New Tank

[jayjay]

So i'm getting a L48"xH24"xW24" 120g tank, using a L48"xH12"xW15" 40g sump, will also have trickle tower L24"xH18"xW13" 20g. Also UV filter and 3500lph pump. Will have 20g's+ of bioballs and lot's of sponge for the sump. So practically amazing filteration, the best possible without getting stupid.

So ideas for stocking this tank with are like this -

1 -2 of one of these rays hystrix, reticulatus, yepsi, oribini, scobina or motoro and sell them when they get too big. - also other things like the dats
2 -Piranha - 6 red bellies
3 -A huge shoal of exodus - 20 with a few other things
4 -Electric catfish - 1
5 -Mixture of oddballs and catfishes - eel's, bichirs, lima shovelnose etc.
6 -A fairly predatory catfish about 15"
7 -Puffer tank
8 -A few large NW cichlids - GT, etc. (not oscars)
9-Dats maybe with the rays

Yes they some can be mixed but stocking will be based around one of those options.

Just a general description of how the tank will look. It will be low light, with moonlights used in evening and morning probably, silver sand substrate and bogwood and a few river rocks. Probably a cover of floating plants and a few amazon swords maybe aswel.

Cheers for any comments and input.

 

[Gankutsuou]

I'm Stuck between Rays And catfish w/ oddballs

So I voted Rays.

Because Oddballs + Catfish is what I'm doing.

And If I'm doing it, jay jay is not

 

[jayjay]

No oddballs and catfish like yours though Gank, things like Lima Shovel nose, royal plecs etc. Maybe a elephant nose tank with peaceful slow middle/upper dwellers, things like that.

 

[maryjason]

I voted DATS , i ve had one and was very impress with mine.

 

[demonmagus]

when someone asked about a 4ft by 2ft by 2ft with rays CFC said 1 pair of scobina (small), and that's it, don't know if the filtiration will increase tankmates though.

 

[Erised]

I must go with the puffer tank option, they're probably the best fish around in my opinion. So full of energy and very personal. Never boring to look at =)
What puffer/puffers I'd keep in it though, I dont know.

 

[jayjay]

On the rays part, I wouldn't keep them for life, just till they got a 12" disk then sell/give them away.

I do like fahaka puffers, though I think minimum for them is 5'x2'x2'?

Cheers for your comments everyone.

 

[demonmagus]

On the rays part, I wouldn't keep them for life, just till they got a 12" disk then sell/give them away.

I do like fahaka puffers, though I think minimum for them is 5'x2'x2'?

Cheers for your comments everyone.

IF I get a 6 footer I may do the ray thing like you

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

why not make a realy big comunity tank? or a semi-aggressive tank? or an aggressive tank?

 

[jayjay]

I got very worried at the first bit but as I read on it got better the aggressive tank would be the exodons, with things like lepronius (sp?) etc.

What's your defination of semi aggressive?

Yeah would be good Dem, just make sure you have good filteration like I am.

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

Semi agressive. like angels. fire eels. i saw a really long one the other day at my lfs and it looks amazing.
ghost knife. blue acara. aurora cichlids. i like blue fish. paradise fish. i tend to like blue fish

 

[jayjay]

Yeah, it's not big enough for a fire eel. Ghost knives are good i've had like 4 before though. Have blue acara's in another tank. Name some large(ish) blue fish then

 

[Bloo]

If I were you, I'd check with a structural engineer on how OK this is on a 1st floor.
I have a tank of similar dimension and am already sailing very close to the wind and tanking a certain risk. Yes it all depends on the floor etc. etc. etc. and that's why I suggest you check it out and not just take a chance.
You not only plan for a tank of the same footprint / size, but *also* the sump & trickle filter.
Be safe rather than sorry

 

[jayjay]

Cheers for your care Bloo, I may have alook at the joists in the next few weeks see the size of them, *prays they are big*

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

the biggest blue fish i can think of at this time in the morning is a majestic angel but thats marine.
why not convert it??