Author Topic: Stocking ideas - 300L tank - sgill (Read 16299 times) 16 replies

sgill · « **on:** July 10, 2016, 09:30:31 PM »

hi i have set up 300 litre part planted tank with very large old oak root 1700 litre hour eheim filtration and tunze wavemaker have 6 madagascan rainbows( the 2 males are so red now) 1 bristle nose plec 1 king tiger plec 4 otos and 10 cory cats they all like the water flow and are growing well. and no fighting. now i want to add a few more fish i would like to have any comments about what to add next to help me decide

Sue · « **Reply #1 on:** July 10, 2016, 09:35:06 PM »

Hi sgill

Are you looking for another shoal of fish or a bigger centrepiece fish?
And do you have soft, hard or middling water?

In 300 litres, you could get more rainbows and otos and still have room for lots more

Paddyc · « **Reply #2 on:** July 10, 2016, 09:47:05 PM »

In addition to Sue's questions, how wide is your tank? If you answer these we can give you some opinions on what would work...

There are two types of fishkeepers, those who prefer to keep large shoals of a small number of species, and those who prefer many species and the minimum recommended numbers of each. What way do you lean?

sgill · « **Reply #3 on:** July 10, 2016, 10:50:36 PM »

hi the water in this part of the uk about average but def not soft have not got any real thoughts on shoal or specimen fish yet as long as not aggressive to what i already have. the tank is only 15 inches wide but will be upgraded by the end of the year to 18 wide inches or 10 x 2 feet depends if it comes indoors or stays in the barn but it will still be same sort of set up

Paddyc · « **Reply #4 on:** July 11, 2016, 04:37:51 AM »

Quote from: sgill on July 10, 2016, 10:50:36 PM

hi the water in this part of the uk about average but def not soft have not got any real thoughts on shoal or specimen fish yet as long as not aggressive to what i already have. the tank is only 15 inches wide but will be upgraded by the end of the year to 18 wide inches or 10 x 2 feet depends if it comes indoors or stays in the barn but it will still be same sort of set up

Just so we understand each other, you have a 300 litre tank... I think you might be talking about depth when you say only 15 inches...? When talking about tanks the width is the same as length ie the longest horizontal measurement, usually along the front panel of glass... Depth is distance from the front to the back and height is obviously the height from top to bottom...

If your longest panel of glass is 15 inches it would need to be about a metre and a half tall to hold 300 litres!

ColinB · « **Reply #5 on:** July 11, 2016, 08:01:50 AM »

With a good water flow plus wave-maker then I think a big shoal of active fish that can swim in to the flow would look really good. Perhaps a shoal of the Zebra, Giant or Pearl Danios?

Tetras seem to come from more sluggish waters, but a group of the more active sort (Lemon, Rosy) always looks stunning.

I like Barbs, and SeriouslyFish has this to say about the Golden Barb: Filtration does not need to be particularly strong though it does seem to appreciate a degree of water movement and will also do well in a hill stream-type set-up. ...so that could be a good fish.

sgill · « **Reply #6 on:** July 11, 2016, 10:57:01 AM »

hi tank is 30 inches tall x 15 x 48 like the idea of the zebra danios was not sure if they can compete for food against the rainbows(they eat every thing small enough to swallow and evan steal the algae tabs and i feed them 3 times a day) may be the barbs would have a better chance

Littlefish · « **Reply #7 on:** July 11, 2016, 02:45:20 PM »

I have some zebra and leopard danios and I can guarantee that they can compete for food.
They are active with water flow and seem to enjoy swimming into any moving water.

Cora · « **Reply #8 on:** July 11, 2016, 05:02:13 PM »

Quote from: sgill on July 10, 2016, 09:30:31 PM

hi i have set up 300 litre part planted tank with very large old oak root 1700 litre hour eheim filtration and tunze wavemaker

Whenever I read a post like this I am torn between pleasant admiration and incandescent jealousy. My thoughts flick between "aww, good for you! Your fish must be so happy" - and "god damn my house! I've nowhere to put a tank that size!"

Anyway, hi

Littlefish · « **Reply #9 on:** July 11, 2016, 07:11:59 PM »

@Cora I admire your honesty.

sgill · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2016, 08:59:28 PM »

hi thanks for your comments decided shoal of 20 zebra danios for the weekend

Littlefish · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2016, 09:11:49 PM »

Please post lots of pictures when your fish are settled in.

fcmf · « **Reply #12 on:** July 15, 2016, 07:01:37 PM »

Have amended title from "ideas" to more accurately reflect content.

Moderator FCMF

sgill · « **Reply #13 on:** August 16, 2016, 09:57:43 PM »

update on new fish added 25 zebra danios and 6 dwarf rainbows every one happy and no nipping

Littlefish · « **Reply #14 on:** August 16, 2016, 10:11:00 PM »

Great to hear that your new fish are settled in.

fcmf · « **Reply #15 on:** August 16, 2016, 10:51:50 PM »

Brill.

ColinB · « **Reply #16 on:** August 17, 2016, 08:00:42 AM »

Sounds good.

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Stocking Ideas - 300L Tank - Sgill

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