A place 4 my questions & ponderings as I build a 34 Gallons (127L) tank

[AilyNC]

Making my way through @ClownLurch's huge list of hard water fish & adding tank/water/behaviour info:

Endlers

• Temp 24-30
• Ph 7.0-8.5
• Hardness 268-626ppm
• Tank size 18" x 12" x 12"
• Good with other small peaceful fish. Not guppy opp. gender

Fintail blue eyed rainbow fish

• Temp 24-28
• Ph 7.0-8.0
• Hardness 258ppm-536ppm
• Tank size 24" x 12"
• fishes of comparable size, disposition, and requirements with many cyprinids, gobiids, eleotrids, and smaller melanotaeniids suitable.

L129 Pleco

• Temp 26-30
• Ph 6.6-7.5
• Hardness 286.4ppm
• Tank size 24" x 12" x 12"
• Peaceful community fish, territorial with other pleco but ok if lots of cover & space.

L144/L114a Blue Eyed Lemon Bristlenose/longfin

• Temp 24-30
• Ph 7.2-8.2
• GH 160-300ppm KH 120-400ppm
• Tank size 18" x 12" x 12"
• Peaceful community fish, territorial with other pleco but ok if lots of cover & space.
• Longfin not with nippy fish.

Turquoise Danio

• Temp 18-26
• Ph 6.5-7.5
• Hardness 26-215ppm
• Tank size 31" x 12"
• Good with other small peaceful fish. Good match with Forktail.

Celestial Pearl Danio

• Temp 20-26
• Ph 6.5-7.5.
• Hardness 90-268ppm
• Tank size 18" x 12"
• The presence of similarly-sized, surface-dwelling species seems to help reduce its shyness.

celebes rainbowfish

• Temp 22-28
• Ph 7.9-8.0
• Hardness 179-448ppm
• Tank size 30" x 12"
• Very peaceful, shoal 6-8.

neon blue eye

• Temp 21-31
• Ph 7.0-8.5
• Hardness 179-447ppm
• Tank size 18" x 12"
• Best alongside fishes of comparable size, disposition, and requirements.

Delicate blue eye.
medaka
celebes ricefish
Javanese ricefish
Indian ricefish
wolasi ricefish.
White Cloud Mountain minnow (silver, gold, long fin)
EDR
Bloodfin tetra
glass bloodfin tetra
redflank bloodfin tetra
guppys
platys
wrestling halfbeak
least kilifish ( not actually a kilifish but a very small livebearer)
tiger teddy
silver tip tetra
xray tetra
cherry barb
Limia ( there’s loads, they’re livebearers)
florida flagfish
dwarf panchax
green panchax
dusky millions fish!
dwarf pea puffer
potosi pupfish
diamond killifish

Also had my 2 x Eheim Aquaball 130s, Fluval E Series 200W, new siphon with pump, tap & easy to remove barrel & blackout sticker for background. Hopefully my tank & lid are ready on Tuesday & will be delivered by next Thursday.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Love getting new tank stuff!

You’re getting there, nearly.......patience..:

 

[AilyNC]

Love getting new tank stuff!

You’re getting there, nearly.......patience..:

Omg it's so tough - I am not patient my toddler was quite annoyed that there were no toys for him in the delivery box... Oops!

 

[AilyNC]

I got the call! The tank & lid will arrive tomorrow. So I dropped €70 on plants & aquascaping stuff. My light arrived today.

ClassicLED Aquarium Light, Fish Tank Light with Blue and White LEDs, 18W.

I just need to go pick up some ammonium in the pharmacy and I'm ready to set it up so exciting.

 

[Ch4rlie]

Yaaay!!!

Don’t know about you but I personally love getting new stuff and doing a bit of retail therapy on tank equipment and plants etc

 

[AilyNC]

Yaaay!!!

Don’t know about you but I personally love getting new stuff and doing a bit of retail therapy on tank equipment and plants etc

I get waves of "omg this is adding up!" but I'm so excited. I put so much more thought into this tank and I really can't wait to add in sand & arrange the plants. Oh I must wash the sand actually! But getting all the pieces over a few deliveries has been building up the anticipation too. I am ridiculously excited!

 

[Ch4rlie]

Definitely not a cheap hobby when you add up everything.

When I do this, I have my eyes wide shut and kinda squint my eyes and look sideways at the total to make it seem less than what I’ve spent actually is

 

[AilyNC]

I don't feel bad about this spend as it's my anniversary present the Bonsai is 15cm x 20cm x 12cm and I'll use Christmas moss

 

[AilyNC]

The tank arrived! I was so excited opened up the packaging and quickly realised I got the measurements wrong. I thought it was 36" length x 12" height x 18" width (90cm x 30cm x 45.7cm). It is in fact 36" length x 18" height x 12" width. I had a panic. I had a little cry. The space is very tight but thankfully Peter is more calm than I am. He removed a plinth from cabinet above to make of fit. I can keep it positioned so there's enough space to get at the tank. Though I will need a stool. Until we've somewhere else it'll do in the this space & I'll move my 58L/16G over beside it. Which is 24" length x 13.5" height x 12" width (60cm x 35cm x 30cm). All my research into the right height filter. It was really upsetting. But it is a lovely shape tank.

 

[AilyNC]

Here's my custom built lid. Very secure runners in the side. Support shelf in centre. Smooth edges!

 

[mbsqw1d]

The tank arrived! I was so excited opened up the packaging and quickly realised I got the measurements wrong. I thought it was 36" length x 12" height x 18" width (90cm x 30cm x 45.7cm). It is in fact 36" length x 18" height x 12" width. I had a panic. I had a little cry. The space is very tight but thankfully Peter is more calm than I am. He removed a plinth from cabinet above to make of fit. I can keep it positioned so there's enough space to get at the tank. Though I will need a stool. Until we've somewhere else it'll do in the this space & I'll move my 58L/16G over beside it. Which is 24" length x 13.5" height x 12" width (60cm x 35cm x 30cm). All my research into the right height filter. It was really upsetting. But it is a lovely shape tank.

A better space for the fish though! The 'floor plan' area size is better than the height for most fish

 

[AilyNC]

Ah but it's actually less floor plan than planned. I though 36 long x 18 wide and it's actually 36 long x 12 wide

 

[AilyNC]

It's still a lovely size tank. And will be more room than my 24" x 12" tank.

 

[mbsqw1d]

Ah but it's actually less floor plan than planned. I though 36 long x 18 wide and it's actually 36 long x 12 wide

Ahh.. wonderfully misread there by me sorry! Anyway, lovely tank! Keep the pics of your progress flowing

 

[AilyNC]

I'm really surprised at how clean the sand is! I did wash in but just quickly. Everything is on and I've set the Eheim Aquaballs on each end to agitate the water surface. One has nozzle & other has the spray bar.