what would YOU do with a 225g 3' wide tank?

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Stratoquarius said:
I've seen lots of people keeping arros in 2' wide 6 foot tanks, I'm sure they would much rather appreciate a whole foot of width as apposed to length.
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I am planning to an Arow tank at some point and this is what o understood to be the minimum as well. The 6 footers don't provide room for the fish to turn. While being only 5 long is not ideal at least it can move around. Also for the record Clown Loaches can get about a foot long so 50 is out of the question but they are super cool fish! Geos are awesome too. You have the length for a big Poly so that could be a good choice.


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I'd fill up the tank with the nicest looking cichlids. I'd get about 5 geos and satanoperca to fill the bottom of the tank and clean the sand. Out of those geos, 2 would be red headed geos, and 3 would be leucostica. Then I'd get 1 10" uaru and also a high quality 6-7" bright red severum. I'd also get 1 African Tiger Scat because they have the best personality out of any fish I've ever owned. I'd also get 1 flagtail to clean the glass. And finally for the big centerpiece fish, I'd get an African Arowana and grow him out. That's the most active fish I've ever had and he wasn't aggressive at all.
 
can I say that Hemibagrus wyckii looks like the coolest catfish I've ever seen~!

ASM I like your idea minus the cichlids. I already have a flagtail and they do an amazing job at glass cleaning. If I was going to keep a cichlid, I would probably keep my long fin albino oscar cause he only has one eye and I know he might just get killed in whatever tank he gets introduced to after mine.

It's a shame silver aro's get the largest theyre the cheapest!

I might even decide to just stick to my original brackish Idea, its just that the whole getting the right salinity and slowly increasing it will cost me a lot on salt cause of the tank size. a whole 55g bag will only go .002/3 sg increase. thats not even including the top ups. thats what puts me off, cause I love the brackish fish (mainly scats)

not sure how many fish I'd have as I can always upgrade filtration as I see fit. I keep good water quality with my cichlids right now. I guess I just want interesting fish with character that are fun to watch and different. I'm thinking as a basis,

Flagtail - clean glass
1 large bichir/ a few smaller sp. (I can't seem to get hold of anything that isn't delhezi,ornatippinis or senegalus last time I checked)
1 medium-large sized catfish / few smaller ones
large feature fish, the main thing everyone will look at
some oddballs or possibly a cichlid or too, I like parrot cichlids as they are rough and large enough to be housed with monsters but without the incessant aggression of parachromis/amphilophus.
suppose would be good to have dithers of some kind. big enough not to be eaten but not too big that they make a lot of waste and eat all the food (no tinfoils)

edit * true parrots, not the hybrids
 
I have 3 foot wide 240 gallon tank, all I have in there is a red belly pacu and an oscar, trying to get rid of the pacu now. When that's done, I'm gonna be putting in a school of silver dollars and maybe tinfoils, but not sure if the tank is big enough for both.
 
Acousticfish said:
I am planning to an Arow tank at some point and this is what o understood to be the minimum as well. The 6 footers don't provide room for the fish to turn. While being only 5 long is not ideal at least it can move around. Also for the record Clown Loaches can get about a foot long so 50 is out of the question but they are super cool fish! Geos are awesome too. You have the length for a big Poly so that could be a good choice.


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"For the record"... you could EASILY fit 50 clowns in a tank this size. It takes 10+years for them to get to a foot long from around 2", and they can also exceed 12". When they are in a large group only the most dominant loaches will obtain a size anywhere close to this, and the more subordinate loaches will usually only get 5-9". Also, while I agree this is a lot of fish in one tank, they LOVE being overcrowded by other loaches and aren't overly messy fish. If you run decent filtration it's not a heavy stocking at all compared to most other fish on a similar magnitude. Large water chages are a must, but that goes for nearly everyone on MFK :). Finally, if they did get to a size where you found them unmanageable, large clown loaches are very pricey, and would easily sell for multiple times what you paid for them originally. /rant
 
Psylant you sound like an expert on clown loaches, unfortunately I already said I wouldn't go for the 50. but If I was I'd buy them directyl from the wholesaler at a discount (much like the stores do)

mattybecks there are so many opertunities in a tank that size, don't be put off by pacu. theyre only really suitable for ponds and public aquaria!
 
Stratoquarius said:
I said I liked Arowana's I actually said I thought my tank was too small. people like you make me sick, making someone with a 225 gallon tank feel inadequate when there are hundreds of members on here keeping aro's and other monster fish in smaller tanks, go bother them and stay out of my thread if you just want to cause trouble.
I've seen lots of people keeping arros in 2' wide 6 foot tanks, I'm sure they would much rather appreciate a whole foot of width as apposed to length. never once did I even specify I was going to put a silver arowana in the tank...:confused:

I like florida gars however I haven't seen them available around here, only longnose and alligators who all grow HUGE.
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My commnet was geared towards all that recommend the silver aro for your tank, but if you are seriously considering a silver for your tank without plans of upgrading then the comment is for you too. You seam to understand the limitations of your tank, though with this recent "cry baby" post maybe I am wrong about you.
 
jabsthetank said:
African Aro will grow out a 225 IMO.
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Acousticfish said:
I am planning to an Arow tank at some point and this is what o understood to be the minimum as well. The 6 footers don't provide room for the fish to turn. While being only 5 long is not ideal at least it can move around.
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Both of you are wrong. The gallon volume of the tank isn't as important as the WIDTH of the tank. And OP said he's going to have a 3 ft. tank. That's plenty of room for either a silver or an african aro to live. I've known many people who have kept their aros in 180 and 210 tanks and the aros are healthy. With a 3 ft wide tank they'll be even better.

I'm also kind of tired of people saying you need a tank that's at least 4 or 5 ft. in width to adequately keep an aro. That's just not true. If it were, then only about 3% of the people here would be able to have tanks that big and be able to have healthy aros.
 
see, I thought my tank was too small but then I see people posting their 180 or 210's with an arro in and nobody is criticising them.

Bderick67 Sorry for the baby comment, I read your post as if you were having a go at me, I didn't realise it was towards some of the other people suggesting.

So let's steer away from the debate for arro tank size and lets assume, that I want to get an Arro in my tank.
now that the feature fish is selected, what should I use to compliment it?
 
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