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Lots of pics so heres a link... here http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=198174

Looks great! Thats one fine specimen you have their. :smokey:

Stunning collection dimfer, what an fantastic setup you have their. One suggestion.........don't make us wait so long between updates :thumbs: . Thanks for sharing

That is a very nice Midas you have there......Great find!

Thanks for the kind replies, Female, I just got her about a week ago from Denis at Gold's, I couldn't resist her colors.I'm back in town Neil, I'll track you down Monday or Tuesday.

Yep, he's about 17-18 inches, and loves to eat new life floating pellets.

Here's a few more random pics....no photoshoping

I have been wanting to share this for a while, so here it is. I have been keeping aro’s for over 6 years and been into the hobby for 12 or so years. I started this comm. In the 230 gal and a few years ago I started the big one since I knew a 230 was too small for what I wanted. I’m no expert, I’m a maniac fish collector that addicted to fish like a crack head to crack. This is what I have built, after being inspired by some of the other crazy fish keepers and their collections. This is the story of my filtration. This tank is heavily stocked with the following: 2 x XB”s 2 x SR’s 2 x RTG’s Green and silver ( aro’s are 19-27 inches) 7 x Red neck Severums, 8 x Geo's, 2 x Mono P-Bass, 4 x RT Gourami Tea Cup Ray, Flower Ray, Motoros Ray, TSN 15 x Clown Loaches, Royal, High fin, Adonis, Goldie plecos Here it is , 110 “L x 32”W x 40 “D ( 608 gal – overflow = approx 550 gal) It starts here with the overflow which has 30 gal of bio balls and over 30 kg’s of bio max and like ceramic products, there is a bypass pipe in there aswell in case the media was to plug off. The sump is 120 gal with 50 gal bio balls and over 50 kg’s of bio media, coarse and fine foam, and 2 x magdrive 24’s for circ pumps. There is a fuval 404 full of ehefi strat media that pumps water through the 36 watt UV sterilizer. I have elec heaters for back up and use gas heat as the primary. I do this with a Aqua tankless water heater, temp contoller and a pump. Using a aqua medic temp controller, which turns on a magdrive18 which circulates water through the heater ( when it see flow it turns on the burner) which goes to stainless steel coils in the sump to exchange the heat to keep the tank at 84-85 F, the returns still have some heat so I installed a coil in the 230 gal which keeps it at 82F. Do to the massive bio load I use a auto water changing system, I started with the Kent Hi5 RO/Di and modified it with extra filters to keep up to the demand of changing 90 gallons a day. It continually fills the main tank. The water level rises in the sump and a float switch on a timer controls a eheim 1250 that pumps water to the drain or garden in the summer. There is also high/low level shut downs that can disable the pump or shut off the water supply to prevent spillage. Using a koi pond feeder I dose the tank with a little salt daily to add trace elements and electrolytes and have a dosing pump with prime incase chloramines get past the filter. The tank stands on a 2" square tube stand and I built the wood encloser around it. The lighting is a coralife 72"er with 4 x 96 w Pc and 3 150 w 10k HQI's, I normally use the the PC's only and have 6700k/colormax in the front and actinic in the back. Two rena 400 for some bubbles and a power head the help the the water moving. I thought some of you may find this interesting, or may give you some ideas..... Thanks for reading,

Great Project.......be sure to troll around Monster fish keepers for some idea's. I think you should do an Asain Aro comm it would be a site to be seen. Auto water changer is a must, drill your sump at the desired level and plumb to a drain then, constantly fill your tank from a RO/DI unit. If you cant find a drain close you can use a level controll float to operate a pump, and pump your waste water away. Consider Gas heat, as electricity will be very expensive, I have a gas heating system(tankless water heater) on my 550 gal and 230 gal and it has shaved over $100 a month off my power bill. Good Luck

Great Pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the comments . Generaly, no there very aggresive and and don't go well with other Aro's, they do seem to get along well with loaches and or rays. Even one arowana would require a minium 180 gallon tank, or more immportantly is the foot print a 6 x 2 x 2 would be the smallest, You would love keeping an Aro....... there are the following: - Arowana's - DFI Bukit Merah Blue Base Golden Head - DFI Sapphire Gold Cross Back - Xian Leng Green - Xian Leng RTG - DFI RTG - 2 x Bahari Istana ( Shelookred) Super Reds - Silver - 7 x Red Neck Tie Severums - 15 x CLown Loaches - 4 x Geo's - Plecos - 2 x Adonis - High Fin - Royal - Three Beacon - Common -Rays - Tea Cup - Flower -Catfish - TSN - 2 x Rapheal - 2 x Mono P-Bass Thanks again for the comment.....................I'm glad you all like them.

Here's a link to some pics of my comm tank.....as requested.....hope you enjoy. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=107272

Diversified diet is best, I shop arounbd for the best deals on fresh food. I feed my aro's normally the following, but will try new stuff when there a sale: Prawns - soaked in Kent zeo vitamins. Catfish salmon trout tuna tipila pike I don't feed super worms or crikets any more as they are hard to digest and very addictive.

I have an eight aro comm in a 550 gallon tank. Haven't been on the site in a long time, I almost had to part with my prized possesions this summer( moving), but I managed to keep them. Anyways, there are 2 XB's, 2 SR's, 2 RTG's, Green and a silver in the tank - I will try to add a pic.

I agree with Toris. Also the tank footprint is very important for any aro I would go any smaller than 6' x 2.5' and would recomend a minium depth of 2'. I have keep aro in a 280 gal (6' x 2.5' x 2.5') no problem. I curently have 9 aro's ( 2 x XB, 2 x SR, 2 x RTG, Green, black, silver) in a 110" L x 32" W x 40" D ( 608 gal / est. 550 gal net) lots of swimming room - for now, but will need more. Most importantly a powerfull bio filtration that can keep up with the aro's since they create alot of waste. Good luck.

Standard flooring systems like the silent floor can support a maxium load is 250 lbs per square foot. 3200 lbs would require an engineered floor most likely supported with steel I beams. Large tanks should be installed on slab on grade which is normally your basement floor. I strongly suggest that you dont set it up on your upper floor, I would think that a 90-100 gallon tank would be the max. I'm not an engineer, I just hate to see your new tank take the fast trip to the basement. I don't mean to rain on your parade, best of luck.

Where is that? It looks like Valmont. Thanks for sharing.

I have some pics that I would like to share, Is there a bulk upload on this site.? Thanx

Hey, Paul anytime your in the area, your more than welcome to come have a tour. Thanks Neil, I'll be tracking you down again soon for another pail of food - great stuff. Thanks, Bret

Nice fish, great pics.

I would like to rescue the aro at the fusion, but as you can see my tank is full. I think that aro is in a 3 foot tank, so sad. Cleaning the tank is easy, takes a couple hours a week, most the time is for pumping water around. I don't use a scuba suit for cleaning but could use one for feeding time, it such a wet experience . Thanks,

I agree, the price is good and fast shipping. JL Aquatics in BC has a good reputation aswell.

Thanks for your comments. The ray is a Tea Cup and he's 12"s across and about 3.5 years old and he lives with: 13" DFI XB ( sapphire ) 11" DFI XB ( Bukit Merah ) 14" Xian Leng Green 12" Xian Leng RTG 13" Bahari Super Red 11" Bahari Super Red 24" DFI RTG 26" Silver 14" Silver 25" Black 7 x 4-5" Orange Neck Tie Severums 15 x 3-4" Clown loaches 5 x Pleco's I have a problem , I'm addicted, these thing are more addicting than crack :smokey: . It's a work inprogress, and I do dream one day of building a 2000+ gallon tank for these guy's, as long as I can get corporate (wife) approval . It's my pleasure sharing the pics, I glad you like them , thanks again for your comments.

Hello everyone, here's a couple pics of my 110"L x 32"W x 40"D ( 550 Gallon ) aro comm tank, fish are doing well, with no fighting. Hope you enjoy them.