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2 hours ago, Daniel said:

I can go cheaper. On my 500, I don't have any filter. I just a have pump to to circulate the water. The substrate and driftwood in the aquarium provide all the surface area needed and more for biological filtration. So in a weird sort of way, the aquarium itself is its own filter, sort of like a pond.

do you have a build thread?

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59 minutes ago, James V. said:

I have no experience with this big of a tank but the absolute cheapest way I could think of is to get like 30-40 concrete blocks and a piece of plywood  as a stand. (About $150-200)

and get the tank used from Craigslist or something. (About $1000-1500) I’m not sure of this price it’s just a guess.

and the equipment like lights,filter,heater would b (about $400)

and you could stock it like @Spewing_nonsense_ said for. (about $50-60)

for a total of at the high end $2160 dollars. But I wouldn’t be surprised to spend around $2500 in the end.

Does this sound reasonable/realistic to you guys?

what filter could you run that could support a 400+ 

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like someone mentioned kits

tank kits without the tank or stand but its what you need to get started basically

like one for 75,55,40B,29,20L,10,5

 

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ah okay

 

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not to sound rude.

but why should we figure this out.

 

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again i wasn't planning to get a large tank.

i just wanted to see the the minimum for a large tank. 

 

but if you want to talk about your tank go ahead 🙂

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The first time I setup my 500 gallon in 2006, I spent about $15,000 (not including plumbing and concrete pad). The second time I set it up after the house fire in 2013 I spent about $25,000.

I can provide more details if you are interested.

 

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i meant full set up.

also I'm not doing this i was just curios how cheap a 400+ gallon tank could cost

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how to cheap to do you think you could set up a reasonable(safe, normal amount of fish for the size,) 400+ gallon tank?

ponds don't count.

has to have at least one view panel and a stand. 

 

please provide details 

and have it be replicable(no abnormally good deals) 

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you should get a indoor pond for murphy 

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https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/reef-pi-an-opensource-reef-tank-controller-based-on-raspberry-pi.289256/
here is the r2r thread for reefpi

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On 9/22/2020 at 6:17 PM, Streetwise said:

It would be an expensive experiment, but you could try one of these with a magnetic scraper if the Vortech works how I’m guessing it works.

https://ecotechmarine.com/vortech

You might not be able to run it slow enough.

what do you mean?

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uh you spelled bichir wrong sorry not related just wanted to let you know

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really interesting idea I'm exited to see how it goes

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so that's not a small flag.

interesting thing to put over your house 🙂

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lol nice flag.

is that the one that was over the 800 gallon?

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thanks everyone 🙂

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thanks 🙂

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do you think it would work?

or would the pleco caves work? I don't like how the apisto caves look.

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nice I love kuhli loach's.

I was wondering if there is a goby that can go in a ten gallon and which one was best for a beginner?

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nice

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ok do you think the plecos would be issue if the tank is planted like a jungle? i mean plants everywhere if you didn't know what i meant.

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so I realized I spend to much on aquariums so what do I do I should set up another one.

well not just any tank  one for breeding fish so my stocking idea is

6 to 10 long fin white clouds

pair of bristlenose plecos 

colony of cherry shrimp (they go in first and get established before other fish)

maybe gold mystery snails

 

then tank would probably be a 20 long or 40 breeder

if you see any issues let me know

thanks for the help

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anything new?

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11 hours ago, Taylor Blake said:

@quirkylemon103that is a yoyo loach they are not shrimp safe and should be kept in warmer water then what I'm keeping them in but they are doing well and getting very fat in this tank

thanks a lot. sad that you can't keep them with shrimp though 😞

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ok also what fish is this the one that's on the rock up front