Tropical Fish Forum
Tropical Fish Keeping => Gallery Showcase => Topic started by: chris213 on January 04, 2015, 01:55:45 PM
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My second tank almost ready for fish.just little bit more of the cycle to go add a back ground and add fish.
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C'mon Chris - you know this is nothing like enough info!!!!
What fish have you got planned - eh? eh?
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The list has yet to be fully decided yet i want to try some smaller fish in this tank (having fairly large in the 5 ft tank).
i have seen penguin tetra's in my local maiden head aquatics for the last month and decided that i would certainly like a nice shoal of these in the tank and some shrimp - maybe some more ammano but i would love to give cherry shrimp a try after that iam unsure what alse will go in at the moment.
The tank has a soil layer with fine and coarse gravel over the top and is lightly planted and is running a aqua one 1050 external filter so is certainly over sized.
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I'd be wary of Penguin tetras in a tank that size. They grow considerably bigger than is often stated. The Think Fish profile gives an average of 4 cms, with max of 6 cms, but that is certainly too low. I'd say an average of 6 cms, I have one which is a good 7 cms. They take a while to grow but final size is a lot bigger than the ones you see in the shops. Seriously Fish says " Expect it to reach at least 2.4″/6cm, with 3″/7.5cm not being that uncommon." which I think is much more realistic. A small shoal would use a lot of your capacity. I don't really consider them to be a small tank fish.
While an oversize filter may theoretically mean you can add more fish, that only refers to the filter's capacity to deal with the waste. You also have to consider whether the fish you choose will get along when they are more crowded together.
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Thanks for the advice richard , i was going by the information on the profiles here but may well have a rethink now.