Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[arapaimag]

3ft goonch. Nice! I hope he's still alive just hiding out biding his time till he can get back at the leeri. Any recent pics of the leeri btw? One of my personal favs. Almost got one when I found out I couldn't own a wels in the states. But their highly aggressive demeanor turned me away from one

I hope so too but I just have not seen the goonch.

It was never a contest when ever she chased the goonch. Only my biggest Phractocephalus hemioliopterus will stand up to her. The male leerii does also the very odd time.

Sorry no recent pics but if Rusty Wessel has his camera I will ask him to take a few pics of both of them later this month when he is visiting me.

 

[arapaimag]

woah 10,000 gallon water change a WEEK! lol oh my gosh thats alot of water

It is but I also do water changes in the 15,000 and the over 100 other tanks so there actually is quite a bit more in total every week.

 

[arapaimag]

and do you have any mekong giant cats in your huge tank, sorry for asking so many questions but i have an inquiring mind and wish to upgrade my 4000 gal someday

Are you Big Rich?

How many guys in Cleveland/Strongville have 4,000 gallon tanks?

 

[NightStorm]

arapaimag,

Do you keep umbees or buttikoferis?

Thanks!

 

[arapaimag]

arapaimag,

Do you keep umbees or buttikoferis?

Thanks!

I have had both for several years in my 15,000.

I got a pair of Tilapia buttikoferi given to me by a fellow in the ST Catharines Aq Society in 1999. The male was 9" and the female was 7". The male bred with the female several times in the tank but the fry never made it past about 1/2". In time the male injured the female and blinded her one eye. He died a couple of years ago and the female is still alive. Both got to be around 15". The female has not grown at all in the past few years.

I bought 3 Caquetaia umbrifera in 2002 at The Fish Place in North Tonawanda (Jake) at 1 1/2" for $7.99 each. Two were killed over the first 2 years and the last one a female died in the late fall of 2010 at 13"

 

[mqktandy]

I gotta ask arapaimag. Do you have any record size fish in ether of your large tanks? I would think some must be getting close

 

[sje106]

As always agrea replies. thank you.

The 8ft tank is on hold unfortunatley, as i am moving out of my parents house v soon and into my own place. so i am unfortunatley in the position where i have to seel up all my fish and equipment and start again when i am settled in my new place.
Very sad for me. So we'll see what the future holds for me, i may even be able to go bigger in my new place in time.

Have you any more pictures of you Boulengerchromis microlepis?

 

[bmwtwin2]

how would you go about heating and filtraing something this big and how much would it cost?

 

[arapaimag]

how would you go about heating and filtraing something this big and how much would it cost?

You can check out both among the posts listed below. At present using AquaOne bead filters on both 15,000 and 52,000. Rinai tankless gas fired hot water heater with 300' pex heat exchanger. Costs vary but the worst months for all the tanks runs $1,200 for heat and $1,200 for hydro.

Feeding schedule #2162

Filters original 600lb sand filter in 1994 post #2077
Filters Multidensity media filters in 2006 post #1973
Filters AlphaOne Bead Filters in 2011 post #’s 1978 to post #1981

List of fish in 52K January 2011 post #2182

Water Changes post #2163
Water Removal post #2166

Water Heaters original oil fired heater in 1994 post #2077
Water Heater gas fired tankless hot water heater 2006 to present post #2078
Water heater 1” x 300’ pex tubing as a heat exchanger post #1973

videos hope the links come out OK

52,000 & 15,000 fast build slide/music by Monsterfishkeepers over 900,000 views
YouTube - 50000 + 15000 Gallon Monster Tanks - MonsterFishkeepers.com

52k video by Arapaimag describing a few of the fish in the tank
52k fish video 1

15k video by Arapaimag describing a few of the fish in the tank
YouTube - Arapaimag 15k fish video

Catching & moving fish videos

Moving/measuring the smaller Pterodoras granulosus from 15k to 52k
catching Pterodoras granulosus1

Moving/measuring the Hemibagrus wyckii from 15k to 52k
Arapaimag Hemibagrus wyckii v1
Catching newborn baby Motoro stingrays


catching baby stingrays part 2

catching baby stingrays part 3

 

[arapaimag]

I gotta ask arapaimag. Do you have any record size fish in ether of your large tanks? I would think some must be getting close

Never thought of this before. I would not expect it but I will ponder my fish and see if anything might be close.