I saw a posting for a 150 and may get it. Anyone out there have one? What have you got in it? I'm thinking it would be a super addition to my fish room..... perhaps a goldie tank, or a planted angelfish tank. I've always wanted angelfish, but the goldies may win out, LOL..... We'll see if I can get it.

I have a 150 gallon planted angel tank. I have two (2) penguin/biowheel 350's and two (2) AquaClear 70's power heads running a UGF. The penguins have added foam Fluval biological media cut to fit the interior of the filter (to boost bio filtration capacity). I Have two (2) visitherm stealth heaters rated for 75g each. The tank itself is 4ft wide 31 inches tall, and 24 inches wide. The tank (all glass) and stand filled with water is at LEAST 1400lbs minus rocks and equip. Make sure you have it next to a load bearing wall. I am sure the many bags of gravel weigh it down more.

This setup allows for EXELLANT movement of water. There are NO dead spots (areas with no water movement) in the tank. The two aquaclears kick out a very STRONG current. Two penguin biowheels offer superb surface aggitation/currant/ripples across the water which oxygenates the water.

My gravel is PVG (plain vanilla gravel). I also have large chunks of rock/petrafied wood. Also very large chunks of bog wood. My plants are mostey low light anubias and crypts. I have a few amazon swords in there too. I have two 48inch grow light strips, WAY under powered for my tank. My tank is still really bright looking and can't imagine having more light on that thing. I just stick to hardy low light plants and all is good. Oh, and the UGF has not been a problem with my plants.

That tank is my favorite. Not that difficult to care for, just make sure you have a good python. I would just hate to move it though........

I have a 135g, not quite as big, but close. I got it specifically for my goldies, as I had begun to accumulate too many tanks all over the house and my family was starting to grumble about it a bit. I have it barebottom with a few plants and Mopani wood pieces in it at the moment. (We've been doing some major home renovations so I haven't had time to work on the decs yet.) I'm running 3 AC110s and a wet/dry filter along with 2 10" bubble stones.

The goldies love it (I have 11 fancies in there) and it is the 'major attraction' in our family room. This, however:



is SOOOO true! We've had to move ours twice and let me tell you, that was a BEAR, lol. We got a little smarter the second time and found an easier way to do it, but I still hope to never have to move it again for as long as I live.

Lisa

Mine would be in a dedicated room for the fish, in the basement on stand on a concrere floor, so no problems there. I haven't gotton an email back from the guy yet though....... hope he didn't already sell it. Anyway, if he did, I'll hold out for the 125 long. I love that size for a planted tank.

Lisa,

I would be interested in hearing about your easier way of moving your tank.........
Mine weighs at least 350-400lbs empty glass tank alone. It took everything I had to carry one end of it with my husband on the other side. I came soooo close to dropping it. The only way I could imagine moving it again would involve a complete tear down, and well, ummm, my brother
We plan on moving in two years, so it would be nice to know of a simpler way......

We only moved ours from one side of the room to another, so I'm not sure how helpful this would be for moving it to another house, but here's what we did:

We set up a long utility table next to the tank and put the tank on it. Then, we put sturdy dollies under the stand, put the tank back on the stand and rolled the whole setup to its new location. We reversed the steps to get the dollies out from under the stand after we rolled it to the new location.

Using the table really saved our backs, let me tell you! It kept the lifting/setting down of the tank pretty much at waist level which made all the difference in the world and we didn't have to walk any distance at all while carrying several hundred pounds.

Like I said, I'm not sure if this way would be much help for a 'real' move, but perhaps it would help to get your tank from house to moving truck and vice versa?

Lisa