Beastije
Fish Addict
Hi again, it is a bit preemptive, because I am having trouble getting the stand built, so I dont even have that larger fishtank yet, but doesnt mean I cant think about the stocking right
I want a 75x45x40cm tank which will be a rough 130 liters and I really want white cloud minnows cause a), I dont want to have a heater in the tank, and b) they look really interesting and I have never had them, which is a big selling point for me. I would like for them to breed and thus would like some tankmates that wont make this impossible. I have a medium soft water with slightly higher pH, but minnows wont be a problem.
I want a rocky setup, large rocks, smaller rocks, sand, some echinodorus to hide the filter, maybe some cryptocoryne plant to add a grass feel, some java moss.
Regarding the fish, obviously a bottom dwelling one only. I have never had any sort of loaches, but I plan to leave the filter on high flow, as I read the minnows like a flow, and I understand loaches do not. So I was thinking, maybe sewellia lineolata might work, but then they are shy and require "oxygenated" water, so not sure what does that mean, do I need to add a hose to my filter to produce bubbles, will that be enough, and why is just fast moving water not oxygenated enough, if there are plants.
Or alternative, or maybe a companion, a Garra flavatra, but information regarding them say they like slow moving water, but some other info says they like fast moving water and again, require oxygenated water. I may be on the lower end of the dimension for this fish, I mean I plan on wider, but less long ,so maybe if someone has an experience you can advice.
I would obviously get the minnows first and wait few months for biofilm to develop on new rocks, though I also have old rocks and the filter and sand will be old, the glass will be new. I also already have some green hair algae and some other on some anubias plant, those could be a snack. I again failed to grow algae on the rocks on my windowsill, but hey, anubias maybe will do
also I have a lot of leaves already for other inhabitants that I can feed with, so in that aspect I think I am covered.
What should I chose ?
I want a 75x45x40cm tank which will be a rough 130 liters and I really want white cloud minnows cause a), I dont want to have a heater in the tank, and b) they look really interesting and I have never had them, which is a big selling point for me. I would like for them to breed and thus would like some tankmates that wont make this impossible. I have a medium soft water with slightly higher pH, but minnows wont be a problem.
I want a rocky setup, large rocks, smaller rocks, sand, some echinodorus to hide the filter, maybe some cryptocoryne plant to add a grass feel, some java moss.
Regarding the fish, obviously a bottom dwelling one only. I have never had any sort of loaches, but I plan to leave the filter on high flow, as I read the minnows like a flow, and I understand loaches do not. So I was thinking, maybe sewellia lineolata might work, but then they are shy and require "oxygenated" water, so not sure what does that mean, do I need to add a hose to my filter to produce bubbles, will that be enough, and why is just fast moving water not oxygenated enough, if there are plants.
Or alternative, or maybe a companion, a Garra flavatra, but information regarding them say they like slow moving water, but some other info says they like fast moving water and again, require oxygenated water. I may be on the lower end of the dimension for this fish, I mean I plan on wider, but less long ,so maybe if someone has an experience you can advice.
I would obviously get the minnows first and wait few months for biofilm to develop on new rocks, though I also have old rocks and the filter and sand will be old, the glass will be new. I also already have some green hair algae and some other on some anubias plant, those could be a snack. I again failed to grow algae on the rocks on my windowsill, but hey, anubias maybe will do
also I have a lot of leaves already for other inhabitants that I can feed with, so in that aspect I think I am covered. What should I chose ?
