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whats your dream tank?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:09 am
by brett_fishman
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??
-brett.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:16 am
by chefkeith
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 1:38 pm
by shazam26
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.
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 3:29 pm
by worldrallynut
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...
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:44 pm
by brett_fishman
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"
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,
brett.
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:05 am
by Mad Duff
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
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.
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:19 pm
by worldrallynut
brett_fishman wrote:rally,
wouldnt the water evaporation make your floor and floor joists rot?!
Yes!
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:33 pm
by Graeme Robson
I don't really remember my dreams...........sorry! I forget my dream tank
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:02 pm
by brett_fishman
ok graeme...what tank setup would you give up your car for?? (presuming you own a car..)
-brett.
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:05 pm
by Graeme Robson
I cycle everywhere. Even to Emma's store. I like to keep fit.
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:08 pm
by brett_fishman
what tank setup would you give up your BIKE for?!
haha
-brett.
PS: dont your new fishies get cold when you are biking around? well..how far is it from your place?
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:15 pm
by LoachOrgy
in wall 800 gallon saltwater with some sharks!
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:18 pm
by brett_fishman
loachorgy,
i calculated a 800 gallon tank could be a 12x3x3' tank..haha
but you could have it any way you wanted it..
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:28 pm
by worldrallynut
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:46 am
by Mad Duff
