What would you do with a 10,000 gallon tank?

[ILOVEBETTAS]

I'm looking for creative ideas. :)

[Siren]

Go swimming? LOL

[ILOVEBETTAS]

Uh...

I would divide it into 5 spaces, each with 2,000 gal.

One section would be African cichlids
Another monster fish
Another coldwater fish
Then a tropical community
Then the last with tons of oscars.

[Malbri]

depends on how much money for equipment. I would maybe do a stingray tank......maybe not

[ILOVEBETTAS]

You could spend as much money as you want.

[liv2padl]

well, i think i'd put a diving board at one end, and .....

[Malbri]

does that mean we could hire people to clean it?
lol
In that case I would probably also divide it into two parts, one a saltwater and one freshwater. The saltwater would have a few tangs, and im not sure what else. Then the freshwater wold have a bunch of goldfish.....or some other huge fish

[jm1212]

"old school"
FW-
300 red eye tetras
500 bleeding heart tetras
25 angels
15 gold/green/red shoulder severum
12 urau
25 flagtail catfish
250 schwartz's corydoras

1 male sailfin molly and 3 females just for kicks :D

or if im in a saltwater mood-
SW-
2 emperor angels
100 long-nosed or copper banded butterlfy fish
1 volitan lionfish
2 pairs of Clarkii clownfish
2 queen angelfish
50 dispar anthias
10 Dejardini Sailfin tangs
10 naso tangs
5 sohal tangs
5 clown tangs
25 hippo tangs
1 vlamingii tang

i hear that tangs can be aggressive with one another like gouramis, so it might not work. if anyone has any experience keeping multiple tangs in a system (multiple of the same species or just multiple tangs) with no ill effects, advice would be greatly appreciated.

[Malbri]

either that I would fill the freshwater part with livebearers and corys
and a few other peacful fish
maybe rummynose tetras

[fballguy]

I would fill it with gasoline, then wait until summer when oil prices climb again, and sell all of it for a huge profit.

[sumthin fishy]

Plant it to the max and have about 30 or so cardinal tetras. Then mabey add 3 ottos if I have a good filter.

[Mgamer20o0]

platy..... 10 billion platy

[Siren]

I would fill it with gasoline, then wait until summer when oil prices climb again, and sell all of it for a huge profit.

Then you could buy a bigger tank with the profit you made, then keep repeating the process until you owned the entire Pacific Ocean. And you really wouldn't have to worry about it being stocked or balanced, it comes that way already :)

[supgourami]

GIANT GOURAMIS.


15 of them.

[Squawkbert]

2 Pacus

[neoprodigy]

I would fill it with gasoline, then wait until summer when oil prices climb again, and sell all of it for a huge profit.
i hope your are a non-smoker... :)

[jm1212]

i hope your are a non-smoker... :)
lol!

[clayt101]

1 betta

[fballguy]

i hope your are a non-smoker... :)

Well, I don't smoke, but my welding might cause a few problems...

[5xevy]

I would make half freshwater- DISCUS.

I would make the other half a sweet reef tank with many many Tangs.

[boofish2]

Throw a couple of those mermaid ladies in it a have a big party with lots of booze.

[GuZZiZZiT]

arowana, lots of em.

Or about 300 clown loaches.

Wait, could clown loaches and arowana live together?

[dorkfish]

I would... ...not do water changes bucket by bucket.

[tai95]

I would... ...not do water changes bucket by bucket.

Why not a 10% water change would only be 200 5gal buckets of water.

[fballguy]

Throw a couple of those mermaid ladies in it a have a big party with lots of booze.

OK forget my gasoline idea, your idea sound like fun!!

[daayda3]

a huge SW tank with a school of bluw tangs, and a hammerhead shark:D

[daayda3]

Then you could buy a bigger tank with the profit you made, then keep repeating the process until you owned the entire Pacific Ocean. And you really wouldn't have to worry about it being stocked or balanced, it comes that way already :)
LOL:laugh:

[Malbri]

a huge SW tank with a school of bluw tangs, and a hammerhead shark:D
tangs dont school do they?

[jm1212]

yea they're schoolers, but they are also like gouramis.

[Aussie_hippie_2]

Divide it, one half heavily planted with lots of angels and lots of vals, and on the other side 4-6 Australian arrows and some clown loaches if they could fit. Would also settle for silvers :D

[jm1212]

or, i would get 1 male molly and 25 females and let them fill the tank for me :D

or convicts... the rabbits of the Amazon

i wonder how hard it is to raise urau fry...

[kuhliloach]

fill it with one million kuhli loaches!:dog:

[fishcatch22]

1 nurse shark

[WeeNe858]

"old school"
FW-
300 red eye tetras
500 bleeding heart tetras
25 angels
15 gold/green/red shoulder severum
12 urau
25 flagtail catfish
250 schwartz's corydoras

1 male sailfin molly and 3 females just for kicks :D

or if im in a saltwater mood-
SW-
2 emperor angels
100 long-nosed or copper banded butterlfy fish
1 volitan lionfish
2 pairs of Clarkii clownfish
2 queen angelfish
50 dispar anthias
10 Dejardini Sailfin tangs
10 naso tangs
5 sohal tangs
5 clown tangs
25 hippo tangs
1 vlamingii tang

i hear that tangs can be aggressive with one another like gouramis, so it might not work. if anyone has any experience keeping multiple tangs in a system (multiple of the same species or just multiple tangs) with no ill effects, advice would be greatly appreciated.



Yellow tangs get agressive when in small numbers or even numbers.. but they will school all the other tangs seem to do ok unless you get a tang with a dispostion.. and ushually body shape can tell you who can go with who... if there similar they cant do it...






Now my idea for the 100,000 gall... i would split it into a 1/3 back area and a front.. simulate a flooded amazon forest and throw in 3 silver arowa some tigs and some ret tails.. and maybe a giant gourami and a really big school of cardinals.... and in the back is where i breed/ grow out..oo ooo and an aripima or two :]

[tai95]

1 nurse shark

Wouldn't be big enough for a 14' shark.

[krj-1168]

Wouldn't be big enough for a 14' shark.

Ok - why is that everyone keep saying the Nurse will reach 14' long. When many biologists are debating if they really even get that big. Most research projects into the study of wild & captive Nurse Shark populations - rarely turn up a 10' specimen. The largest offically record wild Nurse was about 12' long. Most adult nurses are in the 8-9' range. No Nurse shark has ever be record in captivity above 10 ft in length.

If the Nurse does actually get up to 13-14' long - then is extremely rare - about like a 8.5-9' tall Human, or a 10-12 ton Elephant. A true once in life time kind of find.

Still - a 10,000 gallon pond/lagoon/tank is a bit small for even a 8-9' shark.

[J double R]

wow.. talk about back from the crypt. LOL.

[fishcatch22]

wow.. talk about back from the crypt. LOL.christmas eve is a time for miracles, right? :D

[krj-1168]

Sorry -about that. Get a bit passionate about sharks - ;)

Still - I wouldn't exactly say it's impossible to keep an adult nurse in home aquaria. Ever hear of aquarists making shark lagoons out swimming pools - I've heard of it. pretty awesome.

Just not for the SW aquarists.

[strickrick]

Black or white - tip reef sharks, some different types of rays, groupers, and anything that can be compatible.

Merry Christmas

[OgreMkV]

I just saw this thread...

Here are some approximate dimensions and my plans

32' x 16' x 3' deep : flouder/rays/scallops

16' x 4' x 12' deep : coral cliff biotope... Motay, chambered natuli, humbolt squid

16' x 16' x 6' deep: six pointed star shaped coral atoll

[The Zigman]

Buy A jetSki!! and go tubin...seroiusly though, Stingrays, and lots of them...

[the fox]

I would:
45 oscars
American cichlids, firemouths, oscars, green terrors, shovel nose cats, red tailed cats and more cichlids.
Or a drawf camain

[jpappy789]

I would use it for 'nano' FW fish...I could get schools in the hundreds!!!!

[krj-1168]

Black or white - tip reef sharks, some different types of rays, groupers, and anything that can be compatible.

Merry Christmas

Hate to tell you 10,000 gallons isn't large enough for a single adult Blacktip Reef or a Whitetip Reef either.

For a single adult of either - you need about 20,000-30,000 gallons.

[BadDogsPa]

I would keep thousands of Neon Tetras and Cherry Shrimp :-) lol

[krj-1168]

If you were going to put a shark in a 10,000 gallon tank. Personally I would suggest a smoothhound or even a single Leopard shark.

[Hooked Newbie]

How on earth does this thread keep coming back up?

2000 loaches, 5000 Rummy nose, and 1 betta. :grinno:

[J double R]

How on earth does this thread keep coming back up?

2000 loaches, 5000 Rummy nose, and 1 betta. :grinno:

can you imagine the look of a school of rummies that big? :perv:

[rwspear76]

50,000 neon tetras

[scootrnerd]

10,000,000 mosquito fish!

[Lupin]

can you imagine the look of a school of rummies that big? :perv:
Oh, I am imagining. I am imagining already.:grinyes: Those sweet babies.:hearts:

[captaincaveman9]

oh definitly be a salt water tank, Giant reef with lots of small and larger reef fish. I think half the fun would be diving to clean the tank :)

[kjr928]

Great white shark. Or maybe bottle nose dolphin - then you can ride it.

[captaincaveman9]

OHH good call KJR :D

[Coler]

ten billion shrimp...and one betta

[Dwarf Puffers]

200 cherry shrimp
200 cardinal tetras
20 apistos
20 GBR's
10 angels
10 female bettas
2 male bettas
20 platies
20 guppies
20 mollies
10 discus
50 dario dario
20 honey gouramis
20 sparkling gouramis
20 clown loaches
200 cories
etc... :D

Or...

2 silver arows
20 discus
20 angels
30 clown loaches
100 cories

Plenty of ground covering plants for the cories to hide in :)

[Rbishop]

200 male bettas, plenty of room for each to have their own territory...

[vanillarum]

Manta rays and sharks, maybe a couple of morays. And lots of scuba and camera gear ! Probably a barracuda or two, too !

[FishyBusinessSD]

breed...breed something that needs help.If its a public display tank, make it pleasing to the eye and informative for on-lookers. Thats a lot of water.

[Easydoesit]

amazon biotope with Oscars, Pacu and some Arrowanaaaaa woooooooooo
lol. yeah i would though.

[Easydoesit]

with a lot of plants near the bottom so maybe some harlequin rasboras could make it

[BigFishKeeper]

Mine:
arowanas
Arampia Gigas
pacu
oscar.s
RTC, AND OTHER MONSTER CATS

[Inka4040]

Giant piles of driftwood, some HUGE amazon swords, 20 or 30 altum angels, a few harems of different apisto species, 1 or 2 big schools of tetras. Let's see if they won't breed in that setup :D

[LiveOutLoud]

I would make it in to a huge reef. With a couple of different tangs and a big school of chromis and some clownfish a couple of mandarins down the road and about any other community fish i could put in. For water changes I would have a small amount being constantly pumped out to my garden and a equal amount being pumped in. Two problems solved at once:) I would also have all of my metal halides connected to solar panels so I wouldn't have to worry about electricity bills that much. The lights would be one of those fancy setups where you can set it to mimic the weather in any given spot. Then i would have something on it kinda like a refractometer and automatic top off combined. It would detect changes in salinity and add salt as needed. Somehow the protein skimmers would automatically dump into the leaving water. I And there you have it except for putting salt into the container and feeding a self contained reef.:)

[xDetroitMetalx]

Great white shark?

[SchizotypalVamp]

The monterey bay aquarium had a baby great white in their million gallon tank. They released it back into the wild after a little because it wasn't nearly a big enough tank, lol. They've done this with a few babies that have gotten caught.


I would make a huge cardinal breeding facility and make a monopoly on selling them because I got all of my equipment for free. Lol.

Either breed endangered fish, or divide it in half, make a kelp forest biotope with horn sharks! and then on the other side put an arrowana, cardinals, ghost knife fish, aripimas, oscars, big cats...probably would go insane before I would get to finish from the sheer coolness. Then I would swim in it.

[FISHSHROD]

A guppy :)

[grannylvsfish]

I'm looking for creative ideas. :)


I would get in it and have a ball. heck I would put the whole darn family in it :lol:

[eroomlorac]

I'd overstock it. :eek3:

[SpockthePuffer]

FW - I would put a pair of Mbu puffers in there and then a bunch of other fish ( I don't really know fw fish, lol)

SW - I would have a bunch of schools of tangs and try and get them to breed. In that size tank breeding sw fish would be awesome to do! I love huge tanks with a bunch of tangs they are such pretty fish swimming with eachother

Everyone on AC should get a 10,000 gallon tank, breed some fish and then we can all trade with each other and we wouldn't need the LFS! lol

[khombre]

Red tail cats :)... And if an Arapaima would fit hehehe :)

[excuzzzeme]

Put lines in it, call it an olympic pool and charge admission for free swim!

[VT_Chris]

I have always wanted to do this...and it will blow ya'lls post out of the water...

FIRST, make columns, and caves out of cement and then attach live rock to it, annenomes and etc etc. Then add all kinds of fish you want. Rays, small shark, eels, schooling fish, crustaceans, etc. Now picture this...Imagine yourself snorkeling in hawaii, or the bahamas... OK OK, NOW picture yourself doing that, in your basement in your own replicated reef!