New Tank

[cane76]

i picked this up for £20 the other day to replace my 2x1x1 grow out tank its 30g

 

[CAC]

Cool, what you gonna stock it with?

Mikey

 

[cane76]

maybe a couple of small siamese tiger fish my lfs are ment to getting for me.if not maybe a breeding tank of some sort for feeders would a pair of convicts be ok in 30g?

 

[CAC]

Yeah pair of convicts would be fine in there.
It would great if you had a good supply of feeder fish, to keep the rays active...and your fat cat lol.

Mikey

 

[cane76]

might save a bit of money too

 

[CAC]

Yeah true, just make sure the cons arent diseased or youll pass it on...
As long as their ok for a while with no ill effects though, thell be fine.
If you havent got a heater, then why not try goldies, to keep costs to a minium?

Mikey

 

[cane76]

there is a little heater on the tank i cant stand gold fish

 

[CAC]

Lol, fair doos, go for some cons then, unless your gonna use it for a grow out...
Plus, cons are nice anyways

Mikey

 

[cane76]

yeah ive allways liked cons so i could enjoy keeping them and use their babies as feeders

 

[T1KARMANN]

might save a bit of money too

tigers grow so slow they will be in that tank for about 2yrs if you buy them smaller than 4inch

 

[cane76]

yeah i know they are slow growers i wont buy them if they are really small.

 

[CAC]

What, so theyre really slow growers?
Till what size do you think they could be kept in a 38G???
Id love some, but i presumed theyd be too fast, and get to like 10" in like a couple of months....

Mikey

 

[cane76]

if you got really small ones you could keep them in that tank for years i think.T1K?and once they get to big give me a call and i will come collect them np

 

[CAC]

Im up for that lol.

Id love some of them, but 5 wouldnt really be possable in my tank, and less might cause aggression

Mikey

 

[T1KARMANN]

Im up for that lol.

Id love some of them, but 5 wouldnt really be possable in my tank, and less might cause aggression

Mikey

one of the tigers i have in my tank now was one i owned 3yrs ago when it was 5inch its now 10inch #

the thin bars grow a bit faster

once they frow to 6inch you are lucky if they grow 1-2 inch per year and thats with loads of food