My dream tank part 2

Subject: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 3:22 pm

This is one guy I would love to meet someday. His tanks are exquisite. His fish are stunning. Please enjoy his video.
His name is Mel and he is my hero. Very Happy

Check out his other videos on you tube. His handle is GuapolteMel. His 600 gal tank with his 27" Dovii is awesome.

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

And he's local. He's my inspiration for istlanum, and lyonsi. Also I try to think as my managuense pair as a mini version of his dovii tank.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:11 pm

What would I do with 1000g? scratch

I see lots and lots of guppies... LMFAO

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

+1 to guppys. I think I would do a solo betta.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:48 pm

I would do at least one of the giant betta and a guppy.

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

Are there giant bettas?????? I'm gonna look it up. Hey don't fish grow to the size of there tank?????? I'm gonna have a 20" betta. This is gonna be awesome.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 4:57 pm

There are giant betta! I am not pulling your leg. They are just a little bigger than the regular ones not real "giants".

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

I'm still gonna gro one to at least 2' in a 1000 gallon, because they grow to the size of there.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:16 pm

mel is the freakin best cichlid keeper on the planet with madness of course being a close second. i also would love to meet this guy and see his fish and hear him talk fish from his 35 plus years of keeping big boys in big tanks. hes what got me excited about big cichlids. great post madness although im not too crazy about the stock but im sure in time its gonna just be amazing like his others asw those fish grow and he adds more. great post madness Smile

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 5:20 pm

If I didnt like you two, me calling both of you idiots, could be taken the wrong way. Laughing

I personally just want a tank big enough so that I can swim with the fishes.

I wonder how big those rocks are in his tank. I bet they are over a foot in diameter, probably weighing at least 25+ lbs ea, if not more.

2' Betta! 1,000,000 guppies! Violent

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:51 pm

madness wrote:

If I didnt like you two, me calling both of you idiots, could be taken the wrong way. Laughing

I personally just want a tank big enough so that I can swim with the fishes.

I wonder how big those rocks are in his tank. I bet they are over a foot in diameter, probably weighing at least 25+ lbs ea, if not more.

2' Betta! 1,000,000 guppies! Violent

Hey you started it with the whole dream tank! And not to correct you but 1,000,000 guppies would be overstocked if you follow the 1" per gallon rule. I would only have 1,000! Rolling Eyes

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:53 pm

No way. I have 1000 babies in a 75 gal. Guppies aren't much bigger. I say 1,000,000. Then add my big boys. Twisted Evil

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 6:57 pm

That would be a massacre!

Those guppies would kill your big boys, because they would choke to death on all those fish! haha

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:08 pm

Im just curious how long it would take for all the guppies to disappear.

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 7:11 pm

Wow, if I had 1000g tank to work with... we can all dream cant we?

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Mon Oct 10, 2011 10:24 pm

My dream tank is to have a tank on 3 sides of a 150 square foot room that is 3-5 feet tall. A big U-shaped one that you can stand in the middle of and have a 270 degree view of tank. And then have it be full of tropical communities and plants. Have a shoal of like 100 rasboras...

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:31 am

Very nice. I can picture my self sitting in a rotating recliner, watching, all day. Very Happy

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

I think I'm a little more realistic, I just want to seal up the house and give wife and kids scuba gear.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Moderator Join date: 2010-04-22 Age: 29 Location: Tacoma

DMD123 wrote:

Wow, if I had 1000g tank to work with... we can all dream cant we?

For some of us its not a dream, just a matter of time.

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180: rio coloradito & rio usumantica (temp combo)
4x F1 A. Lyonsi, 4x T. sieboldii = coloradito
2x T. meeki, 1x V. argentea = usumantica
150: lake nicaragua: 7x F2 sp "red" isletes, 6x H. Nicaraguense
150: lake nicaragua: 6x V. Maculicauda, 6x F1 A. Labiatus
125: empty soon to be: Rio usumacinta
110: lago izabal: 6x T. Aureus, 5x A. Robertsoni, 1x H. Bocourti
29: 2x T. Affinis, 2x Mollienesia latipinna
20L: lake tanganyika: 3x L. Multifaciatus adults, loads of fry.
Random growouts: 3x chuco micropthalmus, 5x astherhos altifrons

Subject: Re: My dream tank part 2 Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:07 pm

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