Dream Tanks?

[Dmorty217]

He shops at my fish store, nicest guy ever. He buys around 15 tangs a week

Bill is a great guy, I spoke with him at MACNA this year. Also met Hedgedrew (Andrew) there, he has 2 builds totaling 30,000g

 

[brett559]

The constraint in my office is depth. I would need a tank no more than 18" deep. So my dream tank would be 84" L x 18" W x 24" H, about 150 gallons.

I'd probably overstock it.

 

[kangadrew]

do you have to heat the water?

Winter I run pond de-icers and a small pool heater but not too much. The sun does a decent job heating them since there's no type of cover and they're pretty shallow.

 

[kangadrew]

What are the 6 birds you have? And where did you get a zebra and a fox? lol. I'd have a huge stream with a bunch of ponds/pools, each housing different fish, specifically one with sunfish/shiners/minnows/dace/etc, one with goldfish, one with koi, and one with little to no fish for frogs, salamanders, etc where the fish won't eat them. The 2nd tank would be a huge caribbean biotope, around 2000 gallons, that looks as close to the natural habitat as possible, including details such as sponges, small fish, microfauna, shallow/deep, mangroves, macros, a small beachy area, semi-aquatic crabs/snails, terrestrial/salt-tolerant plants, etc. The 3rd would be a huge paludarium/vivarium/riparium in one, about 16' x 8', I don't know the word for it, but it would have a water section with vertical land, then it comes to and end with the water turning into a stream with flat land, then the 3rd section is a stream and lots of flat land. Amphibians, reptiles, fish, and insects would be in balance. Not to mention it's completely covered with plants/mosses. I love mosses. I'm thinking that a Trinidadian biotope would be cool for this type of setup, possibly Amazonian. The 4th would be an indo-pacific biotope similar to the caribbean one I mentioned. The 5th would be a HUGE reef tank, that is self maintained, that has some rooms (i.e. bedroom, living room, etc.) underneath. This brings a whole new meaning to sleeping with the fishes.:dance:

Dude, me you and SoloChromis need to get a tank going! But seriously though, the zebra was on a classified (if you go to exoticanimalsforsale.net there are actually a decent amount of them - where they are originally collected, I have no clue but I would assume a select few breeders get their hands on them and release the babies). Meant to say 5 birds - major mitchell's cockatoo, greenwing macaw, and 3 peacocks. I might get a toucan soon, not sure though - super hard to care for and birds aren't cheap (I think toucans go for like 5K). The fox is like a kitten - if they're not sleeping, they will play with you. But they don't cuddle or anything - mine has its own room to roam around in, like some people's cats

 

[SoloChromis]

Dude, me you and SoloChromis need to get a tank going! But seriously though, the zebra was on a classified (if you go to exoticanimalsforsale.net there are actually a decent amount of them - where they are originally collected, I have no clue but I would assume a select few breeders get their hands on them and release the babies). Meant to say 5 birds - major mitchell's cockatoo, greenwing macaw, and 3 peacocks. I might get a toucan soon, not sure though - super hard to care for and birds aren't cheap (I think toucans go for like 5K). The fox is like a kitten - if they're not sleeping, they will play with you. But they don't cuddle or anything - mine has its own room to roam around in, like some people's cats

I'm in :dance: I've considered rescuing a pair of caiques, as they seem to be one of the more "apartment friendly" parrots out there, or maybe a pair of parrotlets.

 

[kangadrew]

I'm in :dance: I've considered rescuing a pair of caiques, as they seem to be one of the more "apartment friendly" parrots out there, or maybe a pair of parrotlets.

Def. the more apartment friendly parrots. Amazons are good too and African greys