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hello fellow fish friends, Ive moved fish around, unfortunatly some died, and all that fun stuff has been happening you know, but then I was/am left with a cycled,lighted, coverd - but empty 40 gal long tank. And for the past 5 weeks I have been trying to deside what to stock it with, I have narroed it down to 3 options that I like. they are-
.planted community tank most likely with that sweet rummy-nose tetra school at trilby tropicals and more ( the only thing is, is that fw community tanks are commonly seen and I like things that are more indivisual, but I also like it when you can loose track of time just watching fish and that is easy to do with community tanks)
.a planted tank with finner gravel and a single fire eel(I can order them at 12-18 inches costing me 70$) I like oddballs and I would love to own a fire eel that would be so cool!!
or a brackish community with a muddskiper, lots of mollies, a violet goby, bumble bee gobies, and some fiderler crabs( it sounds great but I dont know if it would be hard to set up bw, if I would find the tank interesting or if it wouold look good, and I am not sure I will ever find a muddskiper)
please if you could help me pick one, thank you very much
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Any type of budget you had in mind? That could limit your possible tank layouts.
If you have an "eye" for aquascaping, a high-tech planted tank is just outstanding. High light, pressurized CO2, etc just make for a wonderful place for plants to grow and flourish. Even some of the lower-tech tanks can be made to look fantastic, you just have to be a little more careful with the plants you select. Rummy-nose's are really great looking fish. I don't think they school very tightly though (if that was something you were looking for).
Your second idea sounds just as neat. Problem I could see if the Fire Eel possibily messing up the plants but uprooting them. I have no idea on what the eat or anything else.
Can't help you with brackish. Sorry!
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Burks said :
Any type of budget you had in mind? That could limit your possible tank layouts.
If you have an "eye" for aquascaping, a high-tech planted tank is just outstanding. High light, pressurized CO2, etc just make for a wonderful place for plants to grow and flourish. Even some of the lower-tech tanks can be made to look fantastic, you just have to be a little more careful with the plants you select. Rummy-nose's are really great looking fish. I don't think they school very tightly though (if that was something you were looking for).
Your second idea sounds just as neat. Problem I could see if the Fire Eel possibily messing up the plants but uprooting them. I have no idea on what the eat or anything else.
Can't help you with brackish. Sorry!
thanks for responding, as far as a budget I am walking a dog and geting some $ a week for it and I am willing to spend all of it on my fishies( I already do) so once I get the money no limits ( well I wont be getting a zebra pleco lol)
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I think a planted community tank would be awesome. I'm really interested in putting one together myself. Once you do decide on the path you're going to take please keep a Journal on your tank in the members tank section like burks did and share with everyone your setup, how you did it, and how its progressed. I would like to take some of these Journals and possibly add them into the newsletter on How tos.
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One day I want to create a planted tank. When they are done right they look super awesome. So that would be my vote, althougth eels are also super cool (no as cool as an octopus, but still cool :) )
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9 out of 10 voices in my head told me to do it.
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Are you going to have a lot of time available to prune, fertilize, and
check your tank (probably daily)? Dialing in the ferts and CO2 can be a
real pain until you can the mixture "just right". For the ferts on my
10g it was maybe two months before I got the combination to my liking.
Any idea as to what type of lighting you would want? PC, T5HO, MH? There are some really cool fixtures out there now. I'd love to do a T5HO fixture (so many different color combos you can do with the bulbs).
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Any Ideas on which way you're going to go with this yet?
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