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Posted by Suzie-Q on April 13, 2006, 1:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options Okay. I've been looking at fish and trying to figure out what to
put in my 55-gallon tank (which is sort of still in the design
process). I'll start with a layer of Laterite covered by regular
aquarium gravel. I'll also have at least 20 plants before the fish
go in (see the 55-gal hard water pack here:
http://www.thatpetplace.com/LivePlants/Pages/PlantPacks.aspx# ).
I have a large fake tree stump for the pl*co to hide when he goes
in (he's about six inches long now), and a nice bit of driftwood
for him to suck on. I'll put other things for the fish to swim around
if there's room.
Besides my pl*co, I'd also like to put my three betta females in there,
unless that's a bad idea.
I've looked at putting a small school (5 fish?) of each of the following
in the tank: danios, tiger barbs, upside-down catfish and corydoras. This
is partially based on what's available in my local area. For fish that
aren't sold here, I'd have a one-hour drive home from the fish store.
I would rather have several small fish than a few big ones.
Opinions?
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Posted by Suzie-Q on April 13, 2006, 1:35 pm
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-> Okay. I've been looking at fish and trying to figure out what to
-> put in my 55-gallon tank (which is sort of still in the design
-> process). I'll start with a layer of Laterite covered by regular
-> aquarium gravel. I'll also have at least 20 plants before the fish
-> go in (see the 55-gal hard water pack here:
-> http://www.thatpetplace.com/LivePlants/Pages/PlantPacks.aspx# ).
-> I have a large fake tree stump for the pl*co to hide when he goes
-> in (he's about six inches long now), and a nice bit of driftwood
-> for him to suck on. I'll put other things for the fish to swim around
-> if there's room.
->
-> Besides my pl*co, I'd also like to put my three betta females in there,
-> unless that's a bad idea.
->
-> I've looked at putting a small school (5 fish?) of each of the following
-> in the tank: danios, tiger barbs, upside-down catfish and corydoras. This
-> is partially based on what's available in my local area. For fish that
-> aren't sold here, I'd have a one-hour drive home from the fish store.
->
-> I would rather have several small fish than a few big ones.
->
-> Opinions?
I forgot to ask: In relation to the other fish, should the female bettas
go in last, or when?
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today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson
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http://www.intergnat.com/pussygames/
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Posted by Altum on April 13, 2006, 2:46 pm
Please log in for more thread options Suzie-Q wrote:
> Okay. I've been looking at fish and trying to figure out what to
> put in my 55-gallon tank (which is sort of still in the design
> process). I'll start with a layer of Laterite covered by regular
> aquarium gravel. I'll also have at least 20 plants before the fish
> go in (see the 55-gal hard water pack here:
> http://www.thatpetplace.com/LivePlants/Pages/PlantPacks.aspx# ).
> I have a large fake tree stump for the pl*co to hide when he goes
> in (he's about six inches long now), and a nice bit of driftwood
> for him to suck on. I'll put other things for the fish to swim around
> if there's room.
>
> Besides my pl*co, I'd also like to put my three betta females in there,
> unless that's a bad idea.
>
> I've looked at putting a small school (5 fish?) of each of the following
> in the tank: danios, tiger barbs, upside-down catfish and corydoras. This
> is partially based on what's available in my local area. For fish that
> aren't sold here, I'd have a one-hour drive home from the fish store.
>
> I would rather have several small fish than a few big ones.
>
> Opinions?
Laterite is good. You need finer gravel than the typical pea sized
epoxy-coated stuff for the plants to root. Consider 2-3 mm gravel.
Sometimes garden centers or hardware stores have fine gravel in bulk.
Lose the tiger barbs. They're nippy little things. Sometimes they'll
pick on each other if you get a big shoal, but sometimes they never
leave your other fish alone. If you like barbs, gold barbs or cherry
barbs are very peaceful and will leave your plants and other fish alone.
Rosy barbs are great fish too, although they sometimes snack on soft
plants. The larger tetras are also a good choice for planted tanks.
The rest of the fish should be compatible. Your female bettas can go in
the tank too, especially if you have lots of plants for cover.
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Posted by sew crazy on April 13, 2006, 3:21 pm
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Hehehe if I was setting up a 55 now i would seriously shove it full of Neons
....
They are on special at the local petshop around $0.50 each ... :)
They call it an easter special ..
stock is nice was there when the shipment arrived ...
only few deaths
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Posted by on April 13, 2006, 3:41 pm
Please log in for more thread options I have enjoyed green barbs. Mine seem to be slightly less aggressive
than Tigers from what I have heard. I do have a red finned shark that
keeps them in line (by 'in line' I mean constantly harasses them, I
really need to find a place to move the).
The idea of rosy barbs sounds kind of nice. I have heard that they will
eat various types of algae, not sure if that has been an issue for any
of your tanks in the past.
Maybe black skirt tetras with the long flowing tails? quite pretty IMO.
Could be easy fodder for nippy barbs though.
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> put in my 55-gallon tank (which is sort of still in the design
> process). I'll start with a layer of Laterite covered by regular
> aquarium gravel. I'll also have at least 20 plants before the fish
> go in (see the 55-gal hard water pack here:
> http://www.thatpetplace.com/LivePlants/Pages/PlantPacks.aspx# ).
> I have a large fake tree stump for the pl*co to hide when he goes
> in (he's about six inches long now), and a nice bit of driftwood
> for him to suck on. I'll put other things for the fish to swim around
> if there's room.
>
> Besides my pl*co, I'd also like to put my three betta females in there,
> unless that's a bad idea.
>
> I've looked at putting a small school (5 fish?) of each of the following
> in the tank: danios, tiger barbs, upside-down catfish and corydoras. This
> is partially based on what's available in my local area. For fish that
> aren't sold here, I'd have a one-hour drive home from the fish store.
>
> I would rather have several small fish than a few big ones.
>
> Opinions?