Ok, so I bought a 130 gallon today and for now had it loaded into my girl friend's basement while I sort out moving and finding a place where I can set it up long term... as we're moving this monster into the basement I notice a HUGE tank in storage behind a bunch of stuff. It clearly looked like no one cared about it (its her landlord's storage area). For the heck of it, I told her to ask the landlord if he was looking to get rid of it and how much he'd want for it. I had a hunch it was just a space waster to him... she calls me back and tells me the guy wants to get rid of it and I can have the tank and the stand its on for.............. a whopping $50 bucks! I was thinking, you've got to be kidding me!
Anyhow, she forgot to find out how many gallons the thing is and I didn't measure it because I didn't think to ask about it until after I had left her house... But it made my 130 look small. It was longer and taller... I'm guessing it has to be well over 200 gallons.
I'm still in disbelief. She had this thing sitting down there all this time and never knew it. So of course now I have a 130 and a... 200+ gallon tank... I've got 2 huge new homes for my fish but none for me lol. Working on finding a new place now though. I'll post back once I get the measurements!
Anyhow, that being said, I've currently got a bunch of fish in different aquariums that I knew would outgrow the current tanks, so I was urgently looking for a bigger tank. I've never kept a tank this big so I'm wondering about proper stocking levels.
Once I set the 130 up soon I want to move my fish in there... here's what I have (sorted out between three smaller tanks right now) will these guys fit in the 130 and what percentage will it be stocked at?
3 Threadfin Acara
1 Blue Acara
1 Chocolate Cichlid (I know he can get 10 inches or larger)
1 S. Daeman
2 Rainbow Cichlid
1 Firemouth
3 Redhead Tapajos
1 Electric Blue Acara
1 Clown Loach (I know he should be in a school. I bought this fish about ten years ago when I was new to the hobby and didn't know better, he's had a 55 gallon mostly to himself for the bulk of that time, I'm excited to finally give him the tank he deserves, also, he has been a loner for so long, would it be beneficial to add more Clowns, if I have room for them, or would this freak him out now?)
So I'm wondering, if I could stock all of those in the 130 together or if its to much? Or do I have plenty of room? What's your estimates? I want to do the right thing here, and I also want to set up my dream tank. Other than my Loach, I was primarily interested in going for a New World Cichlid theme of mostly South Americans (I realize the Firemouth and Rainbows are Central though).
I'm not quite sure if where I end up will have room for that 200 plus gallon monster tank, but if it does I will certainly set it up. So that being said, could I do those fish in the 130 or would I have to go with the 200? Just need to know how much I can fit in the 130 because its nice looking and has a nice wooden stand. More attractive set up.
Finally, if you had a 200 something gallon what would you do with it? I was thinking of trying a Salt Water Reef tank with it if I'm able to make it work...
Thanks for your help!
Anyhow, she forgot to find out how many gallons the thing is and I didn't measure it because I didn't think to ask about it until after I had left her house... But it made my 130 look small. It was longer and taller... I'm guessing it has to be well over 200 gallons.
I'm still in disbelief. She had this thing sitting down there all this time and never knew it. So of course now I have a 130 and a... 200+ gallon tank... I've got 2 huge new homes for my fish but none for me lol. Working on finding a new place now though. I'll post back once I get the measurements!
Anyhow, that being said, I've currently got a bunch of fish in different aquariums that I knew would outgrow the current tanks, so I was urgently looking for a bigger tank. I've never kept a tank this big so I'm wondering about proper stocking levels.
Once I set the 130 up soon I want to move my fish in there... here's what I have (sorted out between three smaller tanks right now) will these guys fit in the 130 and what percentage will it be stocked at?
3 Threadfin Acara
1 Blue Acara
1 Chocolate Cichlid (I know he can get 10 inches or larger)
1 S. Daeman
2 Rainbow Cichlid
1 Firemouth
3 Redhead Tapajos
1 Electric Blue Acara
1 Clown Loach (I know he should be in a school. I bought this fish about ten years ago when I was new to the hobby and didn't know better, he's had a 55 gallon mostly to himself for the bulk of that time, I'm excited to finally give him the tank he deserves, also, he has been a loner for so long, would it be beneficial to add more Clowns, if I have room for them, or would this freak him out now?)
So I'm wondering, if I could stock all of those in the 130 together or if its to much? Or do I have plenty of room? What's your estimates? I want to do the right thing here, and I also want to set up my dream tank. Other than my Loach, I was primarily interested in going for a New World Cichlid theme of mostly South Americans (I realize the Firemouth and Rainbows are Central though).
I'm not quite sure if where I end up will have room for that 200 plus gallon monster tank, but if it does I will certainly set it up. So that being said, could I do those fish in the 130 or would I have to go with the 200? Just need to know how much I can fit in the 130 because its nice looking and has a nice wooden stand. More attractive set up.
Finally, if you had a 200 something gallon what would you do with it? I was thinking of trying a Salt Water Reef tank with it if I'm able to make it work...
Thanks for your help!