aquarium stocking help.
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Hello, I have a trigon 350 tank with external filter has been set up for years so fully matured. My large plec has just given up the ghost believe due to age and am looking for a new showpiece fish to take It's place. Any suggestions welcomed.
Current stock is 8 columbian tetras approx 2 inch in size, a blue acaca acara about 3 inch. A few phantom tetras, a psyadontis a couple of juvenile lumpheads and a small say 7 inch common plec.
Will be getting some shoaling fish to add as its looking a little empty know!
Would like something colourful and interesting don't mind having a pair if needed and can ne accommodated, and would like something which stays in the middle if preferable. Not interested in clown loaches at the moment as have had a few of these but would not pile anything which ruled them out.
Thanks for any help.
Current stock is 8 columbian tetras approx 2 inch in size, a blue acaca acara about 3 inch. A few phantom tetras, a psyadontis a couple of juvenile lumpheads and a small say 7 inch common plec.
Will be getting some shoaling fish to add as its looking a little empty know!
Would like something colourful and interesting don't mind having a pair if needed and can ne accommodated, and would like something which stays in the middle if preferable. Not interested in clown loaches at the moment as have had a few of these but would not pile anything which ruled them out.
Thanks for any help.
Toyless said:
dxbtiger said:
Silver sharks are completely unsuitable for home aquaria.
why ?I have a photo of one deep in the bowels of my photobucket account of one that is next to a 2 foot tank. It is bigger than the tank and not fully grown.
Their really skittish and easily spooked nature is another reason.
I'd put them on the list of things that should not be sold in petshops, along with Red Tail catfish, Common and Gibbiceps plecs etc.
Tank foot print is 123x87x63 cm, so not quite as much surface area as a non corner tank.
I take on board the size of silver sharks possibly being a problem, is this the same for clown loaches?
Just been to a shop to have a look had some denosoni barbs and do still like them, but they had them for £27 each which when I would need a shoal of these would put it over £130 and looking at their requirements they seem to need a low temperature of 24 which doesn't suit the rest of my stock as their sat at 26.
Interested in fairy cichlids and firemouth cichlids but not yet looked into whether they are angry cichlids who would just eat everything else!
I take on board the size of silver sharks possibly being a problem, is this the same for clown loaches?
Just been to a shop to have a look had some denosoni barbs and do still like them, but they had them for £27 each which when I would need a shoal of these would put it over £130 and looking at their requirements they seem to need a low temperature of 24 which doesn't suit the rest of my stock as their sat at 26.
Interested in fairy cichlids and firemouth cichlids but not yet looked into whether they are angry cichlids who would just eat everything else!
Shop around for Denissoni's, Ive seen them down to £5 for small ones.
Check out some of the good mail order folk.
Stunning fish, I nearly bought some when I changed my set up this year but decided to go for shoals of smaller barbs instead.
If you want to make it look good, a really big shoal of something like Rummy noses, Zebra/pearl Danios or even tiger barbs look great.
Check out some of the good mail order folk.
Stunning fish, I nearly bought some when I changed my set up this year but decided to go for shoals of smaller barbs instead.
If you want to make it look good, a really big shoal of something like Rummy noses, Zebra/pearl Danios or even tiger barbs look great.
Thanks for the help, going to go for a shoal of pearl danios and either denosoni barbs if can be found at a reasonable price or bolivian rams if not.
Just need either one of a pair of largeish fish as a tank centerpiece, any suggestions to save me going through the hassle of discus again!
Just need either one of a pair of largeish fish as a tank centerpiece, any suggestions to save me going through the hassle of discus again!
I had no problem with Denisoni at 26 degrees, just make sure the water is well oxygenated, the warmer it is the lower the content.
If you can find them at a reasonable price then it would be my choice as well, stunning fish, I did notice the quality of shop stock had dropped considerably just before I left the UK.
Farmed en masse in Asia to meet demand, heading the way of neons.
If you can find them at a reasonable price then it would be my choice as well, stunning fish, I did notice the quality of shop stock had dropped considerably just before I left the UK.
Farmed en masse in Asia to meet demand, heading the way of neons.
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