There is a local restaurant that I frequent that has a large cylindrical FOWLR. I'd estimate the tank to be in the 500 gallon range, so it is big, but its not that big ..... because it contains a stupefying collection of fish. If I tried to keep even a subset of those fish in my 265 it would be WWIII. In no particular order, three large hippos, a 12" sohal, an 8" clown, a few trigger fish, and four large green chromis. Fish don't look great, a lot of HLLE (assume they run copper), but they persist ... so how do they do it?
Restaurant Fish Tank
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Dr Colliebreath
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12-15 or so fish probably isn't a lot for that size tank even if the fish are large. The fish would have a fair amount of room to spread out, and sometimes a crowd disperses aggression. As Snorvich says, swapping out or replacing fish is typically part of the maintenance business. The tank is a decoration rather than something a person is trying to maintain as a healthy environment.
Yeah, figured that must be the case; though they must be quite precise about it because I'm in this place every few months and the Tangs all look the same
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Sorry, fish I listed were just some - probably 40-45 in total. Far too many!
