Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[TheFishGuy]

No permit yet, but I believe there's a way around it....

 

[arapaimag]

That sounds encouraging and I really hope it works out for you.

 

[Jamieishard]

Hey, The tanks warm...............................about 79/80 degrees.

SEE PERFECT!!!

 

[marine_hawaii]

Any thought to putting skylights in for the lighting on this setup?

 

[tcarswell]

Yes, I still have many other tanks ranging from 2g to 809g beside the 15k and 52k.

What tanks and fish do you keep?

I got six total my biggest(setup currently) is a malawi 90 and I have a 100 too that is really basic I am waiting on the hood for it so I can hopefully get a lungfish for that tank it has a nice footprint for lungs Thanks for asking.
It is also worth noting I was gonna buy a 300 acrylic but My TV broke and my GF suckered me in to a 1080p 120hz 55inch plasma. But I am setting aside 500 a month so when I finish our project up here and move back home I can get a 400-600 gallon tank and get some Dats and or Aro's.

 

[arapaimag]

Any thought to putting skylights in for the lighting on this setup?[/IQUOTE]

I actually built a room above this tank for other pets and have 11 skylights in that one. When I originally had a 72" by 30" glass viewing trap door in the floor above the tank to access the tank light shown through the trap door, most hours of each sunny day.

I did also install two 48"x24 windows on the right side of the tank(i on the south east side and a 2nd on the north west side] to give natural light wake up in morning and night time sunset. They work well.

Here is a pic from 2 weeks ago when Richard & Ian were in the tank showing one of the windows. That is not dirt it's algae growing on the walls. The tank is down about 22" in the picture. Filling it back up when it's 22" down equals a 10,593 gallons.

 

[arapaimag]

SEE PERFECT!!!

Hey, you're going to see lots of warmer water on your cruise in 6 days.

 

[arapaimag]

I got six total my biggest(setup currently) is a malawi 90 and I have a 100 too that is really basic I am waiting on the hood for it so I can hopefully get a lungfish for that tank it has a nice footprint for lungs Thanks for asking.
It is also worth noting I was gonna buy a 300 acrylic but My TV broke and my GF suckered me in to a 1080p 120hz 55inch plasma. But I am setting aside 500 a month so when I finish our project up here and move back home I can get a 400-600 gallon tank and get some Dats and or Aro's.

The Malawi 90 sounds good if you ever get a moment away from your fantastic plasma show some pics please..............1. GF 2. 90 malawi 3.plasma 4. 100g

Have you decided on what type of lungfish yet? I keep a couple of africans, a south american and an Australian. I like them all but keep in mind they are mostly inactive. One of my africans has not heard that and he swims a lot.

 

[arapaimag]

Any thought to putting skylights in for the lighting on this setup?

Here is the skylights on the roof of the room above. 6 on the south/east side and 5 on the north/west side

 

[arapaimag]

if thats how you go big, i want to see your smaller (the 809) set up as well. Iam sure its pretty nice. Do you have any pics/vids floating around?

A few more 809g with the puffer. They are not great pics but..........