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Posted by Steph on July 2, 2005, 7:28 pm
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any@any.com says...
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> >>I am about to set up my final 2 tanks. these are ABSOLUTELY the last tanks
> >>I can have - just got no more space.
LOL - thats what I said after tanks 7, 8 and 9...
> >>I already have a large coldwater
> >>tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large community tanks, one
> >>holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish and geophagus and two
> >>smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
> >> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small 20
> >> gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to chose
> >> fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of Malawi
> >> cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low - around 6.6
> >> (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft and I think
> >> the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for cichlids might be
> >> too much.
Not only is the water too soft, but you really need to start with a
minimum of a 4' tank to keep malawis. (unless you want to restrict the
tank to 1 breeding group of saulosi's?)
> >>So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids such as rams and
> >> kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish square tank?
They shouldn't look lost if you get the decor right first.
> >>So I
> >> thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok with them? Or
> >> killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller tank? Or just a
> >> couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
> >> I can't make up my mind!!!
> >> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
> >> another tank.
> >> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
> >> here as in the US.
There are some decent shops in the UK with huge stocks, there's also mail
order if you want something particularly obscure.
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> Malawi's are lake yes? So how about a couple of pink Oscars? would the tank
> be
> big enough to allow them to grow?
Not really, and you run the risk of stunting them by keeping them in too
small a tank. - I have a 12" oscar in a 530 litre who was stunted by a
previous owner. (he was kept for 4 years in a 2' tank
> Or are there any that keep fairly small?
As previously mentioned "Rams, Kribs or any of the other Apistos,
Angelfish, Jewelfish etc."
> Or firemouths?
Yes
> and can anything else be
> kept with them (thinking of something to clean the bottom like a banjo or
> some type of plec.
Don't forget "bottom feeders" such as plecs produce far more waste than
they clear up. If you do want catfish, why not go for a shoal of cories?
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Steph
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>>I can have - just got no more space. I already have a large coldwater
>>tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large community tanks, one
>>holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish and geophagus and two
>>smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
>> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small 20
>> gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to chose
>> fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of Malawi
>> cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low - around 6.6
>> (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft and I think
>> the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for cichlids might be
>> too much. So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids such as rams and
>> kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish square tank? So I
>> thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok with them? Or
>> killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller tank? Or just a
>> couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
>> I can't make up my mind!!!
>> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
>> another tank.
>> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
>> here as in the US.
>> Thanks