1400 Litre 96 X 30 X 30

[fishmanswansea]

had a custom made tank made 96 x 30 x 30 inches. how shall I filter it and what should I stock?

advice gratefully received

 

[signman]

that isn't an aquarium... it's a pond!

 

[fishmanswansea]

hoping to keep a large species in numbers. anyone for advice?

 

[england]

what type of fish do you like?
cichlids
barbs<tinfoil
silver dollars
silver sharks
oddballs<birchirs/catfish

 

[signman]

[chiclids in the main. I have this big blank canvass & I don't know what to stock ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

 

[rabbut]

best advise for that size tank would be pond filtration. Would be good to consider a self flooshing system with associated plumbing, to make mainanance easier.....pond media is supersize, and difficult to clean without flushing facilities. Also eases waterchanges

Multiple large canisters would also work, but they will be far less efficient

Sounds like it will be an awsome tank

Rabbut

 

[backtotropical]

You lucky @*$%*!!.

Me jealous!

 

[dthoffsett]

hoping to keep a large species in numbers. anyone for advice?

I'd suggest looking into the Haplochromines of Lake Malawi, very interesting fish.

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There are also quite a few larger New World Cichlids that would look great in a big tank.
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[cowbla1]

that 370.4 gallons and 8 feet long!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mark7616]

had a custom made tank made 96 x 30 x 30 inches. how shall I filter it and what should I stock?

advice gratefully received

You have a couple of options for filtration either drill and sump it but this is noisy but is good. or 2 large canisters either fx5`s of pro 3`s. I use 2 fx`5s on my setup and there are filled with bio rings. I then use 2 eheim 2252 internals to polish my water. Also one of my fx5`s is connected to a uv. Dont bother with pond filters. As for stocking you could keep rays in that size tank and some good looking oddballs: Arowana, Stingrays, Large cats, Tigs, P.bass to name a few. Just some food for thought. Your tank isnt much smaller than mine so if you want any help just ask there is only a few of us on here with huge tanks so not to many people have to much knowledge on setting them up.