My New 55 Gallon

[StarOrbs]

This is my new 55 gallon tank which is still cloudy even after cleaning the sand and refilling the tank 3 times hopefully my filter can deal with the rest. The tank on the bottom is my 10 gallon iso/quarantine tank.

 

[DarkSide]

Very nice, what are the plans for it?

 

[fufanu360]

i like it, needs some decor

 

[StarOrbs]

Yah I know I need/want decorations but there are just so expensive. I'm looking into some fake plants too but even those add up lol..

 

[DarkSide]

So what are the plans for the tank?

 

[StarOrbs]

Ah, here:

If I go for angelfish
4 Pearls
1 Brist. Plec or 5-6 cories
6-7 Black Phantom tetras or 6-7 Rasboras
Angelfish (Not sure on the Number of Any idea how many??)

If I don't get angelfish..
4 Pearls
1 Bris. Plec or 5-6 cories
6-7 Glo-Lites or 6-7 Rasboras or 6-7 Black Phantoms
5-7 Honey Gouramis or something else..

 

[fufanu360]

have u though about dwarf cichlids/ cichlids in general?

 

[Sasha]

Very nice tank!

 

[seastaar88]

you'll definitly have to get some plants if you want angels, becuase they really like them. my suggestion for your tank is add a bunch of real plants on the right side around the root deco and leave the left side relatively open.

 

[StarOrbs]

I'm not getting real plants because I don't want to spend a lot of money on lighting right now.. If there were plants that could live in less than 1WPG then I would add a couple for them.

 

[Yenko]

you'll definitly have to get some plants if you want angels, becuase they really like them. my suggestion for your tank is add a bunch of real plants on the right side around the root deco and leave the left side relatively open.

I say go with conventional wisdom and put the plants at the ends and along the back of the tank and give the fish an open area in the middle; that way the fish will go to the middle of the tank, and make it more attractive from all angles that way.

 

[Yenko]

Lighting can be done very cheaply for large tanks; just put plexiglass on top and hang a shop light on top of it. I wish I had a large, easily lit tank. Trying to get sufficient light for my 32 gallon without spending a fortune is next to impossible. I may have to stick with low-light plants (Which I'm perfectly happy with; I'm already growing Java Fern in massive quanitities in my Co2-injected 2.8 WPG 10 gallon tank). Soon the colonization of the tank will begin. Due to the unfortunate reality that fish don't live forever-especially inbred ones, I'm moving more from a tank suited to the activity level of Tiger barbs to one more suited for a few Kribensis and some guppies.

 

[sylvia]

Low-light aquatic plants: http/www.aquamaniacs.net/ProvenPerformer...aticPlants.html