Eagle Eyes
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Feb 25, 2015
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Hi, I am a fish tank addict myself and am experienced with maintaining fish tanks.
We have had several fish tanks before including a 100 gallon tank that had several dozen fish in it ranging from the 2" catfish to striped zebra fish to hand sized angel fish ... just about all the prettiest fish at fish stores we could get in the tank. Never used any Co2 for the plants, and vacuumed the gravel for the water changes. We had the tank for over 5 years and all the fish lived healthy.
Then all of a sudden the tank got a crack in it and started leaking. We got worried that it would grow and the entire tank would shatter. So we gave the fish to friends. Put the gravel in buckets under the house ( Know it was important to keep along with the filters because it has the good bacteria and algae on it) and put all the fake plants away and the heaters ect. We destroyed the tank .... was no good.
Now several years later we want to start again. This time we are gonna go big or go home.
Here are the stats:
-Custom acrylic tank: 36" D by 30" W by 70" L = 337 gallons
- We have a Revers Osmosis also.
Not much else is planned other than we will probably use real plants and our old filters and gravel. We do have another tank 30 gall to act as filter tank before the water is pumped back into the tank (will go inside of fish tank stand). We were thinking about putting Discus in the tank but then I heard how hard it is to keep them alive. So what Do you guys think We should put in such a huge tank?
please post pictures if you can along with the name.
The tank is currently empty. We have a custom steel stand already built and pluming already in place in the walls for the Revers Osmosis (RO).
Also fish-less cycling or Fish-in ... This is a Blank Slate so I want to do everything the right way ... instead of putting everything on on the first day like I have done in the past
We have had several fish tanks before including a 100 gallon tank that had several dozen fish in it ranging from the 2" catfish to striped zebra fish to hand sized angel fish ... just about all the prettiest fish at fish stores we could get in the tank. Never used any Co2 for the plants, and vacuumed the gravel for the water changes. We had the tank for over 5 years and all the fish lived healthy.
Then all of a sudden the tank got a crack in it and started leaking. We got worried that it would grow and the entire tank would shatter. So we gave the fish to friends. Put the gravel in buckets under the house ( Know it was important to keep along with the filters because it has the good bacteria and algae on it) and put all the fake plants away and the heaters ect. We destroyed the tank .... was no good.
Now several years later we want to start again. This time we are gonna go big or go home.
Here are the stats:
-Custom acrylic tank: 36" D by 30" W by 70" L = 337 gallons
- We have a Revers Osmosis also.
Not much else is planned other than we will probably use real plants and our old filters and gravel. We do have another tank 30 gall to act as filter tank before the water is pumped back into the tank (will go inside of fish tank stand). We were thinking about putting Discus in the tank but then I heard how hard it is to keep them alive. So what Do you guys think We should put in such a huge tank?
please post pictures if you can along with the name.
The tank is currently empty. We have a custom steel stand already built and pluming already in place in the walls for the Revers Osmosis (RO).
Also fish-less cycling or Fish-in ... This is a Blank Slate so I want to do everything the right way ... instead of putting everything on on the first day like I have done in the past