New with an empty 600 gallon tank.

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Taboojen said:
That is a nice tank. :) I would love to relax in front of something like that.

Have you thought of trying a planted tank? That would be awesome. - Although some big fish dont seem to get along with plants.
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I did think about getting into plants. Comming from reef keeping, it reminds me a lot of that. However that said, the main thing I want right now is ease of maintance and simplicity. For a tank as deep and large as mine, planting the tank would be difficult and a lot of extra work. Dosing it with Co2 would probably be manditory and just adds complexity. Thats one of the reasons I am getting out of reef keeping. I agree, it would look awsome but I am just not ready for that right now.

I am kind of going for the cave look with the pangea background. Should look cool when done.

Jeff
 
i gotta get a bigger tank good luck have fun
 
Most larger CA cichlids just don't make good display specimens for a large tank, IMO. They get big, stupid, and boring haha. With that big of a tank and no desire for plants, why not go for Africans? You have access to an incredibly wide variety of fish and could easily create a complex mix of species.
 
Booger said:
Most larger CA cichlids just don't make good display specimens for a large tank, IMO. They get big, stupid, and boring haha. With that big of a tank and no desire for plants, why not go for Africans? You have access to an incredibly wide variety of fish and could easily create a complex mix of species.
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Thinking about this as well, especially since our local water is just about perfect for Africans. Very hard water here with very good pH. Lots of disolved co2 however so good aeriation is a must before water change.

Still a work in progress.

Jeff
 
Bomber166 said:
thats a really neat idea, putting it in front of the bar like that.
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Thanks! Its in my breakfast area and I wanted the kids to have something to look at when they are eating in the morning. :D For parties, we just remove the chairs and set up a buffet there so everybody walks by the aquarium to get their meal.

I hope to have pics up in the next few months as time permits.

The Aquarium is a Tenecor custom built tank originally planned for my reef but will be adapted for fresh water fish.

I will probably will grow some plants in my old refugium tank.



Jeff
 
You need an arowana. Big tanks should be like Rallysman's. My suggestions:

Aussie Aro (Jardini or Leichardti)
Clown Knifes
Jaguar Cichlids
Oscar Cichlids
Channel Cat or Red Tail Cat
Polypterus (Birchir) of some sort
 
im sorry to here about your loss -- the time and money that must have gone into that system just to lose it in one day must have been devasting - id love to see any pics of it when it was set up if you have them

as for the new tank i think a school of peacock bass would be cool maybe with an aro and/or a tsn, some really nice plecos that get good size

if you wanted to do an african tank - it would be really cool to do a school of emperor cichlids - in that size tank it could be done

anyways im glad you got back into the hobby, it would be a shame to leave that beautiful tank empty
 
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