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One big tank is definitely a better idea than many small tanks. There will be less fuss and more to enjoy in my humble opinion. So on that note, I am unsubscribing from Aluminium rack thread. <devil fish> Also with such a huge tank, more doors are open for fish choices!
Imagine.
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Oh yes. This will be more of a fish tank than a planted tank. I will get to that point later.
Oh no. I am not considering an Arapaima. We need to talk about legal fish here. Cites-approved.<devil fish>
Concept: Sizing
For a 15 feet long tank, we have to balance the depth and height of the tank first. Depth or width of the tank would definitely work out to about 3 feet so that we still have enough space for the family to gather around as the final product. 3 feet is also enough for most fishes to swim and turn around. Also another strong point, it is enough space for me to get in and work the hardscape when setting up. This is a hard lesson I learn when I did my monster 5 feet tank before. Oh. I needed to get in to work the tank due to stupid plumbing plans and a tank height of 3 feet. That was a lesson learnt.
I was thinking of a tank height of about 5 to 6 feet but I can work the finer details out later if this thing does materialize. A good height tank would then open the doors for us to include either a bigger school of fishes or maybe a more diverse community for variety!
The tank would be placed maybe slightly off the ground at a 2 feet height and filtration would be done via sump with an overflow box installed at the side of the tank. A mistake that I learn from the Sumida Aquarium.
Concept: Fish or Plants?
Conceptually, we know we want a ‘wall’ tank: something big and high to take your breath away. Based on current infrastructure and laws, I think it would not be feasible to run lights for such a high planted tank. Imagine the kind of power needed by the light to go through 5 feet of water to reach the carpeting grass. It is unfortunate that gravity is not helping in this case. Even if we found lights that powerful to go through 6 feet of water, it would be unnatural and also financially draining both short term and long term. I may be wrong here but this is just my train of thoughts for now.
Right now, this is what I have in mind.
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I have always admired Angel Fishes and I think they look great in a school. But the tanks that I have are all not suitable and unable to bring out the beauty of them. My current 4 feet ‘River’ might be able to house them but I had a different concept for that. I wanted a lush and strong-coloured background of plants with a ‘center-piece’ fish. There will be more updates for that in that thread. Back to this ‘dream’ tank, ideally, it would be Angel Fishes as I do intend to house an algae clean-up crew in the tank still. Probably, Otos, SAEs and Malayan Shrimps, so that the focus would still be on the fishes. I can imagine that a school of arowanas would probably clean up my cleaning crew for me.
As a background, I would like to be able to achieve similar as in the above picture. ‘Mangrove roots’ or vertical branches going through all the way to the top of the tank. I can imagine that this would be the hardest part of this project. Sourcing for such wood without the use of my passport. I would then cover the wood with moss for some greenery and for a more natural/aged look. I will cover the bottom of the tank with a light-coloured sand substrate just for the purpose of reflecting the light back up.
I doubt a braceless tank would be possible but I am still researching.
Originally Posted by sfk7
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