Tobi’s contest thread -> 650 gallon build

[Swedgin]

Hi everyone, welcome to my contest thread. It’s going to be about my new tank, a 655 gallon (2480 liter for the old world folks) wild discus biotope. It will replace my current 220 gallon blue discus tank, link can be found in my signature.

Stocking plans are so far:

11 Uatuma/Beruri Semi Royal Discus
(importer and/or exporter seem to have mixed up the locations, so no telling who is who. Doesn’t matter though, they’re all beautiful
Here’s a picture of them in their current setup:


2 Nhamunda Red



2 Paraconi Red



1 Iripixi Red


1 Iripixi “Ica bar”


4 Iripixi Semi Royal

[Swedgin]

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3 Iripixi Royal




1 L095


I have to use google pics for the plecos and cories, as they are either not yet in my possession or I don’t have any pictures of the ones I already do own.

1 L091


3 L239


2 LDA31


2 L114


1 L128


2 LDA16 red/brown morph

11 Corydoras amapaensis

4 Corydoras serratus

12 Corydoras CW028

1 Corydoras CW049 (sole survivor of a previous group)

2 Ivanacara adoketa

Please see post #8 for the rest of the species pictures.

[LizStreithorst]

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We can't hardly find wilds of that quality here in the States. You're fish are drop dead gorgeous and they will have 655 gallons to play in. I'm looking forward to seeing the tank build and seeing the fish in their new home.

What will the dimensions of the 655 gallon be? I can't imagine doing wipe downs on a tank that huge. I wish you great success.

[Second Hand Pat]

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What a bang up way to start a thread Tobi with pics of all the wilds and some very nice ones too boot. Any pics of the 650? Like Liz, curious about the dimensions also!
Pat

[Swedgin]

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Dimensions will be 310cm x 80cm x 100cm (height) on a 90cm high cabinet. The original plan was a 40 cm longer one, and it would have fit, but would probably have looked awkwardly squeezed into the space.

No pictures yet, they cut the glass yesterday and will start glueing in situ on Monday or Wednesday. Till then I will have moved the 220 somewhere else as that’s the spot for the new one.

The cabinet should be delivered by the 24th latest. Things are a bit slow in the Middle East right now due to Ramadan, othewise it would be going a bit quicker.

I’m glad they are doing the glass work soon, as I need the exact inside dimensions to get a custom background done, which takes about 3 weeks from order to delivery from Serbia. Will post pictures of the background templates that I’m looking at in the coming days.

Tomorrow I’ll order the lights and some other bits, full list etc to follow.

I’m so excited about the whole thing and keep visualizing what it’s going to look like. We’ll all soon find out I suppose.

[Second Hand Pat]

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So 310cm x 80cm x 100cm is about 10ft x 2.5ft x 40 inches tall. My 230 is 6ft x 2ft x 32 inch tall. My 230 is tall enough. I hope you have tools Tobi as you will need them. It will be a super tank.
Pat

[Swedgin]

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It’ll be fine, I’m quite tall myself and the total height including cabinet will be exactly the same as the 325, which I have no trouble cleaning at all. Syphoning with the water change hose is easy enough, there won’t be a whole lot of obstructions in the tank, few rocks and some wood for the plecs to munch on, thats it. For the glass I use a magnet, I know it’s frowned upon by some, but I’ve had zero issues/scratches since the tanks have been running.

[Swedgin]

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2 LDA16 red/brown morph


11 Corydoras amapaensis


4 Corydoras serratus


12 Corydoras CW028


1 Corydoras CW049 (sole survivor of a previous group, DO NOT USE SEACHEM PARAGUARD ON THESE)


2 Ivanacara adoketa



Too many fotos for one post, so continued here

[Gabriel13]

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Wow! Can't wait to watch this thread grow. Your wilds are hide awesome!

[Pices]

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It’s hard to pick a favorite among all those wilds. I just went through this thread oohing over one, then another. Your current set up is stunning. Can’t wait to see the new build.
Patty

[Swedgin]

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Almost forgot:

5 P. scalare “Amapá” in QT since yesterday (will do some research on wether they are proper Amapá or not)

[brewmaster15]

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Tobi,
Theres something cool about big tanks of discus.. Yours is sweet! I know you keep multiple ones so be sure to start a different thread for each tank , max 3 threads. Looking forward to reading!

Good luck!

al

[DiscusBR]

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I have no words. Beautiful pictures. All fish look amazing, but those royal wilds are to die for.

[Swedgin]

Re: Tobi’s contest thread -> 650 gallon build

Tobi,
Theres something cool about big tanks of discus.. Yours is sweet! I know you keep multiple ones so be sure to start a different thread for each tank , max 3 threads. Looking forward to reading!

Good luck!

al

Al,
I’ll probably stick to just one thread for now, all other tanks get decent coverage in my homestead. I mainly do this one to be able to go back in some time and look at how it all developed. And for the cash, haha. There’s a lot of street/shelter dogs in Bali that could really use it.

[Swedgin]

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I have no words. Beautiful pictures. All fish look amazing, but those royal wilds are to die for.

I’m having a hard time making out any favourites, but the Ica bar and the Nhamunda reds I really like. But all others, too. Looking forward to seeing them in my QT by the end of the month. A few days in there will give me a better idea of their actual looks in person. Of course, pictures will be posted

Except for the 11 Uatuma/Beruri all others are still with the exporter in Germany and are expected here in Dubai on 6/30. So all pics of those are from him, and I based my selection on those fotos (as a non native English speaker, when is it a foto, when is it a picture, find myself using both)