and their girth (thickness) is just amazing lol. youll have to find him another home, like someone else said, get some more balas in there-they would look great also! great job on the tank!