I admire your patience in being able to do a video after the tank was delivered and moved in. Just watching you not jumping in and start adding stuff made me anxious!!! I can't wait to see the end result!!!
Discus and blackwater - you just made my day. I just set up a 120gallon for discus. I have an old fridge freezer that I tipped onto its back and put a pond liner in. It sits outside my bedroom window (under the carport) and will add a further 120 gallon to the system.
Love the cabinet and aquarium. It's all very beautiful. I really love the cabinet color. (Not the usual black) Discus are going to look amazing in there. They are such a beautiful fish with such a range of colors. Congratulations on your new set up.
Wow gorgeous tank! Your gonna Love keeping discus and they will enjoy that Blackwater setting a lot! Can't wait to see this tank evolve, have fun with it!
Discus are not harder to keep. I have kept them for years. 25% change twice a week TOPS. You can handle them just fine. Also they are not skiddish like some say. Mine eat from my hand. Nothing to worry about. Oh and my filtration on my 220 discus tank is 2 fx6's if that helps any
Aquatlantis is one of the best brands of aquariums and other aquarium acessories. It's a Portuguese company wich also makes aquariums that have Eheim "brand" in it!
It's looking friggin' awesome! I'm looking forward to my soon to be monstertank for the african cichlids also worrying about how to get it safely inside hahaha. Keep it up!
That's a nice tank and stand you got there ! I know it's not my window but you could paint it black (according to Mick Jagger). All that sunlight coming in could cause some problems.
cant wait for the new build! congrats on the tank. you say this tank was in the basement. so obviously I'm sure the floor can take the weight. I'm looking to upgrade to a 120gal from my 75gal. do you think you could do a small segment on large tanks and how your floor can take it? maybe in the next q&a? I'd really appreciate to hear your thoughts on this. I rent and a house and there is a tenant beneath me. I cant reinforce beneath me. I hear from one person you shouldn't, I hear from others I should be fine. its scary to think about the worst case scenario. I am on an outside wall and the house is older. I hear older homes actually use larger beams to support the floor so I could be safe? I need to inspect to find out. again, thanks for all your knowledge. between you and Joey you've really helped me along the fish keeping journey, and made me a successful fish keeper!!
@@NaturalAquaria Okay thats fair, i wonder if you will upgrade the lighting eventually when stocked and what your stocking density will be like, fish and plants considered. Really excited to see where this goes. I have a 120g discus tank so ill be watching closely for tips.
Your lucky you have enough space for a nice big tank like that. I only have space for a 15 gallon tall upstairs because my mom won’t let me put any type of tank downstairs
Same, well with my son's other grandmother since I live with my son's father's side of the family. But I have a 5g, 20g long, and a 2.5g in my room. I had another 2.5g and a 10g but I dont have them anymore
Your time will come. Its hard to wait but its also a time to really get all the experience and knowledge that is necessary to invest in a big tank. Big tanks not only cost solid money upfront for the tank and stand, but lighting, filtration, hardscape and substrate may end up tacking on a few grand. I remember Thomas saying he spent over $10k on the last one. And then there's the fish...lol. Speaking of hardscape, I love Holey rock. At about $5lb I would easily spend 1k on a big tank. I am still dreaming of bigger and better. I currently run a 120.
Hmmmm going to be a little filtration issue down the road being 27x27 wo sump. Most quality canisters as you’re clearly planing to use due to cabinet design.. can’t get deeper then a standard 200-250-275 type unit being 24” the added depth is also going to require a lot more wavemakers use cause canisters just are not going to move water front to back very well. Issue I see though is trying to keep the bottom clean cause you’re going to really be stressing the best of canisters with that type of tank design. And extra 3” front to back and top to bottom doesn’t sound like much but it will be due to the displacement volume the water isn’t going to want to move as easy at depth. Absolutely loved your last mega built though and currently doing a very similar setup but with a 210 I picked up for $350 and currently tearing down and rebuilding. Question.. if you had the option today would you still go with the freedom sump or would you pay the extra few dollars for the couple additions from the red flex series? They are same in design and function but the flex adds all the little things. Discus? 🤣🤣 you hate maintenance.. you complain of adding water to the 265 once a week and now you’re going to be doing 80% water changes every other day? Oh boy this will be interesting at the one year update video 🤣🤣
I have a 125 gallon tank ready for Discus. Aquael Maxi Kani Canisters and ziss bio bubble filters. Fluval heaters.....plants, driftwood, ADA substrate......I am still nervous about them.
Is the music moving the stand at 1:58 called the Big Rich remix? I heard his signature “Perfect” in the music. Ohio Fish Rescue in the house. You should try and tour his operation.
They are not that hard and with a tank that size the water quality will be easier to maintain. Dont get small ones or discos, maybe look at wilds or F1/F2 . Are you sumping it?
What are you going to do to hide all the wires in the back of the glass. I suggest you keep 6000 cardinals and other small tetras in a heavily planted tank.
