My Outdoor Bathtub 100 gallon

[sNApple]

Originally Posted by fshfanatic

Why? They arnt the vicious killers you might think. They are very timid and tend to hide. Boring if you ask me..

a huge school of Cariba would be fun to watch

[fshfanatic]

I will give you that, however, I have kept a few different species of piranhas over my 29+ yrs in this hobby and they get old fast...

[fshfanatic]

Originally Posted by windfish

I do. The first fish I ever bought were two boesmani rainbows. I have kept them in a variety of set-ups, and several were open-topped. I have not lost any except to old age. They never exhibited any behavior that would make them seem like jumpers, though at feeding time they are very aggressive and sometimes break the surface.

I would feel no worries keeping them in a topless tank.

I have seen them jump chasing ghost shrimp.

[ikuzo]

aren't piranhas too big for my 100?

any plants sugestion that will be nicely in a boesemani rainbow setup?

[crabcake]

wow, that's gonna be a cool set-up. you are very creative. i have always liked the idea and appearance of integrated sumps.

sorry i do not have any plant suggestions. do you have any waterways nearby where you can look for examples of local flora.

and what did you use for the front panel? is it glass or acrylic?

[fshfanatic]

Originally Posted by ikuzo

aren't piranhas too big for my 100?

Depends on the species.

[mistergreen]

YOu might want to rethink tiger botias... They're pretty aggressive. how about clown loaches or a school of the small botias.

Rainbows are pretty as heck but they have no personality.

[ikuzo]

crabcake
there are no clean streams nearby as i live in a city. the front is 12 mm thick of glass.

fshfanatic
i don't think i'm gonna use piranhas but what piranha species are small enough to fit in 100 gallon?

mistergreen
what do you mean by no personality? clown loach is a great idea.

[fshfanatic]

Really depends on how many you wish to keep. I kept 18 red bellies in a 150 for a couple yrs. Granted they did out grow the tank finally.

[mistergreen]

Rainbows are like really pretty girls.. Fun to look at but not great in a conversation.
All rainbows do are chase each other.
You know what I'm talking about when you compare the behavior of a clown loach with a rainbow.

[ikuzo]

Originally Posted by mistergreen

Rainbows are like really pretty girls.. Fun to look at but not great in a conversation.

lol now i completely get the idea.

anyway i searched rainbow's native around new guinea and found that plants should be some vallisneria and ferns. i think i have an idea on how the scape should be

[mistergreen]

I had this bookmarked
http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope_new_guinea.htm

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/biotope/biotope6.html

[ikuzo]

the first link is the one i searched.

thanks for the second one!

[dekstr]

Cool looking tank!

No one is talking about the sump!

I read a very long article on reefcentral about sumps. That forum is doing maintenance right now, so no link yet.

Basically the bigger the sump, the more stable the tank will be since there is more water volume. So bigger is better in this case. Ideally, it could be as big as the main tank.

As for fish, it seems that pirahnas are interesting the first 15 minutes you watch them, then afterwards they're not much to look at. It'd impress your non-fish friends for sure though.

Looking forward to updates!

[BigB]

I would put in alot of vals, and some anubias plants on wood. The vals will suck up most nutrients that might cause algae are easy to maintain, very pretty in large tanks, And the anubias will look nice tied to the wood, and would grow pretty well with the sunlight.