My New Orca Mt-50 80l Tank

Hi.
Great tank
If you want something that eats algae, Otos are great! I had 2 and they clean allot.
For another fish that is stunning...is maybe a few guppy males
Also yea more tetras would be great for them.
Good Luck!

heya!

thanks for the insight pinkdolphin_113 and BlueGuppy

If i dont see a great improvement from the Flying fox on the algae, ill take a look at seriously getting a pleco.
Ill take a look into the bristlenose plecos! hopefully they wont grow massively x)

Ill try and veer away from the clown loaches ;P

Also, if anyone can help, my Flying fox has been bolting up and down the glass in circles around the tank for for now, 2 hours straight! is that normal?

Thanks guys ill keep you all posted on progress

Bagu

First, hello and welcome to the forum.

Flying foxes aren't great algae eaters. As you mentioned, they will nibble at it but that's about it. They are a look-alike of Siamese algae eaters which do great on some types of algae. The type AE you get/need really depends on the type algae you have. I really don't see any algae in your tank so can't say what you need for it.

Also, as mentioned, the one plant won't last long. It will live for a while but will eventually die. A general good rule of thumb is that any plant with varigagted leaves isn't truly aquatic and can't live fully submerged.

rdd1952 said:

First, hello and welcome to the forum.

Flying foxes aren't great algae eaters. As you mentioned, they will nibble at it but that's about it. They are a look-alike of Siamese algae eaters which do great on some types of algae. The type AE you get/need really depends on the type algae you have. I really don't see any algae in your tank so can't say what you need for it.

Also, as mentioned, the one plant won't last long. It will live for a while but will eventually die. A general good rule of thumb is that any plant with varigagted leaves isn't truly aquatic and can't live fully submerged.

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heya

thanks for the warm welcome i feel at home already haha.

My flting fox hasn't stopped going crazy, won't eat, settle down, eat just bolting upa nd down the tank its worrying me now, tetra's are fine, he isn't at all! I have algae build up on the other side of glass which i didn't take a picture off >< and its also building up on the rock behind the bridge; also brown algae forming on the black back panel.

Hmmmmm, i like that plant, my FF used to just rest on there hehe
next time i go to my local fish store, ill have a look for a plant similiar to it, that IS aquatic, because i love its leaves, and its very strong too!

Thanks

Bagu

The easiest way to remove algae is with a razorblade or an algae scraper. Unless the algae is really bad you don't need a fish to eat it.

The easiest way to remove algae is with a razorblade or an algae scraper. Unless the algae is really bad you don't need a fish to eat it. good.gif

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hey! thanks for info! ill let it build up then

UPDATE: tetras and flying fox gone (given away) dwarf puffer on his way either today or sunday

im getting a piece of driftwood/bogwood, coconut shell possibly and more plants ;D

maybe a shrimp aswell or a few!

BAGU!

bagu said:

dwarf puffer on his way either today or sunday
maybe a shrimp aswell or a few!
BAGU!

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I would imagine a shrimp + puffer would be a bad idea... I am pretty sure some puffers natural foods are shrimps and similar invertebrates.

you should be ok with shrimps and ottos, if youve got algae, but that is it do not mix them with any other fish!

okay

ill be good i promise ^^!

sorry for this epic bump

But the tank has been rescaped, got some riccia coming of ebay tomorrow or Thursday.

It now has 2 female dwarf puffers, one is little the other is bigger, they are called wally and nobby hehe!

Ill get piccies up soon!

also got really bad algae =( on the right pane of glass =/

Hi,
Just came across this and though I'd sign up just to post a couple of things that I thought you might find useful.

Ive had an orca80 for a year now, its marine however, and its a decent little tank.

Firstly, if for whatever reason you've gone against using the back filter, its still a great place to "hide" things, esp your heater, which I noticed in one of the photos. No need to show that off. Also, having it in the back protects it from bumps that may crack the glass... and, well water and electricy... Of course, drip loops, surge breaker, etc shold also be use, but no need to risk it.

Secondly, I too have had fish "dissapear" in my tank. Has happend a couple times now, and always ended up finding them... yep, in the back filter. Doesnt look like there is enough room for them to go between the lid and the barrier, but, its happened to my clownfish twice now.

You did mention turning it into a marine. I'mnot sure I'd recommend this. I mean, mines been great, but from my experience, its just too small. Marine tanks need a very stable pH, and such a small tank, its hard to keep it that way. On top of that, fish like Mandarin, that feed off the critters in the live rock, owont have enought live rock to feed off, so you're really limited. You just end up pulling your hair out if you believe folks at the LFS and go ahead and buy one, and then watch it waste away no matter what you try.

That, and once you start with marine, you just want to go bigger and bigger....

Anyway, here's a couple photos of mine. I have taken the filter material out completely, and I've added a protein skimmer. Unless you happen to have a tunze nano skimmer kicking around(smallest best performing one I could find), and some spare time and a lot of patience, its possible not worth it. But, I wanted to try the berlin method, so its just the live rock, and the protein skimmer keeping things ticking over.

Best of luck,

Stu