5ft Community Tank mates

if your convicts are a pair EXPECT BIG TROUBLE.

 

Lol @oscar freak they are and chase the hek out of eachother but they getting a seperate tank on their own a nice big 4ft.

 

"Hi Okay so now I have decided to go with 5 tinfoils and 5 dollars, the parrot, the plec and that's it...

I wanted to plant but I don't think the plants will last long with the above mentioned "

Hi Hein

I have a 5 foot and have had success with 5 bala sharks, 8 tinfoil barbs , 8 silver dollars , 2 parrots , 3 cigar sharks,
clown loaches , congo tetra etc..

Make sure that you and more than enough filtration and you will be able to house these fish with ease.

 

I am adding a UV sterilizer this week as well so I believe Filtration no problemo hehe.
@TropicalBoy please post some pics would like to get a feel for it????

 

Do you have the UV filter already. Give more info please. Price, flowrate, watts?

 

@Go-Big

Lol well I don't know but will check this afternoon...Hmmmm price I got two UV Sterlizers the two filters, a Boyu drum filter, 5ft tank with fish, 4ft tank, 3ft tank with built in filter and a 2ft all tanks with lights and complete except for the 2ft all for R1500.

 

Cool price!!

 

Ja but will pm you, know a place where I can get you some.. Will check when I go by there again and let you know.

 

Yes please. I saw one 12w and flowrate of 550l/h for R450.

 

One Pic with the lights on.. There's going to be no plants in the tank and from what I hear dollars aren't that big on bright lighting.. Please correct me if I'm wrong but if I do plant the dollars and tinfoils will destroy the plants>>> So I guess fake plants is the way to go...

 

yes they will

 

this tanks looks really good dude..

you are right, neither tinfoils nor silver dollars like bright light, but once they settled in and are comfortable, they should worry about it anymore. when i first got tinfoils i only had 5 of them, and they just cowered in the corner all the time, i did some reading and added 2 more. with 7, there was an IMMEDIATE difference, they came out of hiding, streamed across the tank no matter how bright the lights were. the fear just seemed to disappear.

as for plants, they would stand no chance. my tinfoils completely demolish a 2cm thick slice of cucumber in less than 30 minutes. plants wouldnt even last that long.

its a real pity one cant plant a tank with these guys coz it would look amazing!!

only thing you should watch out for is, that tall ornament, if your fish do get a fright they gonna take off like a rocket at blinding speed, and they might hurt themselves on something like that, rather get some tallish fake plants for them to swim between, they need lots of "cover" for them to feel safe, if they feel they can easily hide in case of danger, they are more likely to be at ease and swimming in the front.

only problem is that these fake plants cost the earth. horribly expensive.

 

Keep the tank well covered also if you going with tinfoils, dollars and sharks. They get jumpy.

I had a bala shark that jumped out a small gap between my glass covers. How he found that gap beats me. He then ended up 2 metres away from the tank. I don't know what drove him to suicide. He was well looked after with the rest of the gang. But these things happen I guess.

 

Hey there

Thanks for the advise still deciding on the bala sharks @mydummyname and @mxz please post some pics would like to get the feel for it?? Thinking of this last night and I have a question, how much is too much in a 5ft tank?? How many dollars,tinfoils and balasharkies can I fit in there and remember there is still the plec and parrot to be added???

Please advise??

 

Hi Hein

Please find attached a picture as request, unfortunately i took the pic using my phone


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Wow TropicalBoy looks great... What is the content of the tank, how many fish?

 

here are some vids of my tank, tanks a little over stocked at the time as i had inherited a few fish with it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cglxg0VSH24

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEmMyHkfp7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39AW76BIt3o

i do however sell my tinfoils whenever they get to about 15cm-16cm or so and get new ones as they grow very fast. but once i've removed them, i immediately see the effect on the bala sharks. more nervous and jumpy

 

very nice!

what else do you have in there?

 

@hein24 I don't have the sharks anymore. Had them years ago. Didn't take much pics back then. Also had some tinfoils which grew like crazy. I wouldn't suggest you go with all three, sharks, tins and dollars. Stick with two to be safe. They eat everything and all get huge.

http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/s...ning-to-Fishkeepers-Giant-Fish-for-Sale/page3

 

i doubt you'll be watching anything else in that tank either lol, they will be the most active fish in there and will steal all your attention lol