Comment below what you would like to see us put in this MASSIVE aquarium.

It's awesome that your wife supports your hobby

omg yes looks gorgeous!!!

So great to see people really provide the best possible care for these kinds of fish in captivity, and actually follow through with their plans to upgrade. I have a huge love for the fish keeping hobby (I keep tropical and native), and I am so looking forward to seeing this tank progress!

put a hollowed stump in their with roots coming off, complete with a snagged fishing lure!!! have a nice spot where minnows and small feed fish can live and hid and watch the bass hunt naturally!!!

You gotta put BAMABASS in wood lettering in there! That would be pretty sweet! Awesome tank man!

makes me happy to see the lengths you have went to to take care of these bass...i have a 340 gallon and a 450 gallon and understand how rewarding an aquarium can be

Very well thought out. That tank is huge! Bonnie & Clyde are going to be real happy in their new home. Totally awesone

gotta put a snagged fishing lure somewhere in the tank atleast! lol it will look like someone tried to go fishing in that massive pond in your living room!

Did you beef up your floor for this big of a tank?

You folks are so lucky to be young and able to do this. When you are older and can really enjoy it, it will be the focal point in your home. I wish you many blessings with your new aquarium and many years of fish collection.

What impressed me the most is how you two work as a team - Bravo!

Make a minnow farm with the old tank

I dig it! 5 commercials in 13 minutes is killin me though!

a custom bama bass coral structure or something with the bama bass logo would look sweet!

Large pieces of natural driftwood and cobble stones mixed with Jungle Val in the background, Lilly pads, and blixia japonica, annubius planted in the foregroung👍🏻

I would put Bonnie's poem on a piece of wood inside the aquarium. Some day they’ll go down together; And they’ll bury them side by side, To a few it’ll be grief- To the law a relief- But it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde.

This will make a stunning goldfish tank!

A couple things to consider would be a UV sterilizer which will keep your fish healthier by eliminating viruses and it will also keep the algae down which equates to less cleaning. Also putting in a wave maker/ pump to keep the surface of the water moving enough. I would also incorporate a load of lava rock which will do a much better job at bio-filtration then the bio- balls which take a much longer time to be colonized by beneficial bacteria and do much less overall. One more thing to consider. Depending on the plants you decide to use some will be column feeders and some will be substrate feeders. So the column feeders will need additional food/nutrients put directly into the water while the substrate feeders will overtime need the substrate recharged. I wish you well with your aquarium!!!

could you make like different settings as in like a rocky bottom, some brush, a mud bottom, an like some vegetation and see how they react to different water temperatures? that would be pretty informational and a cool thing to experiment with as well. Thanks!

Hi, BamaBass I loved the video! I myself have had largemouth bass in a fish tank for about 3yrs now and I'm sure you know as I do, they are fun and constantly hungry fish! My setup is a 75-gallon tank and along with the bass, I have found that the fish that gets along best with my bass is either species of crappie. My crappie is pretty docile and the bass never bother him as he is close to the same size as them, along with them is my 2 big crawfish that are just big enough so that the bass does not eat them. My thoughts about your tank are that it is absolutely amazing! If you want my opinion on what I think you should do, it would be to maybe find a little "NO FISHING" sign to put in there. Another thing that I plan on doing to my tank is to add some lure decor by attaching some hard baits(no hooks obviously) to some structure or have them float around to really capture that pond/lake feel and look to your water. Hope this helps, keep up the awesome job! and as always God Bless! -Chase Tedder

I would slope the back substrate higher than the front. So you can view the inhabitants with ease. Ps. Great looking aquarium man.Good luck with it!

She look so excited and innocent

Add an underwater "waterfall," that would look so cool in this tank!

having a tank like that would be a dream come true! 😂😂

You should get a nice piece of drift wood and a pleco they get large so it'll fill up space plus it eats on the wood

Werry nice ! You guys love your aquarium and you have a good time with it. And you are taking good care of your fish and understand what it's all about. Reeespect.

I love the clarity of acrylic tanks, but there just way to easy to scratch. Nice tank and cool bass.

Use the old tank for bait for the bass

congrats on the huge ass tank 👍👍👍👍 supper jelous 😂😂😂

Definitely put your BamaBass logo in it somewhere! maybe like other comments put a crappie in it. If you could find a water safe tiny fishing rod in the bottom it would look pretty cool!

You seem to be a bunch of sweet hearted people! This is an old vid I know but still want to say howdy and congratulate you with your awesome aquarium! Cherish it like a baby!

beautiful tank!! im so jealous...how much did it cost u in the end? just for the tank n sump?

Holy cow that's alot of weight! Do you have to put extra supports in the floor?

adorable couple, Amazon tank and silly kitty cat! !!!!!!

Very cool! Will be taking notes from all of these videos.

Do you have a basement? I can only imagine how you had to determine the weight threshold of you floor if you do. Good thing you are an engineer.

man, I think I'm as excited as y'all are!

Ahhh that’s my dream. I’d fill it with fancy goldfish, probably black Moore’s since they’re my favorite. Maybe someday 😍

If you take dark or rock colored shiny aquarium backing paper, cut larger than the needed to be flat against the back. (Aprox. 6-12" of overhang on all sides) Then crumple it all up and attach it only by the edges (like a box) leaving space between the glass and paper. This will give the subtle illusion of the inside of a cave(s) adding depth and hiding the flatness of the back glass. You can try it with a small piece of the paper to get the idea. BTW, your house looks very nice.

Hay BamaBass What About A Sunken Replica Of The Bonnie & Clyde Car Full Of Bullet Holes And Maybe A Old Replica Gun Or Wanted Poster To Go Along With The Theme Of The Tank. I Hope You Like My Ideal And I Hope I Win Something.

Just one goldfish should go in there. That fish would have the life...

THank you for listing the equipment makes it easy to find and shop. For future reference I see pro aquas cape plant their plants in and design first before filling their tank with water. Makes life a whole lot easier.

Awesome, I'm excited to see how it turns out! A tree and some brush would take up some room and add to the pond environment you're going for. And maybe something that relates to Bonnie and Clyde like a car or money for fun 😁

really great tank. since you asked what we'd like to see... i'd like to see you guys add gfci wall outlets in to protect you in the event of a electrical problem :)

Some lily pads would be a sweet addition to that.

For stuff to fill in the aquarium, maybe get crankbait, jerkbaits, soft plastics, etc. and take the hooks off and maybe attach them to a piece of driftwood or in one of the windowsills to red's house(if you get driftwood from a lake or pond, bake it in the oven before putting it in the tank to protect the fish.

Hey, I have a suggestion for fish stocking, I would say a clown knife fish for sure. They usually range from 18-24 inches in captivity, so as long as your tank's width is 24in then he would be able to fit. Another suggestion is Ornate Bichir. These guys look very much alike to dinosaurs, and reach up to 24in long aswell.

you should get a catfish or another bluegill and see how big it gets

How is your floor strong enough to hold all of that?

The BAMABASS logo has got to be in the wood for sure, but you should also put a log or stump in there with some branches coming off it. Maybe a couple rocks around there too. Also, I think you should add a couple fish species to that tank since its so huge. Maybe some green sunfish or crappie and maybe a catfish. Anyways, it is gonna be awesome to see that aquarium finished. Keep up the good work and God Bless!

Just wanted to pass a tip along for all my fellow fishophiles. If you have really large driftwood to boil and clean, get a commercial sized stock pot. Those suckers go up to 200 qts and you could cook a kid in there!

you should put a crappie in there with the bass

So cool. You guys should get a baby gator!!

Great tank. i kept bass and blue gills as a kid. I'd add a school of sunfish before moving Bonnie & Clyde. their colors are awesome. . Oh yeah, and a nice sized stump for them to swim around

cant wait to see this all come together

Beautiful tank but why just two ugly old bass, could think of a ton of more colourful fish for that tank.

10.49 lol

You should put a gravel layer on top of the substrate. Maybe higher in the back using gravel and lower in the front to give a depth feel to the aquarium, if you know what I mean. Great that you are using CO2. Large pieces of drift wood would look nice as well. There are some freshwater aquarium channels that I'm sure you already know of that you can get inspiration from. Congratulations on your new aquarium!

That's gonna be an epic tank. Maybe some sunfish until the bass are too big for tankmates?

Tiger oscars

I won my first bass fishing tournament yesterday 8 pounds 43 for 3 bass

Wow that is a big aquarium. I always get nervous that the stand can't hold all the weight. That is why I enjoy the aquarium from a safe distance.

Sweet video man! I just setup a 37 gallon planted tank for some red bellied piranhas! Used the same substrate too!

You should get a turtle

lmao 10:48

Great size , your going to need scuba gear to clean ! Can’t wait to see after your sea scape . Take Care

Totally need to put a custom made BamaBass logo rock or 3D figure in it. For the crawdad I would give him so more space to move around and put some clear tubing or something under the bottom material maybe along the glass so that you can see the crawdad move around and so he has more space to move from the house so he doesn't get eaten!

Dicus fish those would look cool bass is a waste

That wet dry is way too small for a 300 gallon. Invest in a better sump setup or consider supplementing filtration with a large canister like a fluval fx6 or an eheim 2262. Also throw out those garbage bio balls and use something like biohome or marinepure. Tons more surface area available for bacteria to thrive.

IM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND THE VIDEOS TO COME

Wow, that is quite the undertaking!!! I hope your sub floor is braced for all that weight! lol Being an engineer, Im sure you got that covered. Hey...what I think would be cool but not sure where you would get them is to place in for decor...2 revolvers...one for Clyde and of course one for Bonnie. I think that would be the perfect decorative pieces and obviously quite fitting. Of course they would have to be replicas and made out of a material that is fish friendly but Im sure they exist out there. Hope you like my idea.

I use to have a 125 gallon. That 300 gallon blows that away. Nice tank!

if the water level isn't too high, you could put a limb going up out of the water a littler bit, and put a couple turtles in there! I am always seeing turtles sliding off of logs and down limbs while I'm bass fishing. Turtles would be sweet. I can't wait to see this fully done!

Those accents are worth a subscribe! Grats on the tank! Following!

That's awesome that you're wife supports your hobby

If you think that Acrylic tank is heavy, try a glass one, that's really HEAVY! I tell everyone, if you are going bigger than 150 acrylic is the way to go! Good job.

Quite the DREAM Tank you have! Congrats on setting it up! Only thing I don't care for is the way the pendant lights are casting a shadow in the aquarium.. Shadows = no light = no growth.

Nice!!!! I'd like to see a rivers edge biotope displaying the bass in their natural habitat. slight overhangs on the back wall, giving a outcrop effect. Along the center, large drift wood pieces (kinda how DIY Joey did the wood in his new tank). Tall grassy plants in the back corners for depth of field, with a couple of low growing plants at the points where the wood touches the sand. I hope that painted a nice mental picture.

Lovely, just lovely

BamaBass, you should put your sign or logo in there somehow. Put a small dock up by the lights with a small action figure of you and Liz fishing. That'd be unique!

I just wanna see Bonny and Clyde in there! Damn that's such a big tank!

it's clear you're enjoying this build. If you want some real fun, and a real challenge, you should turn this into a salt water reef aquarium.

Nothing makes me more happy when I see bass getting spoiled

i would put a hollow log in the middle with bamabass abd your logo carved into it. awesome tank, good enough room for bonnie and Clyde and of course cray cray lol.

amazing set-up !! subed !!!

I think a few cypress knees would look great in there somewhere!! Had a few in my college aquarium, the bass loved 'em.

That is an amazingly beautiful looking tank and that stand looks well made. Quality.

Nice tank! Very cool that your wife gets right in there with you working on it.

Add some water lilies for sure that will bloom and spread lily pads on the surface. The bass will love to hide under those. And I don't need a package if you use my idea, but thanks for the thought! :)

Wow, can't wait to see the tanks scape an how happy the bass will be. Just subbed, awesome stuff.

That one of the best ways to add something dramatic to your home I have a set up the same size I learned the bigger the tank. The easier it is to maintain.

what a wonderful addition to your home! how about a "Moonscape" theme? you could work with a star and space background possibly working in the Earth at one corner. it would be easy to change it up to other planets/lighting, with different backdrops and colored sand. (of course the plants would present a dilemma, but you could use species that are more exotic in color? good luck! (hope your on a slab foundation)!!??

It looks like you guys really know what your doing waiting for the nitrogen cycle to complete. Make sure it doesn't get to warm for bass you probably could have done with out heat but I'm not sure about the temp. for plants.

Honestly I think the bare bottom looks awesome!

great tank. 8 foot long wow . your fish will love it.😆

Ambitious project BamaBass- Can't wait to get caught up on your videos. New subscriber.

i would love to see a northern pike in the aquarium!

I actually did the exact same thing a few years ago, same size tank, etc. I finally got tired of buying minnows every couple of days for the bass and crappie, I recommend you use plastic logs instead of real ones, they make aquarium ready stumps.

Need to hard line that return pump with a vector return pump once you get a chance. Very quiet return pump. Also you can put some 1" foam board under the whole sump to keep it quiet.