ZanaZoola14
Fish Fanatic
Hello, I just got a 45-gallon tank. I wonder what to do with it, as the original idea was shell-dwellers, but that was decided when I thought I was getting a 30 or 35, not a 45. I currently have a 30-gallon long nano community, a 10-gallon block Black Tiger Dario/Badis tank, an 80-gallon high live-bearer pond with additional shrimp, various danios and wcm/gwcm. I also have a 35-gallon long with an axolotl called Fish, Son of Odin. (I also have tanks that have a breeding quad of lemon bristlenoses + two younger and a young quad of super reds.)
This tank will be going onto my new breeding rack; the two 35s above will be rams and apistos (separate tanks from each other). I initially thought I would get another 35, or maybe a 30, after the original 45 cracked in transit. (this will become a crab tank, so it will still be in use, just not on the rack).
However, I walked into a store and saw this tank for £40, ex-display. I grabbed it; they labelled it as a 30-gallon. But then, when I picked it up the next day and saw the actual spec of the tank on the lid, I saw it was a 45-gallon. (inches - 39x15.5x17.9 and cm - 99x39x45).
My tap is hard water. However, I also use RO for my soft water community and the apisto and ram breeding tanks.
I am curious as to what others would do in a tank this size and dimensions. It also has a nice fitted lid, my only tank that has a nice fitting lid. I am interested in trying larger fish; I never really got the opportunity to with the size tanks I have.
I want to try something new, something that I have not done before. And for that, I am not sure.
I could always do the shell dwellers, possibly with some julies, and make it a colourful semi-aggressive community. Or something else. (I don't mind doing species-only tanks).
Open to any ideas.
This tank will be going onto my new breeding rack; the two 35s above will be rams and apistos (separate tanks from each other). I initially thought I would get another 35, or maybe a 30, after the original 45 cracked in transit. (this will become a crab tank, so it will still be in use, just not on the rack).
However, I walked into a store and saw this tank for £40, ex-display. I grabbed it; they labelled it as a 30-gallon. But then, when I picked it up the next day and saw the actual spec of the tank on the lid, I saw it was a 45-gallon. (inches - 39x15.5x17.9 and cm - 99x39x45).
My tap is hard water. However, I also use RO for my soft water community and the apisto and ram breeding tanks.
I am curious as to what others would do in a tank this size and dimensions. It also has a nice fitted lid, my only tank that has a nice fitting lid. I am interested in trying larger fish; I never really got the opportunity to with the size tanks I have.
I want to try something new, something that I have not done before. And for that, I am not sure.
I could always do the shell dwellers, possibly with some julies, and make it a colourful semi-aggressive community. Or something else. (I don't mind doing species-only tanks).
Open to any ideas.
