Setting Up Another Tank For Corys...

[Harlequins]

Well i bought a double ex-display tank for £10 yesterday,i need more room for my growing fry and pygmys...

The total size is 30 inch x 12 x 12,which has a glass divider in the middle.

I intend to move the pygmys into one side and young tri juvi's & possibly pygmy fry into the other side to grow on a bit (i'm hestitate on moving the pygmys due to them spawning,but needs must and the tank has a better footprint & volume for them)
So far i've scrub it,added declorinated water so far up,has i want to add their tank water to top it up,i've put a heater in one side at mo,i need to add more sand & probably buy some more plants...once i've moved all the plants across and the filter,put the heater in the other side,then i can drain the their tank down and transfer some water across,catch the fish,acclimatise them,then hunt out the pygmy fry thats zipping around...

The other side i need to sort out a filter,take out some mature media from my externals on the main tank(hoping it won't spike)i was going to use my aquaball in there,but spindle has broke and it won't superglue,so need to hunt out my other internal

Have i missed anything...

Here's pics of the tank...

After a scrub,backing & one heater added,took pic before sand went in,can't get a full on pic until pygmy tank is out the way...

 

[mattlee]

looks ideal well done im sure they will love it...

 

[Inchworm]

Hi Harlequins

That's an interesting set up. If each side is independent of the other, you will even be able to clean one out from time to time to add a new batch of fry. How much water does each side hold? Do you still need heaters where you live?

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks

Tanks each hold around 9 us gals,yes i still need heaters,gets too cold here otherwise

I have completed change over,pics to follow

 

[Harlequins]

Here's some pics of tank

Here's pygmy fry in new tank...

tank- not very good pic bit blurry.

Pygmy side

Tri fry side

Tri juvi around 4 months old

Pygmy & habrosus

 

[lilacamy931]

It looks fab hon Really nice looking set up

 

[Harlequins]

Thanks Amy

Well update,all appear fine although i did lose alot of pygmy fry the other day so i put the remaining 9 in with the parents,i still see them zipping around so still alive

Here's one i spotted near the glass



And i spotted a solo pygmy fry in with the tri fry,now all i can think of is an egg got transferred with one of the plants has thats all that went in there out of the pygmy tank,
Here's the wee thing,its tiny compared to the older ones,so i assume its a newly hatched one
Pygmy fry