Coryd55

This has probably been posted already but what the heck it might not and here it is.

So tell what your perfect/dream tank would be. Just keep it realistic please like no 20,000 gallon tanks =). Basically what would you do if you had unlimited cash for one tank. Either saltwater or freshwater, or you can tell both.

I cant think of mine quite yet. Ill post it once I figure it out.

COBettaCouple

Yea, we did do dream tanks once, but I think we were starting to spend the GNP of some countries on them.

I'd like a tank about 1000g, bowfront and saltwater, with plenty of liverock and all the hardware to properly setup the tank.

0morrokh

A BIG one. I think it'd be a densely planted FW, you know like those pics you see in magazines of stunning planted Dutch or German aquariums. I'd probably go for interesting/unusual smaller shoalers...like different species of tets, rainbows, cories, rasboras, etc. And a few 'showpiece' fish, like a sweet pleco (love gold nuggets), maybe some pearl gouramis, that type of thing...possibly some small, ususual species of livebearers too. Oh and a bunch of cool/rare species of dwarf shrimp. And a mystery snail.

neverendingninja

...mystery snails eat plants.

MagpieTear

Take this tank and stretch out the 'scape to a 125 gallon

Butterfly

Mine don't There's probably too much other stuff to eat LOL
I want.... a 225G freshwater tank with lots of wood, rock and plants and several different species of loaches (some of you knew that was coming )
carol

LittleFizz

Ah, no. Pomacea bridgesii does not eat living plants. But it will clean up any dead ones for you. Pomacea Canaliculata, often mixed up with the pomacea bridgesii, will devour your plants. And grow to the size of your fist.

neverendingninja

Awesome. Good to clear that up about the snails!



This would be my perfect setup. The light blue area would be a corridor behind the shelves of fishtanks lining the walls...all between 20-75 gal. The green square in the middle would be a very large fishtank, on the order of 6' x 6' x 3'(810gal)

It would be all freshwater, maybe one SW. The middle tank would be heavily planted. The aquascape would be balanced so that the center was effectively the "background". Then, surrounding the middle would be midground plants and finally foreground plants...if that makes sense at all. The entire system would have integrated plumbing systems to simplify water changes, and all tanks would be on central filtration except for the middle tank.

Butterfly

Also... Those tanks that Petsmart keeps plants in? wouldn't it be cool to have that set-up of four tanks with the water going from one tank to another with different kinds of fish in each? There are sponges in the overflow lip, that would keep fish from going from one tank to another. just dreaming
Carol

pistorta

I don't know Coryd55, if I had unlimited funding for a tank, the 20,000 gallon one you mentioned sounds nice to me...if utilities are included.

neverendingninja

Yeah, I didn't get that either..."keep it realistic"...."if you had unlimited cash"...yeah, thats realistic.

angelfish220

Isnt MagpieTear's tank the winning lanscape tank from TFH? I love that mag I think that makes me a nerd
I would want something like neverendingninja's tank setup only the walls would have 3 layers of tank, the top would be saltwater the middle brackish and the bottom freshwater. In the tank in the middle of the room would be my turtle's tank

TheEssigs

I think I might like a wall tank... you know, one of those specialty tanks that seperate one room from the other, that you can view from either room... a freshwater, somewhere in the 500 to 1000g range... planted similar to magpies pic above...

oh, and a fish guy who comes and cleans it twice a month.

Coryd55

Alright then. Take out the realistic part lol

angelfish220

a personal fish tank cleaner would be great! I would be able to enjoy my fish and feed them and everything only someone else can vacum the gravel

MagpieTear

Yup, that tank was the best in show setup from the 07 AGA contest. The owner is Dave Chow from Hong Kong. He is a part of the Creative Aquascape Union. (Caution, you will loose hours drooling at beautiful tanks if you click that link!) I'm a firm believer in "Do your own thing" but when I saw that setup, it rang such a strong chord with me I said "I gotta do that!"

Jim

Right now I'm looking at an Oceanic 140 gallon show tank. It's roughly 48"x24"x24". It's a big cube screaming for a garden. But it's like $1300.00. Right now, this is my dream tank. As for how it would look... just look at my bowfront tank now and imagine it 3 times bigger... lol!

COBettaCouple