1000 Gallon XINGU TANK - giant office AQUARIUM, Part II

[@robertforrest7956]

Super nice set up...Love the fish selection. A set up like this for me is only a dream. 😅. Really enjoy all your vids. Thanks!! 👍🏻

[@belowwater]

Thank you. Yes, this 1000 gallon size is so much fun as a community, i am building another one for Lake Tanganyika cichlids next year.

[@ryanschroeder8263]

The music and text is so funny. What a beautiful tank. So much love put into this. Awesome.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

What a GREAT aquarium. Would be nice to see the filters and pumps and what the maintenance on it is needed..such as water changes and how much,feeding..all the things aquarists like to know. That is at least a $20,000 aquarium off the showroom!

[@belowwater]

yes, we got the tank used... otherwise it would be too expensive!

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

@@belowwater My 240 is from the mid 80's and it's never leaked and I've made many a crooked stand over the decades. I would never trust glass over 100 gallons to last. So,acrylic is an aquarium you can count on to last a lifetime. You got a great deal.

[@andrewsager7928]

The tank and it's inhabitants have certainly grown since last year. :^) The fish are still beautiful!!! Great video Oliver. Can't wait to watch part 2 !!!

[@alaskajdw]

Sweet tank !

[@dvd5542]

Those giant black neon tetras are amazing.

[@belowwater]

they are Moenkhausia heikoi, a very common fish in the Xingu river that loves high current. The black neon (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi) is from further south in the Mato Grosso.

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

I suppose convergent evolution on their markings?

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

​@@belowwaterI thought they were emperor tetra, add how I don't see natural schooling behavior, perhaps tight schooling is a response to predatory threat A 17 ft long tank would be a challenge to move, did you have it built on site?

[@Joe85IBMOR]

A big aquarium prevents aggression that's why I keep my krobias in a IBC tank And then they still fight sometimes Well at least not as much like when I had them in the Aquarium

[@apolloravindran]

Dude, talk about inspiration. That is a legit setup!!!!!

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

Amazing, you must have connections to find so many fish native to that river when you wanted them. You might put in some large branches..to fill in all that blank space between the rocks and the surface of the tank. Pleco's, Leporinus, would enjoy nibbling on the wood and bacterial slime. I draw the line at plastic plants..they just degrade fast accumulate bad detritus it seems...

[@belowwater]

habitats with rapids in the Xingu don't have any branches or wood.

[@StanTheObserver-lo8rx]

@@belowwater Still must be some as the plecos need the cellulose . A few curvy would make the fish utilize the upper areas of the tank...rather then gather all at the lower part. In those rapids,are there any surface fish? Or just big predators like Dorado maybe? Its a GREAT set up..just looking at the fish. I like that my 240 have some fish species found in the same stream- barbs and danios and loaches of India..but its not strict as Rainbow fish are also in the 240 gallon. Looking forward to more vids,and I appreciate your experience.Thanks.

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

@@StanTheObserver-lo8rx not all of them rasp on wood, and research is starting to pop up stating that the ingested wood is not on purpose but rather a side effect of rasping algae from soft pieces of wood.

[@zeezee9653]

Amazing tank, but why is all this footage from the side of the tank? It would be nice to see the tank/fish from the front!

[@belowwater]

this is part 2, part 1 is from the front...

[@NotrealoramI]

Are there another biotopes you like other then these rapids? Beautiful with its own touch.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Beautiful

[@bruhman571]

Are all these imported if not how hard were they to find?

[@belowwater]

depends where you are, I am importing fish myself, but none of these species is really difficult to find.

[@AquaFreak]

What kind of rocks did you use? I really like them

[@belowwater]

This is mostly granitoid rock from the Canadian Shield, it is actually quite similar to the rocks found on the Brazilian Shield/ and good parts of the Xingu.

[@thefishylife6823]

Where in the world were you able to get Geophagus argyrostictus!!??? Neverless the multimaculatus!!?? Are you in America?

[@belowwater]

in Canada, G.agyrostictus is easy, any time, L.multimaculatus was mixed into L.frederici in very small size, just one specimen.

[@pjjordan5491]

God you could of picked better music its like writing on the phone ffs. Nice fish though .

[@G4U-y6e]

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