I was looking at getting a 200 gallon with a tonne of Chilli Rasboras but the fish would have been more expensive than everything else put together. €3000 of Chili Rasboras!!!!!!!
Some other stocking options were also looking nice.
Yeah. I could probably get another tank, cheap second hand breed a bunch of them and put the babies straight into the main tank in a few groups then raise them up in the first tank for a while.
As others have said, at that tank volume and number of fish, you could probably get breeding conditions set up without a lot more effort than merely setting up the tank. More importantly, I think at that size a purchase, it would be worth it to just find a wholesaler to buy batches from directly. This can be difficult as a lot of LFS’ won’t disclose that info to protect their profits, but if you ask around on forums and such and live somewhere close enough to a major city so shipping is easier, you could find someone and save a ton.
Agreed. Well yes if it were for a pair of Mbu Puffers in an indoor pond or something that live 12 years, but even the Mbus would be would be cheaper.
Just a while back I was looking at a better place to get fish since I didn’t want to spend loads on an aquarium then buying cheap fish. I really liked Aqua-Huna but they don’t ship to me.
Can pretty much setup a full ecosystem in that tank with smaller-medium fish, shrimp, snails, other bottom feeders, etc. Would almost take care of itself cleaning wise at that point.
I could see going with fish up to ~50 cm in that tank, but doing so would greatly reduce the number you could stock. It would be awesome to put in nothing but <15 cm fish and cool plants in that bad boy.
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u/NFTArtist Aug 17 '22
OP don't make the mistake of all big tank owners and get giant fish. Get tons more small fish