What Would You Do With An 80 Gal Tank?

[snowflake311]

So I look on craigslist all the time for a good deal on a large tank. I found an 80 Gal with stand, filter, hood, decorations and more for $250 obo.

I really really want a bigger tank, fish are addictive. I feel like there are just so many options when it come to an 80gal tank I just don't know. Maybe it would be a good tank to try salt water?

What would you keep in an 80 Gal tank?
Do you think that's a good deal?

 

[saltynay]

Lionfish

 

[dcarmor927]

Yea that seems like a great deal to me...i paid $170 for my 55 gal which only came with hood lights filter and heater...

I would do some Cichlids, either small africans or large south americans

 

[snowflake311]

I'm thinking a south American theme.peaceful NW cichilds, pleco, and some other from south America.
And we are getting snow up here in tahoe wooohoo.

 

[meerkat]

Personally a lot of people love cichlids and I have one myself. I understand that they are interesting and very colorful, but they are very aggresive (for the most part). I would rather just have a bunch of community tropical fish. You can find some very colorful and interesting community fish. I find bala sharks very cool and they usually live well with others. They will eventually get to big for your tank but they wont get there that fast. So probably not the sharks but danios, barbs, certain catfish, loaches, rainbow fish, and tetras are all cool. And for some reason I personally enjoy snails. But if you want to go with cichlids then that sounds good if thats what is for you, also that is a decent size tank to give them their own space. Jut my 2 cents

 

[dcarmor927]

I'm thinking a south American theme.peaceful NW cichilds, pleco, and some other from south America.
And we are getting snow up here in tahoe wooohoo.

Glad to hear that! its been raining here for the past few days, i live about 2.5 hrs from Tahoe

in my 55 gallon i have a salvini and 2 convicts, they are pretty territorial towards each other but hardly notice my clown loaches and pleco...

Do you have any ideas as to specific fish for the tank yet?

 

[Honeythorn]

If it were me, I'd go for a well planted tank with one or two LARGE shoals of small fish. Some sort of tetras or rasboros. With perhaps a group of interesting/entertaining bottom feeders such as Khulies or the Black cories I saw mentioned in the betta forum. But that's just my personal preference.

I'm not a fan of the Oscar! Cichlids! Massive variety of community fish!! approach when faced with the idea of a huge tank. Sometimes the simpler approach can be the most beautiful.

 

[markandhisfish]

for me it would have to be south american cichlids especially a nice sev like this

with maybe a blue acara / firemouth / or the closely related thorycthis eliotti a nice plec and some dithers like larger rainbows

 

[Truck]

a reef tank
or
an altum biotope
or
a discus tank
or a large new world tank (including a sev of course)
or
4 german blue rams
60 cardinal tetras
20 black shwartzi cories,

 

[matchstickman47]

red bellied pirahnas

 

[Honeythorn]

My desire for some of those black cories is ASTRONOMICAL.

 

[Truck]

My desire for some of those black cories is ASTRONIMICAL.

drop drewry a PM he sells them 6 for £30 im after some when im off school, he says hell next have some ready in two months

 

[matchstickman47]

an altum biotope

i agree a large angel tank woul look cool

it apears you are cory mad truck ! lol

 

[Truck]

an altum biotope

i agree a large angel tank woul look cool

it apears you are cory mad truck ! lol

lol, theyre such jolly little fellows, so full of character, they behave like 3 year olds, but without the bad behavior

 

[Honeythorn]

My desire for some of those black cories is ASTRONIMICAL.

drop drewry a PM he sells them 6 for £30 im after some when im off school, he says hell next have some ready in two months

* makes note * Thankyou One day I shall have a tank to match my room ( a LOT of black )