How would you stock a 2000 Gallon aquarium?

[Kevin007]

If you had a 2000 Gallon aquarium, how would you stock it?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpXli4pFqMU&feature=plcp

I'm feeling adventurous and doing something like this is something i've always planned to when I retire.

A 2000 Gallon main tank connected to a fishroom in the basement that includes a huge sump (400-700 Gallon), water reservoir and 2 100 Gallon tanks that can be closed off for quarantine or nursery in the future. Another 365 Gallon tank in the dining room will also be connected to this same system. Auto-water changes and fertilizing will be implemented. The budget will be about $30,000-$40,000.

The fun part is planning for the stocklist of course, how would you guys stock it?
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Marbled Hatchet
Pencil Fish
Harlequin Rasboras
Cardinal Tetra
Rummy Nose Tetra
Roseline Sharks
Glass Catfish
Regular Ottos
Weitzmani Cory
Sterbai Cory
Gossei Cory
Aldolfi Cory
Similis Cory
Peppered Cory
Panda Cory
Hasbrosus Cory
Fire Red Shrimp
Nerite Snail

The 365 Gallon tank

Emperor Tetra
Black Neon Tetra
Cherry Barb
German Blue Ram
Hasbrosus Cory
Zebra Otto
Dwarf Chain Loach
Zebra Pleco
Amano Shrimp[/TD]
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My idea is to have the more expensive species or species that I would like to observe behaviourally in the smaller tank. The large tank would have large schools of more commonly found fish.

 

[Ptrick125]

I would get some large catfish in a 2000, or some piranhas


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[SubRosa]

Red Arowanas

 

[footballfan]

1 carnival goldfish

 

[TL1000RSquid]

Sturgeon, chinese high fin shark... although I doubt I'd be able to resist the urge of making it saltwater.

 

[petluvr]

Planted, tannin stained, large pieces of wood, aro, large shoal of columbian tetras and and even larger school of cories for the bottom.

 

[BruinsBro1997]

A pair of some cool gold arowanas in the 2000 with some large catfish, in the 365 a shoal of a dozen discus with rummynose and cardinal tetras, a big group of platies, and orange laser cories.


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[Slappy*McFish]

Probably would do an African Cichlid biotope with a bunch of Peacocks (Aulonocara sp).

 

[rufioman]

2000g would be a massive school of rummynose tetras, corys, and a couple plecos and other catfish probably.

365g would be a native species tank.

 

[Kaosu]

19000 guppies