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whats your dream tank?

Post by brett_fishman » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:09 am

i saw this posted over on aquahobby.com

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mine:
i'd like a 800 gallon tank with clown loaches and torpedo barbs..a shoal of 150 for each..but only those two species..

maybe throw in a shoal of SAEs (50) for algae cleanup...haha

how about you all??
what tank setup would your give up your car for??


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Post by chefkeith » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:16 am

I’m working on a mini dream tank right now, but my big dream is to have a super long shallow tank that is easy to maintain. I’ve thought about this quite a bit already. The over-all length would be about 40ft, about 2 ft wide, and height would be about 16 inches (so that my shirt sleeves wouldn't ever get wet when I reach into the tank for something) :) . The tank will probably be U-shaped, with two- 12 ft legs and 16ft in the middle.

It would be low light. I'd plant the tank with nothing but Tiger Lotus'. My dream aquascape idea’s are still evolving though.

I might not get any new fish. I'd just move most of the fish I have now to the dream tank. Clown Loaches, Kuhli Loaches, Bristlenose Pleco's, and Boesemani Rainbowfish. The Pleco’s and Rainbowfish have been spawning steadily, so the tank would be self-stocking. I love watching these fish families grow.

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Post by shazam26 » Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:38 pm

My dream tank? LOL A tank ROOM.
I'd want each wall to have a large, spacious tank, one dedicated to botias, one dedicated to catfish, one a river tank. ^_^
That would be my ideal set up, honestly.

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Post by worldrallynut » Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:29 pm

one of my old customers lined his basement with pondliner and filled it about 2' high. He added walkways and the pictures looked awesome. This seems like my dream tank, if I could figure out what to do about the evaporation...
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Post by brett_fishman » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:44 pm

rally,
wouldnt the water evaporation make your floor and floor joists rot?!

sorry for saying what a said about aquahobby.com...haha

i figured out that you could make a 800g tank that is 12x3x3'...haha..thats 144x36x36" :lol:

my BEDROOM is 11x11...so the 800 would be longer than my room..but yea, a 3 foot tall tank wouldnt be practical, you wouldnt be able to reach the bottom without getting your SHOULDERS wet...haha


some good ideas so far,
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Post by Mad Duff » Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:05 am

Like worldrallynut my dream tank would basically be a very large indoor pond, lots of flow and lots of Clown Loaches and large danios and Rasboras :D

One way round evaporation could be to have a couple of dehumidifiers running which have been slightly modified so that they return the water collected straight back into the tank/pond.
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Post by worldrallynut » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:19 pm

brett_fishman wrote:rally,
wouldnt the water evaporation make your floor and floor joists rot?!
Yes! :)
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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:33 pm

I don't really remember my dreams...........sorry! I forget my dream tank
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Post by brett_fishman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:02 pm

ok graeme...what tank setup would you give up your car for?? (presuming you own a car..)

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Post by Graeme Robson » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:05 pm

I cycle everywhere. Even to Emma's store. I like to keep fit. :wink:
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Post by brett_fishman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:08 pm

:o
what tank setup would you give up your BIKE for?!
haha

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PS: dont your new fishies get cold when you are biking around? well..how far is it from your place?
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Post by LoachOrgy » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:15 pm

in wall 800 gallon saltwater with some sharks!

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Post by brett_fishman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:18 pm

loachorgy,
i calculated a 800 gallon tank could be a 12x3x3' tank..haha
but you could have it any way you wanted it..
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Post by worldrallynut » Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:28 pm

Jeremy

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Post by Mad Duff » Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:46 am

Graeme Robson wrote:I cycle everywhere. Even to Emma's store. I like to keep fit. :wink:
It certainly is a hard ride back with poly boxes ballanced on the crossbar :lol: :lol:

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