125 Gallon "Ohio Based" Stream Community Tank

A brief clip of my 125 gallon tank taken on 01/17/07.

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[WOLFE221]

As an Ohio resident, im very familiar with the species youve chosen for your tank. Very well done. I have a few questions though... What temp is the tank kept at? Are you using a chiller? Also, what species of plant are you using? It looks like a valineris sp. Again, good job!

[NateTessler13]

Thanks!The tank has been taken down for some time now, but when it was running the temperature stayed between 68 and 84 *F. A wide range, & the upper reaches proved fatal for a good number of the species in the tank. That is actually a main reason I took down the tank. I live in a small apartment (broke college student) and the air conditioning is terrible in the summer. I couldn't keep the water cool enough to adequately care for the fish in the tank. To do it well would require a chiller.

[WOLFE221]

I love our local fish. Theres quite a diversity of species to choose from and most adapt well to captivity provided the temps are kept below 70F and are provided strong aeration. The lack of a chiller is the reason i dont keep these fish myself! Even the "economy chillers" are too expensive!

[NateTessler13]

There is an incredible diversity to choose from when stocking a tank like this. I wish I had a chiller for it, but they cost at least a few hundred dollars. Their are local fish that can tolerate warmer temperatures (Spotfin Shiners, Bluntnose Minnow, Blackstripe Topminnow, etc.) that I'll stick to keeping until I can get a chiller.

[greiberm1]

Very well put together tank, but I think you should add 2 thicker looking fish, instead of all narrow fish. aka (a few gourami's would work nicely)

[NateTessler13]

The Gouramis would defeat the purpose of the "Ohio Based" Stream Community Tank.

[amorning1976]

Are those warpaint shiners? nice.

[MyBobbob12]

I LOVE IT I LIVE IN OHIO

[Lexx66]

YOu should keep Longear sunfish.. They can withstand such an array of temps!

[1992pattrow]

I am getting a 125gallon in a few weeks for my Alligator Gar but it has a crack in it. I think if I buy a price of Plexiglas and silicon it over the cracked glass it might be able to hold water. What do you think. Also the Plexiglas will be much larger than the crack, and it will be siliconed in the tank not outside the tank. Do you think the water pressure might be to much for it and brake the glass, please answer me back.

[Theadeaus]

Very nice. I love daces. they are sop damn pretty and the darters are quite cute. i live really close to Ohio over here in PA and we have a lot of the same fish. i had a smaller version of this kind of a set up bu like you we had an extreme summer and a power outage all day and that killed a lot of them even with me using a battery operated air stone and putting in pop bottles filled with ice to keep it cooler.

[4321unleashed]

They look like feeders to me.............

[ra57slacker]

how did u collect the fish and where from? i live in cleveland,ohio and was think of doing a tank similar once the weather breaks. want to do a darter tank the simulates a stream, constant flow.

[ohsolamejames]

do ya got better videos of it i never seen ohio based stream tank

[kaox44]

Very similar to my tank, I like your Dart or LogPerch fish, he's not shy like mine.

[GumbyOwnz]

nobody would care if you had it in an aquarium, your not supposed to have bluegill or bass in a tank i think but people do it