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What to stock a 65 Diamond tank with? Water Ph of 9.1?

Started by bitterman, December 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM

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December 13, 2006, 11:03:16 AM Last Edit: December 13, 2006, 03:18:30 PM by bitterman
I am picking up a 65 Gallon Diamond corner tank Thursday night. I comes with stand, canopy, basically everything including some fish. It even comes with a newer test kit, syphon tubes, drift wood etc etc.

It comes with 2 FW sharks (black Bala?) and some convicts (3-4).

I was wondering what to stock it with. I am seriously thinking of sell the sharks as they may not do very well in my water with a Ph 9.1

Bruce


No PFG I am not doing brackish!

I just go the measurments form the seller and it is only ~65 gallons :( Still a good price for what I am getting, not quite the steal it sounded like... Still getting it though :)

Adam

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December 13, 2006, 12:08:49 PM
pH 9.1 gives it away.  If you have tanganyikans, do malawi...either haps or mbuna.  When I had one, I wanted the other, and when I had the other, I wanted the other one. 

Adam
150 Gallon Mbuna: 2 M. baliodigma, 5 Ps. sp. "Deep Magunga", 3 L. caeruleus, 3 Ps. demasoni, 1 P. Spilotonus 'Albino Taiwan Reef', 2 C. afra "Cobue", 2 Ancistrus sp.-144, 5 Ps. Acei, 1 Albino Ancistrus spp. L-144, Various fry

20 Gallon Long Reef: 1 Gramma melacara, 1 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia, 2 Lysmata amboinensis, 2 Lysmata wurdemanni, snails, hermits, crabs, mushrooms, SPS, rare zoanthids, palythoas, ricordea, favites, cloves, acans, candycanes leathers

Mettle

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December 13, 2006, 02:59:22 PM
I would do some sort of Malawi colony, personally speaking. Spend some time maticulously designing a rocky backdrop and stacks for them to weave in and out of and then pick some mbuna that stay on the smaller side... That's just my choice.

oenology

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December 13, 2006, 03:00:27 PM
My colony of featherfins. I'm thinking of selling them and their tank in preparation for major renovations this spring.

Adam

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December 14, 2006, 12:32:34 PM
I don't know if featherfins would do very well in a 65 gallon, especially if it is short like a corner tank.  They need a longer and wider aquarium.  Although some only get to be 5" (like ventralis), they need a lot more roaming space than what would be provided.  Almost all the featherfins get between 8 - 10".

But you may need the aquarium for frontosa fry soon enough...

Adam
150 Gallon Mbuna: 2 M. baliodigma, 5 Ps. sp. "Deep Magunga", 3 L. caeruleus, 3 Ps. demasoni, 1 P. Spilotonus 'Albino Taiwan Reef', 2 C. afra "Cobue", 2 Ancistrus sp.-144, 5 Ps. Acei, 1 Albino Ancistrus spp. L-144, Various fry

20 Gallon Long Reef: 1 Gramma melacara, 1 Pseudocheilinus hexataenia, 2 Lysmata amboinensis, 2 Lysmata wurdemanni, snails, hermits, crabs, mushrooms, SPS, rare zoanthids, palythoas, ricordea, favites, cloves, acans, candycanes leathers

bitterman

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December 14, 2006, 12:45:40 PM
Quote from: Adam on December 14, 2006, 12:32:34 PM
I don't know if featherfins would do very well in a 65 gallon, especially if it is short like a corner tank.  They need a longer and wider aquarium.  Although some only get to be 5" (like ventralis), they need a lot more roaming space than what would be provided.  Almost all the featherfins get between 8 - 10".

But you may need the aquarium for frontosa fry soon enough...

Adam

It will be at least a year or 2 before the fronts breed (Getting a proven male in the spring might speed things up so they breed within a year if I am lucky) The youngest Front I have heard of Breeding is a guy in BC had a burundi front bread at 1.5 years old with his proven male. Males take longer to mature often upto 3 years.

Bruce
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