Techens 450 Litre/120 Gallon Planted Tank

[techen]

Yus, That cost a bomb
 
As you can see in the pic slightly my LFS gave me a huge bag of mature media out of there tanks that are now in my FX6. Means instacycle!
 
So heres the stock for now.
 

 

 

[techen]

 

 

 

[Zikofski]

WOW those clowns are HUGE how come you bought them so big

 

[techen]

Because its a big tank D:

 

[techen]

Side box filter removed.
 

 
Takes up so much room
 

 

[techen]

Okay stock as follows:
 
8 Clown loaches
 
1 Large syno catfish
 
Am looking for mid/high swimmers so if anyone can chip in that would be great. Cheers.

 

[Wills]

Since your other fish are Asian/African what about a group of Golden Panchax?
 
Wills

 

[techen]

Very nice looking fish, How many would you suggest?

 

[Wills]

They usually work well in trios, 1 male 2 females but you may get away with more females in there.
 
Along the Asian line what about some Spotted Climbing Perch they would fit quite nicely, ooooh also what about a Brown African Knife Fish?
 
Wills

 

[techen]

My LFS had a knife fish, Is it just the brown African or can any work?

 

[Ninjouzata]

You'll want something like the african brown (xenomystus nigri) or brown ghost (apteronotus leptorhynchus), the others will get too big.
There are some other small ones but I don't imagine you'd find them regularly at the LFS.
 
I would think leopard bush fish could eat the golden panchax? Mine is still small though so havn't seen the extent of how large their mouths are.

 

[techen]

Here is le update.
 

 

[Ch4rlie]

Looking good and liking it a lot
 
Can't wait to see this when full of water and lush plants and the clowns of course

 

[CoryFever]

Gee those clown loaches are HUGE! I can't wait to see this tank progress, it looks like it has a lot of potential btw, where'd you get the clown loaches from?

 

[techen]

My LFS sells them all the time.