an temptinng idea

hey guys and gals

so the other day i was browsing and a tempting idea came to mind... yes, it was a another fish tank, baisicly im asking you opinion on this plan.

dimentions: 40cmx40cmx55cm - thats just under a hundred liters.

it would be (in theory) a planted tank but not completly filled up with plants, you know a little patch of substrate here and there. obiviously i thought of the stocking first, it is as follows.
a school of harlequin rosboras
a few cory cats
a pair ram cichlids
a zebra pleco

the idea is rather enchnting, confirming it would work would be necessary though.

 

Of those 3 dimensions, which is which?
I'm assuming it's 55cm high?

 

MTS is well and kicking I see.

Never had a zebra pleco but I gathered from another thread that they are potentially shy and nocturnal, need loads of hiding space. don't eat wood / plants and should not be kept with other bottom dwellers due to feeding competition. They do need a well planted tank with loads of oxygen. I am not sure the cory + zebra pleco is a hot plot in such a small tank.

Harlequin Rasbora is a shoaling fish so a min of 6 or 7 (I like odd numbers in a shoal).

More important - what filtration, lighting and substrate are you planning to use? I would start it small - do the planting etc .. then add a good amount of Rasbora's let them settle in etc. Then build the tank inhabitants from that.

Keep us posted on the plan.

Later Ferdie

 

Hi @fshygirl101, welcome to TASA. I have a similar sized tank with the exact same fish in mine except for the pleco, I have 2 ancistrus instead with 20x harlequins, a pr of rams, 5x ottos and some corries.

See here: http://www.tropicalaquarium.co.za/showthread.php?5957-NEW-550mm-CUBE

 

hey guys thanks for the replies, yes, i do plan to keep a nice shoal of rosboras, just havent decided of the number yet. otherwise i guess i do still have to plan the technical stuff. i dont know what ill use for lighting, my lfs only stocks one brand, i cant remember the name but its obiviously made in china. i could however pop into jhb and get some t5s or whatever. for a filter i will probbably go for a nice strong aqua clear or two, ive never really tried much else. substrate is next i guess, well... i have no idea! im a total newbie to plants, so advice here will be appreiciated, im doing a lot of reasearch on planted tanks though, substrate, light and co2 seem the most important. and yes i seem to have a serious case of MTS, the amounts of tanks in thhe house are rapidly rising. oh by the way dimentions are 55L x 40w x 40h. i dont know to much about zebra plecos, most of the info i can find is not that detailed and rather repetitive, i dont mind going without the corries, im not such a big fan but everyone seems to love them so i thought ide give it a go, im really after more minimalistic stocking, but theres always another fish that you feel you "must have". f fish im with you on the odd numbers. thanks for the advice everybody! also im cossidering changing the dimentions (theres nothing here yet) to 80cm long X 50cm high X 50cm wide. then theres more space, but it would also mean putting the tank on hold for a bit! :sad2: ... this is perhaps not as bad as it sounds, i should probbably get over my current case of MTS before spending even more money ... :wondering: frshwater seems cheap as hell now that im taking a break from marine, but still freshwater is not free either.
that certainly does not mean i will enjoy putting this lovely idea love on hold! though it looks like that is what is going to happen:sad2::cry:


sorry, my post isnt really in proper order.

 

Now that is a nice size - and you can still move it around since it is only +- 40kg empty. If you add a 50 litter sump then you could have a nice 250l - bigger water body is easier to keep stable even for planted tanks.


But I would think about stretching is to a standard 3ft length - then you can use a normal 3ft tank as the sump (ah bottom breeding tank)

Later Ferdie

 

Oh, now I get it.
I thought you were talking about a deep cube...

And about the Harlequins, they get bigger than what you'd expect, and they kind of school in a 3ft at adult size, but they really do need a bigger tank if you want to appreciate them. Rather go for a nano species if you're building a smaller tank length-wise.

 

mmmm have never seen them big, will consider. otherwise well dimentions look like theyre going to be 90cm, 50cm, 50cm, so yes a 3ft. but like i said project will be on hold for a bit. the other option is that somebody might want me to do a planted tank for them, and then i probbably wouldent get one myself to, just lots of visiting, but nothing is confirmed.

 

YAY! i now have a 90x50x50 tank sitting in my garage and a stand in my passage... YAY!

mmmmmmmmm... endless possibilities, mwahhahhaha!

 

Photos or it didn't happen

 

hahahahahaha good times! wow this forum is full of jokes

sorry to but in by they way
please carry on