What should i have in a 250 gallon tank?

[ajfish]

I am about to set up a 250 gallon tank. I was wondering if i could get some opnions on what occupants i should have in the tank. I was shooting for a very active tank, with lots of movement. It will be filtered by two Ehiem Professional 2 cannister filters and an Ehiem internal filter. Your input would be greatly apprecieated. Thanks!

[splishsplash]

Well, 250 gallons is a lot of space to fill. Is it going to be planted?  What are your water parameters?  You could have a really cool planted tank in 250 gallons. If I had a 250 gallon tank, I would just fill it with (big!) schools of tetras. There would definitely be color and movement, LOL! I think you could really set up a cool Amazon biotope in that size tank, if it appealed to you.

Jan

[edpaff jr]

I think biotopes are very cool.  I kinda have a small south american biotope with Blackskirt and Serpae tetras.  The numbers you have would be significantly larger.  If you want to see how I set up my little tank look at my webpage.

[ajfish]

Yeah it will be a planted tank.
Thanks for your ideas, i really appreciete it.

[Dangerous]

Tetras?????

You SHOULD get a big school of piranhas or at least some big cichlids i mean come on a 250 gallon tank for 1" fish take advantage of the best like structure im annoyed and it aint even my tank

[Dangerous]

and then after you have a big school of piranhas put about 50 feeders in there that will add some movement LOL

[Dangerous]

he has a 250 gallon tank i dont think he has to worry about to big for his tank you could keep 4-5 piranhas in a 55 galoon so you could probally keep about 14 in his tank its just i dont know the dimensions of it so i couldnt tell ya

Im just saying you could keep tons of tetras in a 20 gallon tank you couldnt keep tons of piranhas in a 20 gallon everyone loves there stupid tetras im gonna by a school of tetras............................and feed them to my texas cichlid,convict,firemouth,green terror LOL

[splishsplash]

Just because you have a big tank doesn't mean you have to get a big mean fish.  That is a typical "bigger is better" American attitude. You are entitled to your opinion, but the rest of us are too. A school of 40-50 tetras would be absolutely breathtaking in a planted tank. That is my opinion, and it has plenty of color and movement.

And you probably don't even know that tetras and piranhas are from the same school of fish.  They are both predators, both have teeth, both  are beautiful. However, you don't have to worry about irrisponsible owners setting tetras loose to wreck havoc on the natural fish and wildlife population when thier fish get too big for thier tank.

Jan

[SegaDojo]

well for a LARGE planted tank, I too would go for a large school of tetras... but I would also add 6-8 wild altums if I could get a hold of them.  If not, then Koi angels or any other cool looking angels would do.

If you're up for a challenge, then you can try some discuses...

[splishsplash]

SegaDojo,

I just wondered what altums are? I have never heard of those before.  I am assuming they are compatible with tetras, and I am looking for one more fish species to add to my tank, so would appreciate any info you can give me about these.  If you have a link to something about them, I would love it.

Thanks,

Jan