if u had a 135 gallon, what would you put in it???

Question

My filtration system would be a 30 gallon wet and dry filtration system, or 2 aquaclear 110 filters, and 2 caribe piranha, 2 ternetzi piranha, 2 red bellied piranha, 2 super red bellied piranha, and 2 piraya piranha.

I also would have 2 powerheads.

Or id do 2 florida gar, a silver arowana, a peacock bass, 2 motoro stingrays, and a red tailed catfish. If i come up with something different I will tell about it in an update.

On my second suggestion, when the fish reached 18" they would go in a heated pond i own.

I have no clue what u are talking about venice girl, ok, the tank is 18" wide, so the fish in prop2 would be able to turn and swim still.

And the piranhas in proposal one only get 12-14" max, so they would be fine either way.

So i have no clue what you are talking about.

the piranhas i mentioned are pygo genus, they are compatible, and 11 gallons per fish isnt bad IMO, and piranhas dont bite off ur fingers, put the tv controller down buddy.

Answer 1

You like piranhas. They need to school. Two are not a school. You are overstocking the tank big time.
I have a 125 with Tinfoil Barbs and Silver Dollars (which look like piranhas) because my mother didn't raise the kind of fool who'd stick his arm into a tank of predators. Sooner or later you have to maintain that tank.
To a piranha, fingers = food!

Answer 2

I can't imagine either of those suggested tank populations working at all. From where I'm sitting at the momment I'm looking at 2 135 gallon tanks and recalling a 4 foot FL gar I saw recently.... no way. Also, I have an indoor pond at home with 5 motoro rays in it, you do know they get about 38" across right? A peacock bass is an incredible monster of a ill tempered fish. I can't imagine one in less than 500 gallons. As for the redtail cat... I wouldn't try to keep one in less than about 3000 gallons of round pool, and then not with an arowana, peacock bass or gar. The redtail would eventually eat any and all of those species. No doubtr he would very badly damage the moto's before they killed him with spine damage and infections.

It's not a matter of can the fish manage to turn around, it's a matter of can the fish swim well for a distance, like several body lengths at a minimum.

A 135 would be a good home for a school of a smaller species of piranha. The mix of piranha you have detsailed will leave you with one or two badly damaged piranha within a few months at best. One species in a school would work far better and they would do well in that sized tank.

MM

Answer 3

Well as with everyone else your first fish selection isn't really the best, you would need 6 piranhas of the same species in order for them not to fight, im not sure if you ever had piranhas but yes they do bite fingers. Even red bellied Pacus bite fingers and they have human like teeth. Also maybe your red bellied piranhas average length is 12" but a piraya gets up to 16" and the caribe also gets 16" if you take care of it.


I like your second selection though, although i would never keep a red tailed catfish because he will eat ANYTHING if he grows faster than your arowana or stingrays he will eat them.


As for me, i would probably keep a wide variety of bichirs, such as some 6 ornate bichirs with maybe 6 senegal bichirs, other bichirs are unavailable here so thats probably all i would keep :]

Answer 4

Well, apparently, what I would put in a 135 gallon aquarium is not really the question, but the question appears to be more like, do I approve of what you want to put in yours. Whether it is, that is how I'm going to answer. Considering that just one of those fish requires an average of 70 gallons of water, you should only be putting 2 of any of those fish in that tank total. You are proposing, in scenario 1, a total of 10 of these giant fish and in scenario 2, a total of 7 of these giant fish. So, cut down either proposal to a total of 2 fish and then you can have at it. Can you imagine? If you waited until those 7 or 10 fish reached 18" before removing them, they'd be like sardines in a can!

Answer 5

I have a 135 and that tank is a planted Discus tank with Orange Neon Cory's, SAE's and otocinclaus for algae and a rotating stock of different types of Apistogrammas that breed in a corner. I currently have triple red cacatoides.

Answer 6

i have a 150 gallons tank not 135 gallons tank though, i have 18 discus and 14 very small baby discus, but if i have 135 gallons i would put 2 arowana and 3 flower horn fish

Answer 7

Discus would be my choice, a tank that size you could create a nice amazon community tank, Lots or cardinals and a cory shoal with a large amount of green

Answer 8

I would have a good sized Red Devil, Pike, and Managuense. Although The Managuense would probably destroy the others and have the home all to himself within a matter of time. I love my mean fishies :)

Answer 9

I would probably go with 3 Bala Sharks and a single Fire Eel. Fire Eels are really cool and my wife loves Bala Sharks so I have to get them just for her.

Answer 10

What ever you put in make sure you read up or ask lots of questions starting here was a good idea!