Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[Garbarian]

Unbelievable, its a dream come true. It must have cost you a fortune though.

 

[meBNme]

Any recent pics of this tank?

 

[arapaimag]

So do you still have your wallago ? How big is it? I think an 8 foot fish in a home aquarium would be a first. Maybe you should get a RTC and make things interesting. Best wishes. Thanks

Yes I still have both Wallago leerii:

the female will be 21 years in my tanks in January 2012.

I also have a Wallago attu that is in a smaller tank

I have had Red tail catfish in the tank for the past 17 years. Presently there are 3.

 

[willgluck]

Its simply amazing.I was surprised to see such a monster tank and have never seen this earlier.How much you have spend on this water tanks?

 

[docturtle91b]

Wow, that tank is amazing. I can't wait to show this to my fiance. Hopefully, I could get a green light.

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

I'm sure this has been asked many times before but how much does it cost you to maintain it and feed them for a year?

 

[kamikaziechameleon]

It could be that Arapaima are normally brought in as babies and those that make it become accustomed to the ph in the wholesalers tanks. They then move to the retailer and again those that make it have become adjusted to the higher ph occurring in most of the USA and Canada (As a opposed to their native Peru/Brasil water).

It is really hard to say the differences in size between the two species since I am not sure there are any Arapaima gigas actually alive today in any public aquarium, fish breeding facility or hobbyists tanks to compare them with to A. arapaima.

However it might possibly explain the claimed enormous sizes of fish from 200 - 300 years ago compared to the max 3 metre size of Arapaima today.

Oh, I always was mistaken and thought the aquarium trade was full of gigas. good to know we have failed to represent the true monster yet.

 

[arapaimag]

Oh, I always was mistaken and thought the aquarium trade was full of gigas. good to know we have failed to represent the true monster yet.

Here is the article in PFK suggesting there are no A. gigas in the trade today.

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=95

 

[bosanova]

I'm sure this has been asked many times before but how much does it cost you to maintain it and feed them for a year?

Please have some common sense

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

My aba is not all that huge. It is only 37 to 38". Some of the guys who have seen it feel it is a lot bigger.

The tank is 96" by 48" by 26"

Wow... "Only" 37 to 38"...that is huge!!! That is one big Aba!