Building My 50,000 Gallon Monster Mega Tank

[CrypticSins]

Holy fu<ken shi† Balls dude!!

I mean, shi*!! Did you talk out aLoan or do you have a really good job or ... damn WTF.... I totally envy that fish tank....

 

[ewurm]

BEAUTY,eh! (i'm from Canada and we say that up here when we mean
very,very, very cool!

Fish are cool, eh? Take off hoser!

 

[rkc772]

anyone interested in getting that tank built? if you live in SoCal you have the chance.... in one condition... MegaLotto if up for grabs for 350 Million dollars! now if you win then you can build and pay utilities as long as you want! but before that Uncle Sam gets half of the pie.

 

[Canadbis]

Holy Sheeps#!t batman!!!

 

[Ozzy]

Holy fu<ken shi† Balls dude!!

I mean, shi*!! Did you talk out aLoan or do you have a really good job or ... damn WTF.... I totally envy that fish tank....

PSsst.....

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[mothernature]

woah , it took me way to long to read this thread.

My brothers joke about building me a pool and throwing all my fish in so I only have to do one big water change, I laugh and try to tell them goldfish cant live with kuhli loaches, and convicts cant live with bettas, but seriously since I was a little girl and before that, Ive allways wanted an ocean (the size of a pool) of my own so I could make sure there were no oil spills and wear a metal shark net thing and swim all day with my fish..
You my friend, are very lucky , what a feeling of satisfaction you must get when they look into your eyes and say "FEED ME"
Im on that other site right now looking at all the blonde jokes,, hehe they are so funny, im very glad that I clicked on this thread.. Thank you, Arapaimag,, thanks for your tank , for your site, and for being alive!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[tetracanthus]

woah , it took me way to long to read this thread.

My brothers joke about building me a pool and throwing all my fish in so I only have to do one big water change, I laugh and try to tell them goldfish cant live with kuhli loaches, and convicts cant live with bettas, but seriously since I was a little girl and before that, Ive allways wanted an ocean (the size of a pool) of my own so I could make sure there were no oil spills and wear a metal shark net thing and swim all day with my fish..
You my friend, are very lucky , what a feeling of satisfaction you must get when they look into your eyes and say "FEED ME"
Im on that other site right now looking at all the blonde jokes,, hehe they are so funny, im very glad that I clicked on this thread.. Thank you, Arapaimag,, thanks for your tank , for your site, and for being alive!!!!!!!!!!!

I've heard a similar joke, only it's a glass house that I live in with my fish.
Why can't we have more cool poeple like this in this world?

 

[tenzokenny]

Thats a cool 'tank'

 

[mudskipper]

HOLY SHNICKES!!!!!!! I am curious how you pull off 10,00gallon waterchanges weekly. Do you start on saturday and ende on friday, sleep then reapeat

Actually its very easy. I pump 2,000 gallons out using a swimming pool pump. This only takes a matter of minutes. The water goes to a couple of large outside ponds. I then just add 500 gallons an hour for 4 hours in a day. I repeat this 5 days in a row and I have changed 10,000 gallons in the week.

So I guess I am not that far off

 

[arapaimag]

arapaimag, I read your first post then skimmed the thread so if this was already talked about in depth dont bother.

What do you do for lighting? How would you change bulbs? How often did the 500W halogens burn out? Is humidity a problem with the electrical fixtures?

I have not chamged any bulbs in this tank since 1996. A few of the flourescents have burned out. 5 of the 6 sodiums are still perfect. The halogens I removed in 1995 because they would not last more than a few months.

I bought fairly waterproof fixtures so have not had problems. I have noticed mould now it their 12th year.

The picture shows (not too well) a friend Dominic in a rubber dingay which was used to work on the lights.