3,500 gallon tank - what to put in?!

[SarahBravo]

Damn, I'd put a a floating chair and a rubber ring for the cocktail tray. I bet you could get a pretty good tan off the lights you'll need for it too!

How about a mannotee?

 

[ChrisCook]

I've obviously not considered the logistics of it yet - it would require a lot of planning and would have to be done very very slowly.

It would have to go on the bottom floor of the building or it would more than likely go through the ceilings! Although, saying that, the pressure shouldn't be too bad based on the surface area of the bottom.

My one fear that I have is the additives - if I get whitespot then treating 4,000 gallons of water will be a pain in the backside. Similarly dechlorinating that amount of water would be a pain.

30% water change?!

 

[penguinpimp1990]

Would the floor in the average house (with a basement) hold that much weight? I technically have a 3 level house (Basment, Main floor, 2nd Floor), and I'd put it on the main floor. Would it just fall through?

probally gonna put it in his basement with that much weight.
about the fish if you go salt, get a couple port jackson sharks or horn sharks

 

[fish_r_great]

How about a mannotee?

LMAO

Realistically thoguh you could save a manatee from those crazy old people in Florida that hit them with their boats.

Hook it up to your toilet like garbodude is doing.

 

[UBigBobby]

Personally if I had a tank that big...I'd either divide it in 2 or just do it as one, but I'd do a natural habitat community tank. Like a Lake Malawi tank...I'd do an Amazon Tank, or a Lake Erie Tank, or a Indonesida Tank. That would just be cool. You could fit pretty much any size fish you want, and overstocking is not a problem. I'd do something themed like that. I'd oly put real plants from the location I'm imitating, and attempt to match what that location looks like as much as possible. Pretty much make it like a tank you'd see at a public aquarium.

I'd presonally love to do a Lake Erie tank. Walleye, Bass, Perch, Sunnies, Catfish. Throw in some turtles, and some minnow and have a good representation of Lake Erie/Niagara River. I'm sure you don't share the same dream though.

 

[CatLover]

Haha! I agree with SarahBravo. You should turn it into a manatee breeding tank to help save the species!

Personally, I would go for a LOT of large catfish (with a tank that size, you better believe I would have my red-tailed catfish) and a school of bala sharks, and a school of channel catfish. I would have lots of common plecos, and other gorgeous plecos!

Gah, you're so lucky!

 

[rdd1952]

I've obviously not considered the logistics of it yet - it would require a lot of planning and would have to be done very very slowly.

It would have to go on the bottom floor of the building or it would more than likely go through the ceilings! Although, saying that, the pressure shouldn't be too bad based on the surface area of the bottom.

My one fear that I have is the additives - if I get whitespot then treating 4,000 gallons of water will be a pain in the backside. Similarly dechlorinating that amount of water would be a pain.

30% water change?!

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The weight of 3500 gallon of water alone is almost 15 tons so definitely on a concrete pad. The medication would probably be very expensive. Based on the dechlorinator I use (Stress Coat), recommend 1 tsp per 20 gallons at water changes. That would be about 200 tsps or about 3/4 gallon for 4000 gallons but probably only about a quart for a 30% water change.

Would be a great tank to have but expensive for sure.

 

[ChrisCook]

The weight of 3500 gallon of water alone is almost 15 tons so definitely on a concrete pad. The medication would probably be very expensive. Based on the dechlorinator I use (Stress Coat), recommend 1 tsp per 20 gallons at water changes. That would be about 200 tsps or about 3/4 gallon for 4000 gallons but probably only about a quart for a 30% water change.

Would be a great tank to have but expensive for sure.

I guess in that case I would try and source it wholesale and cut out the middleman. In a volume of water that size then I guess a lot will be used and you could buy one large amount upfront.

 

[@ombomb]

Personally I'd go for something like the ray tank they have at London Aquarium, rays and dogfish.

 

[ScoutCarcer]

Wow Thats a Big Tank Lucky You








But My 4 Guppies Could Fill That Tank in 1 Month

 

[IovaykInD]

You don't have to fill the tank all the way to the top. But maybe you could put things other than fish in there, perhaps turtles, frogs, snakes...etc. But you better be a rich man if you're going to make it look really nice, considering the electricity bill is not going to be cheap once you get it running. Setting up the tank alone would be quite a bill itself.

Isaac

 

[CFC]

A few pairs of rays, half a dozen peacock bass, some big catfish, a group of arowana's, a school of flag tailed Prochilodus and a few other large Characins to fill out the middle and you would have a amazing tank.
As for medications on a tank that size you would have to fit a UV sterilizer to eliminate any free swimming or floating parasites and pathogens in the water to rid the tan of disease before it can strike. Running an auto change system conected to a large R/O unit would sort out the problems of water changes and dechlorinating water.

 

[GSD]

i wonder how many bags of bloodworm to feed all of those fish!
i would go for rays definatley.you have got to quarentine EVERY single fish that will go in though.Can you imagine the effects of a desise on all those fish.
good luck with those water changes

 

[Fella]

I've obviously not considered the logistics of it yet - it would require a lot of planning and would have to be done very very slowly.

It would have to go on the bottom floor of the building or it would more than likely go through the ceilings! Although, saying that, the pressure shouldn't be too bad based on the surface area of the bottom.

My one fear that I have is the additives - if I get whitespot then treating 4,000 gallons of water will be a pain in the backside. Similarly dechlorinating that amount of water would be a pain.

30% water change?!

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Surely you'd use pond treatments that come by the can?

 

[fatboybaby]

wow, just the thought of that much size and potential is unreal!

fbb - who gets confused by her 29 gal...