we call it "Common Dream" 4,022 gallons

And put 8 fishes to cycle the water: 3 Eel, 2 turtle, 2 carp, 1 Sea Bass. And they will be the dinning when they move to the new house.
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Salt 150 bags

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Oh wow, thats a salt tank!?!
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Zerc wrote:Oh wow, thats a salt tank!?!
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haha it's a africa cichlid tank

150 bags of salt = freshwater?
cycling with a sea bass?

Zerc wrote:150 bags of salt = freshwater?
cycling with a sea bass?

sorry, not sea bass?
i think it's bass. i donot really know how to say it in English.
And English is my second language, i am still learning, so much thing need to know. haha

Adding a few fish first, if they are fine, add all of them in their home!
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Africa crab!! Put them in it later
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It’s the time for them. 30 Malawi, 50 Tanganyikan
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How does this feel!
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And one is already holding!
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Awesome pics with the fish in it.

when they finished they said woo hoo i can taste the victory

WOW!!!

Lots of cold ones after that set up

It needs a Dovii and a Hoga.

Tank of the year!!

So looks like they changed the rock up from the original set up or was it just the angle of the shots??

I want to see it before you do your first cleaning

madness wrote:It needs a Dovii and a Hoga.

would love to do a lake nicaragua tank this size with dovii, devil, midas, jag, hoga, and a bunch of nicaraguensis. id go 16x6x5 like 3000 gallons or so

Zerc wrote:I want to see it before you do your first cleaning

im gonna guess this guy has factored in a cleaning regimen and will more than likely keep this tank cleaner than most. prolly can afford a marine biologist and a cleaning crew also so dont think theyll be problems there

That’s doing something crazy!!! And hold food in my hand!!!

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Thats one awesome tank, and the best part is thats is fill with Africans lol

My goodness that is something to see!! Thanks so much for sharing all the pics! How long did all that take him? from start to finish?

This is the outside poor, the water will be recycled here and also for the garden.
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Do you know how much he spend on fish?

sidekicking wrote:Do you know how much he spend on fish?

about $14000

and it's not including the fish

the FISH were $14k?

No the tank was 14000, lmao..... But thoughs frontosa or Gibbersa moba are freaking amazing looking!!!!! Its so cool that when you do a big water change you can go in the tank and sit with the fish.... I would love to get some snorkling gear and swim with them.... think it would be what I do itleast once a weekend!

The only thing Iwouldve done differently is make it lake specific instead of all rift lake fish.... like i wouldve done a tanganyika tank and added my favorite fish, (i will never own cause they grow to 3 foot) the empress.... then i would add frontosa, petrochromis, tropheus, and random other sand dwellers, shell dwellers, and some cyps, to swim in schools in the middle of the tank..... but thats just what I wouldve stocked the tank... otherwise, IT PERFECT

I LOVE IT (tears of happiness)

Yea, that is a really awesome setup, I think i speak for everyone here when i say, "JEALOUS!"

sandnuka wrote:No the tank was 14000, lmao..... But thoughs frontosa or Gibbersa moba are freaking amazing looking!!!!! Its so cool that when you do a big water change you can go in the tank and sit with the fish.... I would love to get some snorkling gear and swim with them.... think it would be what I do itleast once a weekend!

The only thing Iwouldve done differently is make it lake specific instead of all rift lake fish.... like i wouldve done a tanganyika tank and added my favorite fish, (i will never own cause they grow to 3 foot) the empress.... then i would add frontosa, petrochromis, tropheus, and random other sand dwellers, shell dwellers, and some cyps, to swim in schools in the middle of the tank..... but thats just what I wouldve stocked the tank... otherwise, IT PERFECT

I LOVE IT (tears of happiness)

haha sounds good.

and when the frontosa get in the tank for a few days, they start get wild. cause bigger tank makes them feel in the lake. and 9 of small size fish, 3'4', were missing. and found a half body of compressiceps. we thought the killer is frontosa, cause they are the biggest in the tanks.

omfg soooooooooooo jealous.those also are some very gorgeous tangys

WOW!!
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Killer!!
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they need move to another tank

fw crab what kind i want some

LMAO! I love how that crab was snacking on a expenisve cichlid! lol... he has expensive taste.... but instead of clippin his finger off, couldnt you just rubberband them together... how will he collect his food now.

yeah that wasnt cool dont get them if you cant handle their nasty nature

wow he move them to another tank, and they just keep killing fish.
and nothing can stop it!

Catching the fish.
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the frontosa (giberosa moba) are still killing??? or the crab??? im confused

I really enjoyed this topic until the crab. Poor thing

Is that a rift lake crab? Malawi or Tang?

It's a super nice tank!

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Tramitichromis lituris "Mdoka"
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sandnuka wrote:the frontosa (giberosa moba) ?? or the crab??? im confused

the crab

it's Tang crab


and 7 of them, group killer

yeah, i dont think I would ever keep a crab with fish.... They would eat everything, and nothing could stop them... except an giant empress cichlid. need some of thoughs in there.

Taeniolethrinops furcicauda
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sandnuka wrote:yeah, i dont think I would ever keep a crab with fish.... They would eat everything, and nothing could stop them... except an giant empress cichlid. need some of thoughs in there.

yea, cause we want make it a wild home, so we tried to add some crab, but the result was not good.