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	How's THIS for a huge tank????
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Edited by Calilasseia Tank containing Stingrays, Pacus and Pangasius Now we keep telling newcomers on here not to buy Pacus and Pangasius catfishes because they'll outgrow their tanks. Well, here's a guy who built an aquarium specifically to keep such big fishes ... it's almost as big as his living room. Yes, you read that correctly ... This aquarium is, wait for it, twelve feet long by twelve feet wide by seven feet deep. Yes, it's a pond in his basement. Well, it's a pond that takes up most of his basement to be honest ... according to the FP calculator, that's a little under 6,300 UK gallons, or a little over 7,500 US gallons. No wonder it's described as being a kind of fish widescreen cinema in the basement ... The inmates include Freshwater Stingrays the size of dustbin lids, Pacus that are 2 feet long and still growing, big Pangasius catfishes that aren't lacking for space, and his smallest fish is a fully grown adult Giant Gourami. So, next time someone asks what they need to keep Pacus, point them at this article and say "build an aquarium like that". (Link subject to the irksome intermittent "?" in URL bug by the way) Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Mar-2007 01:34
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	The link goes to a page about new species of Kuhli Loaches. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Mar-2007 01:52
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	Not working for me either. Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 26-Mar-2007 02:13
djrichie Big Fish Rough but Honest [img]htt Posts: 366 Kudos: 309 Votes: 45 Registered: 29-Jan-2007	Edited by djrichie No Workee - but would like to see it DjRichie "Don't Panic" Djrichie "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" Douglas Adams
Posted 26-Mar-2007 02:28
Inkling Fish Addict Posts: 689 Kudos: 498 Votes: 11 Registered: 07-Dec-2005	Link no work Inky
Posted 26-Mar-2007 02:49
pizpot Big Fish Posts: 382 Kudos: 82 Votes: 1 Registered: 01-Oct-2002	Edited by pizpot I went to the site, by copy pasting the address and did not find it either. So I hit Search on the site, and found it. I searched for 'huge tank'. It got me this link, if it doesn't work, do what I did, eh. http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/pfk/pages/show_article.php?article_id=586 Edit: holy crappy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope he doesn't get blue green algae or anything.
Posted 26-Mar-2007 03:37
djrichie Big Fish Rough but Honest [img]htt Posts: 366 Kudos: 309 Votes: 45 Registered: 29-Jan-2007	I only have one thnig to say:WOW/:' Djrichie "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" Douglas Adams
Posted 26-Mar-2007 04:06
carpe_diem Fish Addict Dreamer Posts: 555 Kudos: 292 Votes: 51 Registered: 18-Apr-2004	Wow that tank is huge!! i wouldnt want to think of the running costs of that tank! Truth doesn't always win friends but it influences them
Posted 26-Mar-2007 06:58
Doedogg Banned Posts: 408 Kudos: 737 Votes: 445 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Its amazing...that is one huge tank, but with those giant fish in it...it starts looking small! I used to be Snow White, but I drifted. ~ Mae West
Posted 26-Mar-2007 14:58
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, I agree with Carpe... I would not want to even think about the cost of the utilities (water, electric, heat) much less the humidity mitigation that they have to do to maintain that tank, and home. Just a couple of other observations... Is it me, or is he the only one smiling in the picture? Where are the kids, or is the tank and fish their "children." Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Mar-2007 16:13
monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	I'd love to do a big tank like that one, or the monster one in the link below http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?s=11274b7c4259e4cc4bca2139f1bbad86&t=8952 Fish tanks are an expensive addiction
Posted 26-Mar-2007 16:54
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	Link fixed. Oh I see someone beat me to it. I like the bit where it describes how entry to the tank is through a piece of open floor by the bay window, and what a surprise a burglar would get climbing through there and falling in. I dread to think what his utilities bills are too. Love to be able to afford to do it myself, but I'd have to earn a LOT of money to emulate that setup. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 26-Mar-2007 18:54
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Maybe the next time I win the lottery... Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 27-Mar-2007 01:15
sodaaddict84 Enthusiast Posts: 255 Kudos: 108 Votes: 52 Registered: 02-Nov-2006	woah! i thought the first one was big then i saw the link to the second and almost fainted click flash *click "whered he go???"
Posted 27-Mar-2007 08:42
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Edited by longhairedgit I assume its pete heathcotes brother, of proteus reptile rescue fame, I dont think they have kids, like me- they prefer animals! They both do some enormous tanks for rescuing turtles. If I had a tank that big id have to plant it, maybe more work, but it could be spectacular. Might save a bit on filtration too, I suppose the pacu might eat a lot of it though. Seen people keep some huge water lillies with them.
Posted 27-Mar-2007 09:14
rjmcbean Hobbyist Like a Farmer Posts: 117 Kudos: 75 Votes: 415 Registered: 20-Jun-2005	what would you do about water changes in that thing?? I think we saw the second one on here before . . . I think I asked the same question but of course, I can't remember. it's amazing that people can spend the money on that! I would love to just have a couple different tanks, and keep changing what kind of fish are kept in them . . . I think that tank would be TOO much in my house and I would just go work at the aquarium. haha "it's the neck, it creaks under the weight of too much heavy thinking."
Posted 27-Mar-2007 11:57
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Edited by longhairedgit I wish I had the money to try out a closed ecosystem. Technically you could have a tank so large that it would never need water changes, if it was planted with reeds, loads of roiling surfaces, gravel beds , loads of plants etc. I wonder what size of tank you need before that becomes feasable? Maybe 50,000 gallons?
Posted 27-Mar-2007 13:20
monkeyboy Fish Addict Posts: 521 Kudos: 375 Votes: 223 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	rjmcbean, i think once the tanks get that big, your best off just building the monster tank and opening it up to the public for showing and charge a small fee Fish tanks are an expensive addiction
Posted 27-Mar-2007 14:21
djrichie Big Fish Rough but Honest [img]htt Posts: 366 Kudos: 309 Votes: 45 Registered: 29-Jan-2007	If you read the atricle you find out that he has problems with the tank. The floor above him is absorbing the water. I guess he should have put a water vapor barrier in the roof. Say the floor in the house is weaking (Nice way of saying rotting and the metal frame is rusting above the water line. Do you think that aluminiun would have been a better choose. Other, than that WOW. "Don't Panic" Djrichie "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" Douglas Adams
Posted 27-Mar-2007 16:44
Calilasseia Ultimate Fish Guru Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003	If that was me building a tank like that, I'd dig a separate bunker for it, so that it was isolated from the house. Then it wouldn't matter about water damage to the house because it would be in its own building, which I'd make sure was properly constructed to withstand the humidity. Yes, I'd think about charging visitor admission as well. Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002
Posted 27-Mar-2007 20:57
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