Lufbramatt
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Just about to order my new tank- going to be getting a Seabray Dolphin, 54"x18"x24", which is the absolute biggest I can fit in my lounge Works out to 354 litres or 94 US Gallons. I have a passion for Tangs so that's what will be going in there! Helps that my water in North Kent is pH 8.2 out of the tap and very hard indeed due to the North Downs being made of chalk.
I have already purchased an almost new Eheim 2073 which is rated for up to 350 litres. Originally I was going to use this in conjunction with my Eheim 2322 (good for 35 gallons) but I'm going to keep my shellie tank going as a species tank so the 2322 has to stay on that tank. Bearing in mind that tang tanks are lightly stocked for the capacity, do you think I will be ok with the 2073 on its own, I should I invest in another external to use alongside? something like an Eheim classic 2215?
Ok now on to fish. I would like to put my excess Brevis fry (once big enough to not be eaten) in the bigger tank, and keep the breeding adults in their existing 29gal. So thats bottom dwellers decided. I would love a combination of (based on what I gat get locally) Red fin black Compressiseps OR black Calvus, Ornatus OR Dickfeldi Julies, Synodontis Multipunctatus catfish, and Cyprochrimis Nigripinnis "Mpulungu".
I appreciate that I won't be able to have all of those species, so which ones do you feel would work best? And how many of each is that size tank? I realise that with comps/calvus any fry won't last long, which is why I'm keeping my two breeding pairs of brevis separate.
I have already purchased an almost new Eheim 2073 which is rated for up to 350 litres. Originally I was going to use this in conjunction with my Eheim 2322 (good for 35 gallons) but I'm going to keep my shellie tank going as a species tank so the 2322 has to stay on that tank. Bearing in mind that tang tanks are lightly stocked for the capacity, do you think I will be ok with the 2073 on its own, I should I invest in another external to use alongside? something like an Eheim classic 2215?
Ok now on to fish. I would like to put my excess Brevis fry (once big enough to not be eaten) in the bigger tank, and keep the breeding adults in their existing 29gal. So thats bottom dwellers decided. I would love a combination of (based on what I gat get locally) Red fin black Compressiseps OR black Calvus, Ornatus OR Dickfeldi Julies, Synodontis Multipunctatus catfish, and Cyprochrimis Nigripinnis "Mpulungu".
I appreciate that I won't be able to have all of those species, so which ones do you feel would work best? And how many of each is that size tank? I realise that with comps/calvus any fry won't last long, which is why I'm keeping my two breeding pairs of brevis separate.