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Formerly: Catfish Are Cool
Well I eventually decided against getting a large tank for now, as I will need to sell my tanks and fish in a couple of years, and a big tank would be hard to shift quickly, aswell as the fish, so I decided to go for something smaller, which will also be less time consuming. So, I got a 65 US gallon, 36x18x24h" tank and stand. Im running it with a fluval 4+ and I plan to get an eheim soon. I also use a powerhead, but not all the time because its noisy. I set it up about 3 weeks ago, and during the move from the 38g to the 65g the two eels, two halfbeaks and the oto went into my 18g. Unfortunatly, I lost three of them (1 male halfbeak, the oto and the zebra spiny eel) due to them getting stuck behind the filter which I then resolved before anything else could happen. Then I added the half banded eel and the female halfbeak to the 65g and added 3 pim pictus, which are doing really well. Yesterday I went to BAS in bolton and got some new fish. I have now added 6 bleeding heart tetras to the 65g and theyre doing well so far. Theres still work to be done to the tank, like adding more plants, a background and another filter. Here are some pics:
And heres a video:
I also got some more unusual fish which are in the 18g with the 4 south american bumblebee cats. Firstly, I got 4 Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus which will probably remain in the 18g, unless they outgrow it. They are arround 2.5" at the moment:
The other fish I got was a male Crenicichla compressiceps who should reach arround 4 or 5 inches long. Hes a real nice fish, and will be going into the 65g when hes big enough (only about 2" long now):
And just a quick pic of one of the bumblebee cats:
Full tank shot of the 18g:
As you can see, the tanks arent at their best yet and I need to clean the glass next time, but you get the idea.
Cheers, Mike
And heres a video:
I also got some more unusual fish which are in the 18g with the 4 south american bumblebee cats. Firstly, I got 4 Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus which will probably remain in the 18g, unless they outgrow it. They are arround 2.5" at the moment:
The other fish I got was a male Crenicichla compressiceps who should reach arround 4 or 5 inches long. Hes a real nice fish, and will be going into the 65g when hes big enough (only about 2" long now):
And just a quick pic of one of the bumblebee cats:
Full tank shot of the 18g:
As you can see, the tanks arent at their best yet and I need to clean the glass next time, but you get the idea.
Cheers, Mike
Yeah theyre doing well, theyve all established territories, but there are a few jaw-locks every now and then. Im hoping theyll breed, but now the pikes down with them it wont be until he goes into the bigger tank I think. There could be some in there now, or could have been because there are loads of small places all over that piece of wood I have in there but I doubt it.
