New 220 Gallon turtle and cichlid aquarium
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2013
- I bought this 220 gallon tank a few months ago. I spent several weeks creating the setup: background, basking areas, and of course figuring out the plumbing system for the sump. I had never used a sump and pump for an aquarium before, and I have limited plumbing knowledge, so it was a challenge for me. But I learned a lot. I wound up using a mixture of hoses and pvc for the plumbing. Hoses are more expensive, but you can use clamps to create a seal to the pvc (which works well), plus its clear so you can watch your water flow....glorious. My fish and turtles love upgrading from the 135 gallon tank. I siphoned the water directly from my 135 gallon to my 220 and all the substrate is the same, so there was no cycling time.
I overuse the word "uh"...so sorry about that. I'm working on it people!
This has to be the coolest home aquarium I have ever seen! Can't believe you have cichlids, turtles and even guoramis living in peace together. Outstanding!
That lemon colored fish is gorgeous!!!!
No matter how big your tank is, someone is always going to say it is too small and overstocked! Lmfao!
And most of the time it's true!
@@drc3po no its not lmao
My girlfriend and I had watched your video and loved your set up. Decided to go with cichlids in our tank. We were given a turtle about 6 months ago and bought a 60g tank right away. Not nearly as nice as your set up, but you should check out the video. Yours helped us.
that is dope man. this is my dream to have a huge aquarium
WOW...those are some bog ol fish! love the turtle aspect...great job!!!
Great narration! Love how you explained all questions I had! Great tank and filtration is excellent!
Great set up! Never thought of turtle cohabitants. That sweet.
With this much space territorial aggression lower.
Beautiful aquarium
One of the best set ups ive ever seen bro,imma have to steal some of your ideas thanks
Awesome job!
Nice setup
Tank goals lol I have an almost year old RES and just got 2 hachlings yesterday and moved them all into aN 80 gallon....I'm hoping once we move I can upgrade to a 220 gal or even the huge Rubbermaid pond things lol
beautiful fish
Can you do an update on the 220 gallon turtle and cichlid tank cuz I think it's absolutely amazing best setup I've seen so far
that is the most epic set up ever
very Good Idea Put plant en the back 👍👍
i wish to one day have a tank like this. i have three turtles in a 60 gallon, have basic basking docks and tank. cant really afford to buy them any fancy filters or accessories. i need to do some research on filters and pumps. i have a cheap pump but it doesnt do well. need to change my water too often. which keeps me from really decorating my tank. you tank looks great
Make an update on this tank. I love it. I hope to own one like it someday.
thats a lot of cichlids, its cool that they get along. I bet that tank weighs a ton
so nice.
One of the best setups I've seen. What was the pricing of the 220 gal for you?
nice aquariums jeez
This is beautiful. I personally have a cichlid and turtle aquarium. I've found that the cichlids' aggression stops my turtle from harassing them, even though they're still rather small and the turtle is about four inches long. I have her with Kenyi cichlids... Maybe she doesn't fuck with them because Kenyi cichlids are assholes.
wow probably the coolest "turtle tank" i've seen thus far. almost makes me want to put some in my fish tank haha. will turtles eat all aquatic plants? also your SA cichlids look great
REALLY AWESOME MIX! How long did it take for your severums to get to that size. Mine seem to be taking forever...
wow !! i had no idea rainbow sharks got that big
Hey man your tank looks amazing, I'm so jealous. One of the sickest tanks I've seen. I was curious, how'd you make that 3D scenery? Whered u get the plants and branches from? Thanks man!
How did you introduce turtles to your cichlids tank? Did you get the fish or the turtles first? How do you feed the ?
nice setup, where did you get that wood piece?
If you were to put smaller fish in, more than likely they would get eaten immediately unless the turtles were raised with fish. The best thing to do is to buy some large koi and hope for the best.
Love how you have more then 1 species of turtle in the tank what do you feed your turtles?
turtle and fish wow. hows it doing now?
Nice tank do your sever rums fight with the chocolate cichlid mine do? In my 220?
how do you do maintenance on the inside of the tank with such a large turtle top im always in my tank moving rocks around, cleaning glass ect. if I put something like this on it would be a lot of work every week or two to take that on and off... how do you deal with that?
awesome tank btw- i wanna put a turtle in my 90 gallon with my cichlid, pleco, and red tail shark- but my oscar is so dominate for territory- He beat up my albino i was raising and someone removed him from his nursery tank and put him in the 90 g with my oscar without me knowing- that was the end of that. How are they all getting along?
How do you prepare the flooring for this size tank and weight? My floors would sink in :(
Beautiful tank! I can't wait to see more of your videos. I also really enjoy the narration. I didn't see your giant Apple Snail, is he still in the 125?
He lived in the 55 with my angelfish and plants, but unfortunately he died a couple months ago. My light fixture failed on that tank, so they went a day with minimal lighting before I could get a fixture. The newer fixture was brighter and more powerful, and when I turned it on for the 1st time, my apple snail immediately let go of the glass and fell to the sand on the bottom. I kept expecting him to get up and move, but he never did. He was basically so stressed out by the sudden lighting change, that it killed him. I couldnt believe it. It was a sad day. :( He did not live to see the day when everyone in the 55 moved to the 135. I will post a vid on the 135 setup soon.
What do you do for lighting
Do turtles need to go out of the water and bask? It looks SOOOOOOOO SICK!!! Love the tank, fish and decorations.
Oh, sorry I asked too early in the video. I guess they Do need to bask. I know nothing about turtles. Wow, amazing!
How’s this tank holding up? Looking at doing something similar
Damn Dude that is on point as fuck!
where do you get your turtles from?
where did u get the northern diamond back terrapin
What kind of painted turtle has a pattern on it's stomach?
Hey just a quick question i asked my lfs about tanks he said he could get me a 220 gallon brand new for roughly 700 and about 400 for the stand but what im having hard time figuring out he said the the dimensions were 6ft by 2ft by 2ft but i looked online i couldnt find that but i did find a 180 gallon tank with 6ft by 2ft by 25" so how is a 180 gallons dimensions bigger then the 220 gallon dimension is he being truthful or is he trying to lie to me
Hi! I'm getting a 200gal tank for my 2 12years old female RES soon, snd I was thinking about getting some goldfis or koi too. What do you think? Can they get along? Or should I go with guppies and other small fishes? The thank will be 2m long, 60cm wide and 60cm tall. :)
If you were to put smaller fish in, more than likely they would get eaten immediately unless the turtles were raised with fish. The best thing to do is to buy some large koi and hope for the best.
How long did it take for ur red tail shark to get that big
probably a year or so. I've had him for 3 years. I have since moved him to the 135 gal angelfish tank because he was getting to fat in this tank
damn he's pretty big how many inches do you think he was in this video?
San Diego 420 Isn't it a rainbow shark? the fins and the tail are red...
+Linh Nguyen it is
Charles I have 2 yellow bellied sliders which tend to eat any fish I put in with them.
How did you manage to get them to live together?
Is it just because they're cichlids?
Is it because they all grew up sharing the tank?
I would like to have some fish in my turtle tank and would appreciate some help
It's generally harder with juvenile turtles because they eat more protein, but as I learned from my local state aquarium, over feed the top predators and they will stop going after the harder-to-catch fish.
well look very nice i have my projet to you gime same ideas how thick is you glass i want to use 19 mm i think is good at the moment in london but my projet is back home colombia thanks
Hi following and I have 60 gal and have 4 4-5inch angle fish and was wondering Can a small red eared slider live with them fine
Not a good idea. Sliders are among the more carnivorous turtles...just watch video of them eating fish, frogs, mice, etc. I saw one where a piranha jumped out of his tank into a nearby red-eared slider tank, and guess what happened? The slider ate him lol. Your best bet is a young musk turtle or southern painted turtle (they are smaller breeds) and let him grow up with the fish. Don't buy an adult and expect him to get along with fish if he isn't use to them. Just do some research before you decide, The biggest risk I took was with the terrapin, but I found that I raised her with fish and she turned out ok. Siders get a little bigger than terrapins and seem to me to be a bit more aggressive.
St he turtles don't eat the fish ???
a seven foot 220?
never seen
es muy frigido!
are the turtles baby? are the fishes all chichlid?
watching these vids makes me feel like a horrible turtle father lol my tank isnt bad just no where close to this
Daniel West your reading comprehension is poor
Will you ever get an even bigger tank or another 220? Also did you breed those baby turtles?
I might...but I think my setups are big enough for now. I don't have a video of it, but I have a 150 gallon tall acrylic tank in another room as a backup. So if any turtles decide they can't get along, they will go in there. I did not breed the baby turtles. They were ordered from kingsnake.com. 4 of my turtles are from that site.
What subrate do you use?
TeddyxxMexx the nice cheap route for sand would be pool sand that you can pick up at any hardware store just make sure to rinse it until the water turns clear before putting into your tank. Qikcrete is the brand of sand to look for.
do you still have your setup? how did your 3 stripe mud do with the water being so deep?
I do. My mud turtle is doing fine. You just things for them to grab onto and assist their swim upwards. And this tank has artificial branches attached to the walls like ladders. And driftwood. At the surface theres plenty of things to grab onto and a basking area where she spends a lot of time. I don't have as many fish anymore. I'm planning a move to a 480 gallon project tank I have sitting in the other room, so I'll restock when that happens later in the year.
@@charles723 right on i appreciate the response I figured the mud would be ok in a setup like this jus need some assistance like u said
Where did you get that tank and how much was it
***** unless you buy from a different country...In Greece a 300 gallon (with obviously thick glass which is more expensive) costs around 700 to 800
What kind of sand?
Qeuso Jr it's play sand from home depot
what turtle would i need that won't eat my fish?
Gavmeister they won't eat fish as long as the fish are bigger than them
NikeBoi35 i was told that they are meat eaters and you cannot have them with fish :/
Gavmeister nah bro I have a 125gallon tank with 3 Mississippi map turtles and like 10 fishes. Just make sure you feed you turtles good and it'll be ok
NikeBoi35 ah okay cool, thanks man
Turtles dont need to bask?
There's a large above water basking area on the right side hanging off the tank.
Mmmm I just wanna cover them in chocolate and stuff them with pecans.
That mud turtle will never move, water too deep.
Love your tank but hate the sound of your filtration
Would terrapin eat my corys?
way to much in there
nice tank im selling two turtles for 50$
+Luis Nolasco what kind of turtles
+TeddyxxMexx two red eard sliders but they are really nice turtles
can you dm a phot of them
+TeddyxxMexx how do i send it to you?
That's not a 220 gallon tank looks more like 150 max
Wrong
OVERSTOCKED AS FCK
alex bomb not as long as there is proper filtration for the bio load.
The Real Shawn Gottie maybe
Also it's 220 gallons.
Love your tank but hate the sound of your filtration