New 670g Discus Extravaganza!

[TwiztidUnreal]

i'm telling you. Petros!!
Blue giants or Bulu's!

[Vinnynguyen4917]

Wow that awesome tank , I never thought that tank can go through single door!!!
My vote goes to Tangs as well.

[Rico04]

My vote goes to Discus. With that much water you can keep a very healthy and great looking group of discus. Sky is the limit! Congrats

[Inigo Montoya]

I am going through similar research doing a 350g discus tank which would have some former live rock in the tank causing the hardness to go up. It has been done and several people are keeping discus in slightly harder water conditions. There are additional benefits to RO water though ( algae control) and a mix of RO with conditioned tap seems to be the preference. I spoke with Eric at Aquatic Pets and he does discus QT in conditioned tap getting his used to Houston water.
Both him and HAW have the great reputations so talk to them and see if it seems like a fit for you. Discus seem like a bit of work but worth it.

[ptran]

Update please.

[Ballinxalex]

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[Paulie52]

Thanks, Desiderius. The Clouded Archer would be fantastic. I have read it could grow up to5-6" which would be great.

[Paulie52]

The tank looks great. I like the Discus. or a fly river turtle.

Troy, the Fly River turtle looks great. I had to Google that one as it was new to me. If I'm not mistaken, I think the Fish Galllery display tank may have one of these. All that said, I saw online somewhere that they are priced at $500-$750. So, the turtle may have to wait for awhile!

[Paulie52]

Indigo, thanks for the detailed reply. Last week I went and saw the owner of HAW and we talked it over for a half hour or so. Discus certainly seem possible, but when I heard about the necessity of grow-out tanks to get the discus to full size, that was a big problem. At the end of the day, I think discus is off the table. Don't want to fight the tap water parameters when there is so much I can do with other fish. I had a small RO unit on my boat a few years ago (converted sea water to pure H2O) which was slow and expensive to buy, but very handy. Am definitely not keen on the idea of getting back into one of those!

[Paulie52]

All, after careful consideration and long talks with the people at HAW and ADG, I've decided against going discus. I haven't formalized or properly researched this idea yet, but I'm hoping to build a population composed of some oddballs like Arowanas, Florida alligator fish, maybe a couple other gars, fire eels, silver dollars, cloud archers, bala Sharks, clown loaches, and hopefully a bunch of colorful (Malawi?) cichlids. Still need to select the right variety of Plecostamus, tiger loaches, gouramis, a couple Florida stingrays (need to do more research to ensure they are legal!), etc.

As I reread the above list, I'm thinking this requires a lot more research on compatibility! It ought to be possible to have a bunch of healthy and happy fish who also do well with the tap water here in Sugar Land. Maybe I'm worrying too much about hard water, but there seem to be better fish options for my situation.

I appreciate all the responses and suggestions. You all convinced me to at least partially stock cichlids!

P.S. I'm filling the tank today to leak test and to run the filters. So far so good. If all goes well, I should have it decorated (selected a couple nice stumps, large rocks, sand/gravel blend for substrate) and cycling in a week or so. The folks at ADG have been very helpful in getting this going at a reasonable price. Can't say enough about how good they have been to work with.

[troy tucker]

There are no legal fresh water stingrays in Texas. Sorry to say.

The turtle is something I have always wanted and can never afford. and if you found one for $750.00 that cheep. for the only fully aquatic fresh water turtle.

I do Altum Angel's in our tap water. So I think you are worrying more then you need to.

That's a big list.

Take picture! Every one loves Picture!

[ptran]

Troy, the Fly River turtle looks great. I had to Google that one as it was new to me. If I'm not mistaken, I think the Fish Galllery display tank may have one of these. All that said, I saw online somewhere that they are priced at $500-$750. So, the turtle may have to wait for awhile!

Fly River Turtle can grow to 28-30" might be too big.

[Austy16414]

Definitely an awesome list, and even though your tank is massive, I would highly recommend looking into compatibility with that mix. As much as I love me some cichlids, you might wanna take those guys off the list to reduce aggression issues. Glad to see progress being made, sometimes these big tanks take forever. Makes it tough being a spectator haha

[troy tucker]

Fly river turtles get 22 in..

[barrettsline]

New 670g Discus Extravaganza!

There are no legal fresh water stingrays in Texas. Sorry to say.

Florida stingrays are legal to own in Texas. Fish gallery generally has them. When ever I see them there, they are generally $125-$150.

Xtreme fish used to carry them as well.

Problem is they can reach sizes on average 24"-28" in diameter. And they only can survive in fresh water a juveniles. When the reach adulthood, they require at a minimum brackish water. Some claim to be able to keep them in straight fresh water.



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