650 gallon(uk)

[Sasha the breen]

I am posting for a friend(he doesnt have the internet),his grandad died (i new him very well)He has inherited his grandads custom built tank(650 imperial gallons,thats uk)anh he wants central american cichlids,its got a large surface area(havent measured it yet)but hes no novice i can tell you!Hes kept africans aslong as i can remember(he has 2 300 gallon tanks)so he wants a challenge,i suggested to him a large schoal of silver sharks,but he said cichlids,he said he wants 6 oscars, a breeding pair of jack dempsys,god nows how many plecos!he loves them,anyways can you give me some ideas

 

[lucky62]

I'D BE LIKE A KID IN A CANDY STORE ,an expencive candy store . Thats a big tank , I would be so overwelmed , I'm ovrwelmed just thinking about it ,...........I'll have to get back to you .

 

[CFC]

Even in a tank that size he will still be quite limited if stocking with large cichlids, each pair will require a minimum of 75 gallons to avoid aggression. Also the exact measurements of the tank will determine exactly what and how many cichlids he can add, a long and wide tank is prefferable to a tall one as it offers more floor space for territories to be formed. On the guess that the tank is around 12 feet long, 3 feet wide and 3 feet tall i would say you couldnt safely keep more than 6 pairs of large cichlids, of course there would still be pleanty of room for large schooling fish and plecs.

 

[drobbins27]

Im getting a 100g and I tohught that was cool... Im so jealous

 

[semper fi]

there are alot of nice cichlids that he could keep in there. would not reccommend the plecos though. tried putting one even a large one with mine and we just called him lunch. depends on the aggression level that he wants to keep in there. could do devils

sf

 

[Doggfather]

Discus, Apistos, hatchets...what more would you want?

 

[DiXoN]

the question is does he want peacefull or aggressive.
i would go for a huge geophagus tank they are quite peacefull but extremely colourfull but thats just me.
dixon