Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[bunnyhunter42]

all I have to say is wow.... and that 50,000gal is the thing dreams are made of... and I thought I was going big wanting a 10,000 gal wall in my house (when i get one ) ur like the Moses of the monster tank world, cept u made it in the gate!

 

[arapaimag]

Richard was in the tank and added another 16' 4x4 we needed to suspend the lights from.

He suspended 8 of the new lights and 6 new low wattage cfl's as well. Still a lot more work to do but probably towards the end of the month.

I still have 6 of the old sodiums up and a few of the old t12 double tube 4 footers.

I need to install 2 more low wattage cfl's, 6 more t5 double tube 4 footers and an undetermined number of metal halide or LED flood lights.

I am hoping to upgrade the 15K next year.................

 

[hotsauce]

dude, i salute you! beautiful!

 

[hotsauce]

so i just have one question to ask...when did you decide to go this big? what is your schedule of maintanence consist of? what are you feeding and the schedule? im just fasicnated by what i am seeing.

 

[hotsauce]

i hope one day, to have to do lighting mods in a pontoon jon boat. wow!

 

[arapaimag]

so i just have one question to ask...when did you decide to go this big? what is your schedule of maintanence consist of? what are you feeding and the schedule? im just fasicnated by what i am seeing.

I needed this size tank to accommodate Arapaima. I do water changes on going and filter back flushes as required by the pressure readings. The tank is fed a couple of times a week. This week the combination included Mackeral, Herring, Lake trout, Whitefish, smelt, Martin's trout Pellets in all sizes from 2 to 9 and a mixture of floating and sinking. Wardley's Flake Foods and a mixture of bananas, canteloupe, grapes, human cereal and bread. It varies quite a bit. They sometimes get dog food, cat food, a variety of other seafood including several types of shrimp etc.

 

[snow]

you can go for a boat ride in your tank! LOL

 

[snow]

So are you in Canada? I have seen a few Canadian maple leafs in your pics. If so where? I know you are not in B.C. or I would have seen these tanks already.

 

[RICKSTANK]

JUST CANT BELIVE IT... EVEN PEOPLE DONT LIKE FISH DREAM WITH A TANK LIKE THIS...

YOU ARE THE MAN... WHAT A TANK.:!!!!

HOPE CAN DO SOMETHNG LIKE THAT SOME DAY..

CHEERS

RICK

 

[arapaimag]

About an hour from the Niagara Falls.