I had a phone call yesterday form ND Aquatics to say my new 6x2x2 tank is ready! This was a bit out of the blue as it wasn't due for another 3 weeks so now I'm in a bit of a panic as I haven't got anything ready yet - not even bought the lighting! The awkward thing is that I'm stuck at work on Monday, they've picked the only day in the entire School Holidays that I can't take off as we have asbestos removers and window cleaners in so I'm going to have to nip out when they deliver and go back without getting to play with it 
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Now to the fun part: new fishies! I've been debating what would go best with my current inhabitants of 1 Julidochromis transcriptus, 2 Lestradea perspicax, 2 colonies of multies (with approx 30 fry!) and the rainbows. The main concern are the Lestradea but as I won't be getting the new fish for a while (about 4 weeks) they will have plenty of time to settle and claim their territory. I have been advised that the footprint should be ok for the Lestradea plus another sand dweller and I've been looking at Enantopius 'Kilesa' but they can aparrently die for no discernable reason which kind of puts me off. I have also been advised that one of the bi-parental Xenos such as papilo 'Sunflower' would be better than the maternal mouthbrooders but the footprint should be ok for either, though I don't know which yet. I'd like some Cyps too and with the 6x2x2 I can fit the jumbo types but I think I'd prefer to have the smaller ones but more of them and I'm not sure how well they'd fit with the Rainbows or whether they'd have enough space to sleep with the territories on the floor...
Anyhow, I've got a lot to do this weekend and a lot to think about but for the time being I'm going to let the current fish settle before adding anything else.
This all means that my Rena 4' tank will be for sale very soon - £50 and it's yours!
.Now to the fun part: new fishies! I've been debating what would go best with my current inhabitants of 1 Julidochromis transcriptus, 2 Lestradea perspicax, 2 colonies of multies (with approx 30 fry!) and the rainbows. The main concern are the Lestradea but as I won't be getting the new fish for a while (about 4 weeks) they will have plenty of time to settle and claim their territory. I have been advised that the footprint should be ok for the Lestradea plus another sand dweller and I've been looking at Enantopius 'Kilesa' but they can aparrently die for no discernable reason which kind of puts me off. I have also been advised that one of the bi-parental Xenos such as papilo 'Sunflower' would be better than the maternal mouthbrooders but the footprint should be ok for either, though I don't know which yet. I'd like some Cyps too and with the 6x2x2 I can fit the jumbo types but I think I'd prefer to have the smaller ones but more of them and I'm not sure how well they'd fit with the Rainbows or whether they'd have enough space to sleep with the territories on the floor...
Anyhow, I've got a lot to do this weekend and a lot to think about but for the time being I'm going to let the current fish settle before adding anything else.
This all means that my Rena 4' tank will be for sale very soon - £50 and it's yours!
My head is definitely spinning with ideas, the problem, as usual, is that I want everything! Right now I'm heading towards Xenotilapia flavipinnis 'Funda Golden Top' but this will probably change again over the next few weeks dependant on what becomes available...
