5 foot 120- what would YOU do?

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severum mama

severum mama

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We're on our way to pick up a new tank. It's a 5 foot 120- the footprint is 60x18 and I believe the height is 22. We've been discussing what to do with it. We're looking for a breeding project, most likely. So, if this was your tank, what would YOU do with it?

I'll just go ahead and mention that we are not looking to breed the stuff that you see all the time in LFSs.

Looking forward to responses. :)
 
I'd like to see you guys do one of those whateveryouwannacallit-ariums. Vivarium, paludarium, whatever the term is. A big school of fish, lots of terrestrial and bog plants, some land creatures. I know it's not exactly the suggestion you were looking for, but I think you guys could pull something like that off in a big way.
 
I love discus, but I'm thinking more fish that would do good in hard water ( like mine ) Calvus would be great!! :)
 
We already keep some discus in a planted 75. :)
I love the vivarium idea, but we're really looking for more of a breeding project.
We do still have the chocolate gouramis, but in a 120 we would never see them. They're doing quite well in a blackwater 10 gallon.
 
severum mama said:
We already keep some discus in a planted 75. :)
I love the vivarium idea, but we're really looking for more of a breeding project.
We do still have the chocolate gouramis, but in a 120 we would never see them. They're doing quite well in a blackwater 10 gallon.
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A tank...with tons of breeding pairs of rams!!! Thats a real money maker! Im not sure how many pairs you could have, but im sure you do
 
Big tank...big footprint. If it was myself and I was looking at a breeding project for less common fish? Well I'd be studying up on all the L numbers to see which I liked best. That's me anyway and I love catfish.
 
I'm not looking to anything with brackish water. We already have 2 salt tanks.

We have many tanks and if we decided on rams, we certainly have the means to breed them in multiple smaller tanks rather than devoting a big tank to them. I'm really not much of a fan TBH... Most of the stock is mass produced and just weak. I prefer apistos. :)

Jon- I really am loving the idea of a viv but I just don't see it happening with this one. Breeding dart frogs would be awesome but then you have to think about live foods for them and such, which I believe means lots and lots of wingless fruit flies. HN1 is driving right now but you are welcome to try and convince him once we get back to a computer. LOL!
 
how about dwarf puffers? not sure how common they are near you guys,but they're pretty uncommon here. plus you could have a lot.
 
how bout arowanas??? its not what I would do but i think there pretty cool. also not sure about there size tanks. I personally would do cichlids or discus or huge guppy tank
 
Apisto's sound great, I have only seen two at the LFS around my area in 10 years!! Seems like they can't get them and the LFS is never sure what kind or sex they can get.
 
Im still pulling for a blackwater community tank. Wild type bettas, some gouramis, other native asians and nice tea colored water. Sounds beautiful. Plus planted..... wowzers
 
+1 for apisto's, i've always wanted one but my LFS is a petsmart so...obviously i won't be seeing any any time soon :'(
 
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