1275 gallon tank! What would you do?

[bethesdaboy]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

[bethesdaboy]

Oh, and I have trophs, petros and tylochromis in mine.

[Zulaab]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

Somewhere I think she said she was going to teach scuba lessons and theirs kids needed a place to clean now that one of their rooms was replaced with a tank.

[lilmissruffcountry]

I am telling you right now, that 54" is too much.

That is one part I am argueing with him about.....But he is insistant that it will work......I just don't want to end up :ertrink:

[lilmissruffcountry]

Somewhere I think she said she was going to teach scuba lessons and theirs kids needed a place to clean now that one of their rooms was replaced with a tank.

[Mzungu]

That is true...it's gonna be tough to service/vacuum/reach the bottom of a 54" tank...

[JGUERRA]

WOW!! that would be so cool got any pics?

[Zulaab]

Let me say this. I hope your ceilings are high, and I would invest in a couple of good Koi pond nets.. So when you have problems... you can get to it.

Another thing. Invest in spa hose to clean the tank.
Water circulation. I am thinking you are going to need to setup some MASSIVE filtration system. I am thinking the 162g tank your hubby put together for you.. yeah you are going to NEED to use it as a sump wet/dry. Your hubby will need to build one of those too. If you dont get a wet/dry, yeah I am just going to shake my head for a couple of weeks....

A pair of MAG 36's should do the trick. You will need to buy several overflow boxes so you can get the flow needed. I am thinking in the end you will need to get at least like 6 vortech's for water movement inside the tank...

I am starting to think this is going to be one expensive tank to get..
This might be the biggest tank I will ever lay my eyes on, but if you do it right.. it will make it for prolly the prettiest and largest home owned tank in Texas..

Ohh I forgot.. what kind is lighting are you thinking about using ?

[Nickintex]

Bichirs (BIG ONES), a Giraffe Catfish, and an African Lungfish.

[amilcar]

guppys!!

[Nickintex]

guppys!!

Least killifish.

[JStrider]

Bottlenose dolphin!

some kind of biotope for sure use it as an opportunity to keep big and small fish that usually cant be kept together in captivity because of close quarters

make sure to take loads of pics of the whole process... beginning to end!

[jughead]

cut it in 1/4s and have 4 300's

[Darbex]

What is going to support this beast?

[SteveCGG]

Yeah...that is over 10,000 lbs of water, plus the glass...dang, he needs to build a serious stand! I would put Malawi peacocks, haps & mbuna in it with lots of rocks. You could let scuba classes train for free in exchange for cleaning the tank!