Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank
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I just want to remind you that your tank is an inspiration to all of us
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I wonder that maybe you could keep the tank with no ceiling .you know....keep it all open like a big pond or a pool and maybe build a structure around it like a closed pool with acrylic walls, windows and a ceiling all around the pool space to keep the ideal temperature,and let all the sunlight enter with the option of controlling it with black sheets and maybe use a boat to feed the fish just like in a lake .and also put some street lights around the pond to see at night . im sure there will be some disadvantages like algae problems .but it also would be nice .you know walk around the pool area with some waterfalls .
The 4 foot high wall that divides your tank really works to reduce aggression of the arapaimas? Or it only helps to reduce aggression of the fish that are on the bottom? If you could build it again would do you change anything of that wall? Maybe 2 foot high?
How big your arapaimas are and how old they are?
Anyway ..I just want to share with you the article I wrote about my 765 gal tank ...I hope you like it .
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107226
Greetings
I wonder that maybe you could keep the tank with no ceiling .you know....keep it all open like a big pond or a pool and maybe build a structure around it like a closed pool with acrylic walls, windows and a ceiling all around the pool space to keep the ideal temperature,and let all the sunlight enter with the option of controlling it with black sheets and maybe use a boat to feed the fish just like in a lake .and also put some street lights around the pond to see at night . im sure there will be some disadvantages like algae problems .but it also would be nice .you know walk around the pool area with some waterfalls .
The 4 foot high wall that divides your tank really works to reduce aggression of the arapaimas? Or it only helps to reduce aggression of the fish that are on the bottom? If you could build it again would do you change anything of that wall? Maybe 2 foot high?
How big your arapaimas are and how old they are?
Anyway ..I just want to share with you the article I wrote about my 765 gal tank ...I hope you like it .
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=107226
Greetings
oftalmos;1756221; said:
Thank you for your ideas and the invitation to see your fantastic tank, which by the way I actually have looked at several times before.
I think your idea of an open top tank is great and I thought about it prior to building my 52k. I think that it would br Ok if it was not attached to the house where humidity would not be a problem to the house.
The four foot wall has many advantages beside being reducing eye contact between aggresive or breeding fish. It acts as a safety in case the tank needs repairs.
If one side has to be drained completely all the fish can be housed in the side not requiring repair while the repairs or improvements are made.
I thought of this when visiting several large public aquariums that had no such provision and had to take everything out of their tanks needing repair and closing it down while fixing the problem.
I would suggest this idea in any large tank and make the wall at about the half way area of the tank and about 1/2 of the tank deep. This way if repairs are to be made the fish can all be kept in an area at least 1/4 of the total volume of the tank while being worked on.
The wall has also helped when I had to catch my killer black shark. I don't think we could have unless by lowering the tank water we were able to only have to work in 1/2 of the tank. This also worked when we removed the 3Imperial sharks.
My arapaimas are 2 1/2 years old (bought at a few inches long) and are now about 5 feet long and weigh a little over 100 pounds (based on other arapaimas I have owned).
I am having your Mexican national men's and women's wheelchair basketball teams participate in basketball tournament in August. My friend who is a professor at the U of Mexico is bringing them.
Best wishes with your 765 gallon tank
I met someone last week who has seen this amazing tank and as one might expect, he said it was amazing 
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sorry if someone has asked this already but do you have a complete stock list of what exactly is in this monster aquarium?
LBathory;1772623; said:
It's impossible for him to know. He only knows what was put in (roughly) and what has died. But even when something dies you really never know. I have this problem in my 800. Things just end up missing....
