I am starting to get back into freshwater fish again, and out of the loop as far as equipment and places to go. My kid is loving it too, so I think for Christmas we will get a big ass fish tank instead of all the useless toy bullshit she always gets.
We have a 55 gallon right now, with two oscars, pleco, Midas cichlid, Jack Dempsey, and tinfoil barb. I want to add a few more cichlids like a managuense, frontosa, and flower horn, and an arowana too. BS hanging filter on the outside of the tank right now, which I hate.
I am looking for a 180 gallon + tank with hood and all that stuff. I am checking Craigslist for something along that size, but there aren't too many. Is new much more expensive?
Also, what is the hot setup for filters? Do they still make filters that go underneath the gravel and pull shit into the gravel with powerheads?
Thanks for the help, I got a few months to plan for this, but I have a timeline too because I don't want our current fish to get too big so we can't add other fish without being eaten.
We have a 55 gallon right now, with two oscars, pleco, Midas cichlid, Jack Dempsey, and tinfoil barb. I want to add a few more cichlids like a managuense, frontosa, and flower horn, and an arowana too. BS hanging filter on the outside of the tank right now, which I hate.
I am looking for a 180 gallon + tank with hood and all that stuff. I am checking Craigslist for something along that size, but there aren't too many. Is new much more expensive?
Also, what is the hot setup for filters? Do they still make filters that go underneath the gravel and pull shit into the gravel with powerheads?
Thanks for the help, I got a few months to plan for this, but I have a timeline too because I don't want our current fish to get too big so we can't add other fish without being eaten.