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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
my dad's friend is going to give me his 150 gallon tank when all his fish die.... and I am planning ahead!! I have been debating what to do with it... I have come up with many different set-up ideas....which one do you think is best?
1. Freshwater Heavily Planted Neon School Tank
50+ neon school, cory cats, otos, and a pleco.
2. Freshwater "Rocky" African Cichlid Tank
Assorted African Cichlids
3. Freshwater Planted Community
Assorted Killifish, Assorted Peaceful Cichlids, other community fish
4. Freshwater/Brackish(archers can live in brackish or fresh so i can go either way
Archer fish and possibly a few gobies of some sort
5. Brackish
Archer fish, Figure 8 Puffer, Gobies, other brackish fish
6. Freshwater Large Cichlid Tank
Elecric Blue Jack Dempseys
I'm open to any other suggestions....
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
brackish tank or cichlid tank
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
either 1 or 5 
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Bum
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
i say 1 or 5, too. I say 5, actually.
And then get a school of like 8 or 9 mono sebae. they ROCK. you'd need a heavily planted corner and then lots of swimming room in the rest of it, though.
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
wait but I heard that there arent many plants that will tolerate salt in their water.... and the brackish might become a hassle... as it is more difficult than freshwater. it would be cool though
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May 20th, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
that would be a great tank to turn into a SW tank if you had the funds for it.
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
A 150 Gallon SW tank could get VERY EXPENSIVE even with all the equipment... stocking a SW tank that big with live rock, sand, and aquatic life would still soar to a few thousand dollars for that large a tank. And plus all the extra equipment you need. A LOT of money
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May 20th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
I would say 2. I would get Lamprologus Brichardi (Fairy) Cichlid....a whole group of them. Their breeding behaviour is very interesting. The parents raise their young and their previous young help prevent their younger siblings.
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May 21st, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
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Originally Posted by gmann21193
wait but I heard that there arent many plants that will tolerate salt in their water.... and the brackish might become a hassle... as it is more difficult than freshwater. it would be cool though
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there's a few plants that you can do brackish. it also kinda depends on how much salt is in your brackish. i know java fern/java moss will work in brackish.
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May 21st, 2007
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ID master
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
I would say either 2,3 or 5. As for the plants that would be able to survive in brackish water, check plantgeek.
Tom
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May 21st, 2007
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Fish Bum
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
Option #6
Large Cichlids are awesome and not so bad to care for.
Or Option #7
Wolf Cichlids. They are the King Fish. If you are feeling adventurous, get 2.
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May 21st, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
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Originally Posted by FishPirateL337
Or Option #7
Wolf Cichlids.* They are the King Fish.* If you are feeling adventurous, get 2.
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ohhhh no.... ive heard many stories and see too many videos to try one of those.
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May 21st, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
yea, a SW tank that big is a ton of money for sure.. one day i hope we can do one.. thanks a lot Nemo! :P
you could do a tank that I'd like to do (if we ever stop buying bettas  ) - a "see-thru" tank filled with schools of various fish that you can see through, like glass cats along with corys and otos.
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May 21st, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
do glass cats school? and are they good for a heavily planted tank or no? Thats an interesting idea. There are a lot of cool transparent fish. When I was younger i went to a private school that had a 100 gallon fish tank in the "Lobby" (it was a building). The Tank had one VERY active pleco and a school of transparent tetras. I think they were dyed though because there were abnormal bright (highligher) colors streaked across their spines.
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May 21st, 2007
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Master Of Fish Poo!
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
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Originally Posted by gmann21193
do glass cats school? and are they good for a heavily planted tank or no? Thats an interesting idea. There are a lot of cool transparent fish. When I was younger i went to a private school that had a 100 gallon fish tank in the "Lobby" (it was a building). The Tank had one VERY active pleco and a school of transparent tetras. I think they were dyed though because there were abnormal bright (highligher) colors streaked across their spines.
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glass cats should school, they like to be in a group. i think most, if not all, of the transparent fish out there will school and many should be compatible and make for a beautiful, peaceful tank that's not your everyday tank.
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May 22nd, 2007
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Fish Helper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
thanks for the new candidate!! 
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May 24th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
the clear fish tank sounds like it'd be pretty cool! very different at least 
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May 24th, 2007
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Fish Keeper
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Re: I NEED YOUR OPINIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT DO YOU THINK??
hey, just aquire 6 tanks and do the lot!!! mts once again?! failing that 1 and 3 seem good to me along with the glass fish idea. ooooo, the possibilties are endless!!!!  tan
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