NEW 90gal

[shoboy]

First off, in another topic, I fixed my homemade stand/tank not being level. It looks and sits just fine now!

I only put on 1 magnum 350 canister filter hooked up to an undergravel "section".(I ran 2 on my old 55gal) The back right corner is the only spot being filtered. I'll be using a gravel washer/siphon tube on the rest of the tank during water changes.

I still use my Biowheel pro 60 w/powerhead. This thing is great and really does what it's supposed to do. I also am now using an air pump hooked up to one of those small, clear plasitc, square filters. I see them advertised for 10gal tanks. I put in some of the ammonia killing rocks in it and hid it behind some bigger lava rocks. It's not being used as a filter per-say, more of just an ammonia killing device.

This tank is HUGE. I had a 55gal in the same spot before, but being so used to that tank for the last 4 years made me really appreciate the 90.

I cut back some of the fish that are in it, gave the others to my little bro.

1 Frontosa (bought this tank for him)
1 green severum
1 gold severum
1 rainbow shark
2 bumblebee cats
1 spotted & 1 striped raphael cats
1 african brown knife

I'm going to get about 2-3 more afr. brown knifes soon. My wife really likes them, and now I have more than enough room for em.

Now that I have a spare 55gal and a spare magnum 350 filter, I'm running all kinds of tank setups for my basement in my head I'd love to have about 200 neons in it! That would look cool, with some live plants........hhhmmmmmm...

 

[crazie.eddie]

Cool.

Alot of neons would look cool in a 55 gallon tank, but 200 is way too much and it would be overstocked. The most you can probably add is about about 40 neons. I have 12 harlequin rasboras in my 55 gallon tank, along with 6 clown loaches, 2 angelfish, gold nugget pl*co, and an african butterfly. The clown loaches sometimes even shoal with the harlequin rasboras, which I think is cool.

 

[Doggfather]

great to hear you have got a new tank!!!

40 neons would be quite a sight

 

[DrOizo]

Sure would!! A bunch of Harlequin rasbs would look great aswell (I like little fish )

 

[ryan]

What species of Bumblebee Catfish is it? Microglanis iheringi? Batrochoglanis raninus?

 

[shoboy]

What species of Bumblebee Catfish is it? Microglanis iheringi? Batrochoglanis raninus?

I honestly have no idea. I never knew there was more than one till you asked. I have had 1 for about 3 years. It does eat quite well, but is only 5" long. The other one is about 4" long.

I dont know there growth rate, or there life expectansy. I bought them at the same LFS when I wanted a bottom feeder. They looked cool and I had never seen them before. The clerk didn't know much about them, but told me there like other small catfish, care wise. They didn't get them in very often either, so that was one draw to me getting them.

 

[ryan]

Microsynodontis batesii?

Pseudomystus siamensis?

Check out the pic on Planet Catfish under Bumblebee Jelly Catfish.
Batrochoglanis raninus?

Microglanis iheringi?

 

[shoboy]

From your pics, they are Microglanis iheringi.

 

[jams.alaskan]

Oh what fun! Glad you've got the 90. I'm sure that you are going to put it to good use

ALASKA

 

[ryan]

From your pics, they are Microglanis iheringi.

Microglanis iheringi is a nice little Catfish only reaching a mximum size of 3". Although like most Catfish they will eat anything that they can fit into their mouths.