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Posted: 9/6/2022 5:54:31 PM EDT
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Quoted: It's in place full of water with a really big exterior filter system. But there are no fish in it right now and I'm not sure I want to get back into messing with fish. If I could do something really cool with fish, then that would be fine. I don't know what I want to do with it. It's heavy as crap so I don't really want to moves it. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:05:55 PM EDT
[#2]
Psilocybe semilanceata
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:13:22 PM EDT
[#3]
grocery store lobsters
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:26:06 PM EDT
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I'd go freshwater. Either local to your area natives (any of the sunfish except large mouth or small mouth bass) or just go "mock salt" and all the colorful African cichlids.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:36:08 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Carpet python enclosure (125 gal tank that doesn't hold water so it was cheap) https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1498/20200124_perch2_jpg-2516674.JPG We had tops made for it. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/1498/tanktop1_jpg-2516675.JPG avatar checks out 
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:39:02 PM EDT
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Forget about the fish. Just turn it into a cool underwater scene. Neat conversation piece and easier to take care of.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:43:59 PM EDT
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Send to UKR. Claim $2.3B deduction. If IRS questions, claim they hate democracy.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:44:21 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My old roommate in college had one of these. It got about 2 feet long. We fed it live mice. Very entertaining. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: An Arowana makes a pretty cool fish for a tank that size.https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/476319/3616883B-D73F-4C25-9296-7840BE8B5974_jpe-2516740.JPG You do need to be mindful of anything else you might put in with it as they can be on the aggressive side. My old roommate in college had one of these. It got about 2 feet long. We fed it live mice. Very entertaining. They are very cool fish. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:46:37 PM EDT
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So......
Option A:Fresh -full planted with CO2 and lighting -Rainbows, Apistograma Sp., Bristlenose plecos Basically looking for active colorful species and smaller things that make you want to stare at the whole setup for hours Option B: Salt -Lube up your bank account -200lbs+ live rock - pair of snowflake morays - wrasses, larger clown species, yellow tang |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:47:54 PM EDT
[#10]
Put guppies in it with lots of bushy plants for the babies to hide (they'll eat their own young) until they grow a bit.
Pretty little fish, always moving, breed pretty rapidly. Gets over crowded, sell excess as feeders. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 6:48:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get a large snake. A large snake won't fit. Something medium sized like a male carpet python is perfect. An Italian wall lizard colony would be cool too. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 7:00:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Put guppies in it with lots of bushy plants for the babies to hide (they'll eat their own young) until they grow a bit. Pretty little fish, always moving, breed pretty rapidly. Gets over crowded, sell excess as feeders. I enjoy the variety guppies come in. Then they breed like crazy and create nest new patterns. If I had a tank that big I would have African cichlids |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 7:55:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I keep one large Bluegill in a 125 gal tank. He can tolerate 70% water changes from my well and enjoys eating night crawlers. I use a couple large HOB filters with sponge pre-filters & clean the pro-filters as they clog up. I had 1 flier left in the tank. Quite a while back I put a trap in the marsh and expected to get cool stuff like red bellied sunfish. They were tiny so I couldn't tell what they were. Instead I ended up with all fliers which look like small drab colored perch. I'm tempted to go use a fishing rod to get an a bright colored sunfish but I don't know how well a wild fish will tolerate going into a little tank compared to a lake. That was the entire idea behind catching tiny baby fish in the first place, to raise them in the tank. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:28:53 PM EDT
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Buy a lobster at the grocery store, start a youtube channel featuring said lobster and profit? Also killing it with the mech?
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:32:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yep. And because of my filter system, when I lose power the pump stops and the filter outside floods and the water level in the tank drops about 2 inches until it hits the safety. It's one of the reasons I've avoided big fish or lots of fish. If the power was to stay off long enough the biological filter system would crash, and that's that for a couple weeks. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:33:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I enjoy the variety guppies come in. Then they breed like crazy and create nest new patterns. If I had a tank that big I would have African cichlids Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Put guppies in it with lots of bushy plants for the babies to hide (they'll eat their own young) until they grow a bit. Pretty little fish, always moving, breed pretty rapidly. Gets over crowded, sell excess as feeders. I enjoy the variety guppies come in. Then they breed like crazy and create nest new patterns. If I had a tank that big I would have African cichlids I had multiple tanks for years, 125 was the biggest. Lost interest after a while. At one time or another I had just about any kind of freshwater fish you could get. Three red belly piranhas (mostly boring) I kept together. For all the hype, they were pretty timid. After a while I didn't think anything about reaching in to the tank to straighten things out. One black piranha that had to stay by himself. That one I wouldn't even consider putting my hands close to the surface of the water. It was aggressive. Oscars were my favorite for a long time. Real personality there. Shit like a horse. You'll be busy keeping up with cleaning. When I started losing interest and grew tired of the maintenance to keep them clean, they started being sold off. The last to go was a 55 gallon that was just a big community tank of smaller fish. That one was just relaxing to sit and watch. If I ever got another aquarium, a 55 gallon community tank with various small species is likely how I'd go. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:36:46 PM EDT
[#17]
I’d put some African cichlids in it.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:45:12 PM EDT
[#18]
Discus tank
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:51:33 PM EDT
[#19]
crawfish in aquaponics setup to grow peppers.
if it gets to be too much you just cook everything together |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:57:03 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/6/2022 8:57:27 PM EDT
[#21]
That Discus tank looks beautiful.
OP, I had to make the same decision with my 75 gallon. Ended up deciding to go with plants and community fish (along with some shrimp). Not much maintenance and very relaxing. Everyone in the tank is expendable and replaceable for low dollars. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:04:42 PM EDT
[#22]
My father had a 350 gallon tank he took as payment for a loan like 15 years before he died. It’s still sitting in his garage. Albatross
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:12:57 PM EDT
[#23]
Raise edible fish
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:13:47 PM EDT
[#24]
I'd probably do Discus with a 150, to small for a reef for me, been keeping an eye out for 220+.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:15:45 PM EDT
[#25]
 Attached FileAxolotls! They're fun. They come up to the glass to say hi and eat worms out of my hand. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:16:38 PM EDT
[#26]
A dolphin with frickin laser beam on its head ?
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:17:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Raise edible fish This. Fill it with local fish. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:18:21 PM EDT
[#28]
drain water and put walking sticks in it. Feed them from your landscaping.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:24:31 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Switch to a mattenfilter. Problem solved. I have a 125 that's been running since early 2017, and has never had any maintenance done besides water changes. I've never heard of it. I'll look into it. Thanks. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:27:13 PM EDT
[#30]
My contribution.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:27:39 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryThat. Fuck it.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:31:20 PM EDT
[#32]
African cichlids
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:32:05 PM EDT
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I've never heard of it. I'll look into it. Thanks. Corner. They're not the prettiest, but they are fantastic biological filters. Turnover rate in your tank ends up being around 2 to 2.5 times an hour. In a corner they look like an overflow in a saltwater tank. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:36:50 PM EDT
[#34]
Use it to cast very large ballistic gel blocks, and jump into the .50 cal game.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:39:58 PM EDT
[#35]
Not alot of people know this, but you can hide your weed in there.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 9:43:34 PM EDT
[#36]
You can get a freshwater tank damn near maintenance free.
Automatic feeder. Plants to help keep the numbers in check. Auto top off for evaporation. You can go weeks without touching it. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:00:16 PM EDT
[#37]
I catch swamp critters to put in my 36 gallon tank. Currently it’s full of crawfish. I’ve had good luck with brook silverside minnows too.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:04:40 PM EDT
[#38]
Pit bull.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:15:33 PM EDT
[#39]
Our local Reptile place has some nice snakes that can use that tank for a little bit - until they outgrow it.
 Cute snakes |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:19:22 PM EDT
[#40]
I'm a fan of planted freshwater.
If done right water the plants balance the bioload and you do r have to do water changes very often.  Attached File |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:33:41 PM EDT
[#41]
Reef tank, a lot of work but worth it.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:43:02 PM EDT
[#42]
Silver arowana. Just get a really good cover so it doesn't jump out and kill itself.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:46:01 PM EDT
[#43]
Get some lobsters, have fresh lobster for dinner when the notion strikes.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:52:25 PM EDT
[#44]
Stop animation Scuba Steve adult film probably has a market.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:53:06 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had 1 flier left in the tank. Quite a while back I put a trap in the marsh and expected to get cool stuff like red bellied sunfish. They were tiny so I couldn't tell what they were. Instead I ended up with all fliers which look like small drab colored perch. I'm tempted to go use a fishing rod to get an a bright colored sunfish but I don't know how well a wild fish will tolerate going into a little tank compared to a lake. That was the entire idea behind catching tiny baby fish in the first place, to raise them in the tank. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I keep one large Bluegill in a 125 gal tank. He can tolerate 70% water changes from my well and enjoys eating night crawlers. I use a couple large HOB filters with sponge pre-filters & clean the pro-filters as they clog up. I had 1 flier left in the tank. Quite a while back I put a trap in the marsh and expected to get cool stuff like red bellied sunfish. They were tiny so I couldn't tell what they were. Instead I ended up with all fliers which look like small drab colored perch. I'm tempted to go use a fishing rod to get an a bright colored sunfish but I don't know how well a wild fish will tolerate going into a little tank compared to a lake. That was the entire idea behind catching tiny baby fish in the first place, to raise them in the tank. Sunfish lose their color very quickly when they're in a clear aquarium. It will only be brightly colored for a couple days at best. |
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:54:45 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fill it with tannerite. Set up slow motion camera. Entertain us!!! how did you read my mind? I think a 5lb tannerite target with the tank full of water would be a cool shot
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:55:04 PM EDT
[#47]
Either a full blown community reef or a nifty reptile home.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:56:54 PM EDT
[#48]
Turn it into a salty. Grow fishies for $$$$. Check into it.
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Posted: 9/6/2022 10:58:44 PM EDT
[#49]
Depending on how much time and money I'd want to invest, I'd go mini reef environment or tank for a single Oscar. I seem to be getting lazier so..
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Posted: 9/6/2022 11:09:29 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/52425/IMG_20220826_182720_jpg-2517004.JPG Axolotls! They're fun. They come up to the glass to say hi and eat worms out of my hand. The sunfish I have in my tank do the same thing, plus I caught them from the ditch right by my house. Axolotties look like bass bait. |
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