The owner at my fish store is selling me his 750 gallon tank that is in his store. Right now he uses it for a magnificent salt water aquarium, and until the fish/coral in it are sold he is going to hang onto it. Presuming that my floor could support such a large tank filled with water and accessories, how hard would it be to take care of? I plan on using it for an extremely large tropical aquarium, gourami's, rainbow sharks, balla sharks, etc, nothing extreme like oscars or cichlids.
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Sounds fun, but alot of work. My biggest concern would be water changes. Even 20% which is a bare minimum IMO would be 150g a week. Then again, I've never kept such a large tank, so maybe the maintanence is different. Where do you plan on putting it? Do you know the dimensions?
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we've actually found, the bigger the tank, the more self-sustaining they become, and the maintenance gets easier, although there is still some work involved....
What is your floor like? Is it raised, do you have a besement or a crawl space? There is much you can do, especially if you own your home, to reinforce the floor to hold the wieght. If you are the least bit handy you can do it yourself. If not with all the money you will be spending on fish, electricity, supplies etc, you should be able to afford a contractor to do it for you.
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The bigger the tank, the less changes in water chemistry for sure. However, water changes are time consuming with a tank that size.
B4 buying it, consider the filtration and heating needed. Also, the space for the plumbing and the electrical supply for all the devices you are going to attach.
That tank, alone, must weight about 200kg, plus about 2700kg for the wter, plus stand, it will easily pass the 3 tons. Have someone who knows check your floor.
Money would be something to make me think, since every water change (assuming a weekly 20%) will require a lot of water -150gl-, chlorine removers and any other chemichals you might use. Lighting will cost also a bit.
Also, you must be very careful with diseases: treating the whole tank with medicine would be very costly, and going for isolation, catching a specific fish in such a big tank will be hard.
If you can pass over these conditions, I will be the first to be jealous for such an amazing tank. If I had the space needed for something like that, I'd also like to have one.
B4 buying it, consider the filtration and heating needed. Also, the space for the plumbing and the electrical supply for all the devices you are going to attach.
That tank, alone, must weight about 200kg, plus about 2700kg for the wter, plus stand, it will easily pass the 3 tons. Have someone who knows check your floor.
Money would be something to make me think, since every water change (assuming a weekly 20%) will require a lot of water -150gl-, chlorine removers and any other chemichals you might use. Lighting will cost also a bit.
Also, you must be very careful with diseases: treating the whole tank with medicine would be very costly, and going for isolation, catching a specific fish in such a big tank will be hard.
If you can pass over these conditions, I will be the first to be jealous for such an amazing tank. If I had the space needed for something like that, I'd also like to have one.
