New 33 Us Gallon (125 Litre) Tank

[mark.w.jones]

After 12 months I am finally happy with the quality of my latest tank to show you how its looking. Current stock is:

5 Boesemani Rainbows
6 Harlequin Rasboras
3 Pygmy Cories
1 Bristlenose Pleco
3 Amano Shrimp

 

[SJ2K]

Very nice little show tank there the rainbow dominates the view!

 

[luque]

wow nice tank, love the rainbow, looks huge

 

[pinkdolphin_113]

yea that rainbow does look pretty huge.
the tank looks nice and natural the plant on the right looks like it could do with a bit of a trim though

 

[Miss Wiggle]

oh i remember you talking about setting this up. looks really nice, well done. bet the kids love it

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Lovely tank you have there .

 

[iSnail]

Tank looks great Love all the wood and greenery

 

[chipper_222]

any idea on how to determine the sex of young Boesemani's?

 

[paul_219]

Thats a nice tank.

 

[slakey]

well mine 125litre is 39US gallons so... hmm. I would think yours is too?

But yeah nice setup, good sized rainbow too =]

 

[PRW1988]

well mine 125litre is 39US gallons so... hmm. I would think yours is too?

But yeah nice setup, good sized rainbow too =]

He/she lives in the UK, so it's 33UK gallons or 39US gallons.

Nice tank

 

[slakey]

they have the name as 33 Us Gal...

ah well nevermind it's 39gal us max =] and looks lovely.

 

[mark.w.jones]

Its 125 litres which is 33.02 US gallons or 27.5 UK gallons. Sexing young Boesemani Rainbows is difficult. Males when adult have much brighter colouration, taller more impressive dorsal fins (the one on its back), have a fatter body and will tend to display to other males. They do this by swimming alongside any other males in the tank. Usually nose to tail and fan open their dorsal and anal fins as wide as possible. This is usually accompanied with some nipping of bodies and fins as well as chasing around the tank. Females tend to have a much shallower body top to bottom and smaller more rounded fins. These differences are almost impossible to spot in young fish though. I have had 2 males for a while, after a couple of female deaths, who have done nothing but bicker. I hoped that adding 3 juveniles would help but they're still at it like a couple of old men.

 

[George Farmer]

Great to see a nice tank in a primary school. Hopefully it will inspire some young fishkeepers.

Well done!

 

[martyn413]

Hi there,

Nice tank - how many rainbows do you have as i can only see 1. They are ment to be in a group of at least 4

Martyn