holy crap!!!!

[Arctic_Fishery]

i swear im not making this up......today my friend came over and saw my mini tank and laughed....he said my other friend(randy who lives 7 houses down from me)has a 120 gallon for his 2 pacus....and he got rid of the other tank....i was like oh no!!!i could of takn it.....well i find out that randy just put it behind his house so on trash day it could go on the front lawn......randy told me i could have it......it is pretty big but i do not know how many gallons......i measured it just now and it is about 30 inches long and 13 inches wide....does anyone know how many gallons???also i found it with melted ice in it,mixed pieces of gravel and a few leaves....any special cleaning i need to do or just luke warm water and soap?this is so great!!!!!!:eek:

[Fishiebusiness]

Depending on the height, its probably either a 29 gallon or a 20 gallon long.

[ArkyLady]

Length x Width x Height divided by 231 will give you the gallons.

[Arctic_Fishery]

the heights about 13 inches so it came out 21.65 so id have to say a 20 gallon long....was this a good pickup or what?!hmmmmmmm....now i wonder what i could do with this.........any ideas...what would you guys do?

[carpguy]

DO NOT USE SOAP to clean out the tank. Any little bit left behind will kill your fish. Plain water, maybe a little vinegar, elbow grease.

[Arctic_Fishery]

like a cap full of vinegar???any particular kind??im gonna clean it sunday night.......

[Wippit Guud]

Well, what do you have now for tanks, don't wanna repeat somethign you already have.

[Arctic_Fishery]

allright.....i have a little 2 gallon hex up and running with a ramshorn snail in it.....for christmas i think im getting a bare 10 gallon but now i got this i dont think my mom is going to buy it.....and i just got a 20 gallon long....i wanna take my time on this 20 gallon....i probaly will not have fish in it till late feb......so what do you suggest wippit?

[qprneil]

someone earliar posted a message that to find out how many gallons your tank holds you divide it by 231. Will that work it out in US gallons or UK gallons? the dimentions of my tank are 24 inches tall, 24 long and 11 wide. please help

[Wippit Guud]

Suppose it depends on your interests... any particular type of fish you want? (cichlids, live bearers, cold water, something active, something really colorful, cobinations of any of those?)

[ArkyLady]

Originally posted by qprneil
someone earliar posted a message that to find out how many gallons your tank holds you divide it by 231. Will that work it out in US gallons or UK gallons? the dimentions of my tank are 24 inches tall, 24 long and 11 wide. please help

That will give you US gallons. Not sure how to get UK gallons from it. Maybe someone else will know :)

[Serrateeth_2002]

You could do a mini ecosystem in the 20 gal,but i doubt it will be interesting since it will be hard to see the minute organisms,other then that,maybe kuhlies,guppies,bristlenose plecs,otos,endler's livebearers.

[Wippit Guud]

Well, if I had a 20g, I'd wanna do a slightly controversial setup:

1 male betta
6 female betta
4 corys
Heavily planted with lots of hiding places.

Just to see if it can be done

[Serrateeth_2002]

IMO,alot of plants,a couple of fishes that are middle dwellers,would be seen less often,from afar,it would look like a tank with plants.

[Arctic_Fishery]

see, im not into the plant thing at all......if there are plants they are going to be fake....also i want like 4 panda cories in there....so other than that fish wise im not picky because i want to experience as many fish as i can in my lifetime......thank you.

[Wippit Guud]

Heh, I was gonna use fake plants :)

Another popular option would be 3 or 4 dwarf cichlids, maybe shell-dwellers, 1 male, 4 females. (yeah, I know it's 5, I can add too!)

Or... how about 15 neons and an electic blue crayfish :)

BTW, should edit the subject, the current one doesn't lend itself to being informative.

[Arctic_Fishery]

how???i tried the edit subject but it wont work.....

[Wippit Guud]

Hmm... If you edit the top post, should be able to type in a new subject

[Arctic_Fishery]

thats what i did

[Wippit Guud]

Hmmm...

Paging a moderator, moderator please report to General Freshwater. :)

Weird... you can delete, but not rename.

[Ashes]

Regarding the bettas, I've kept a single male with a group of females before, in a community tank. The females caused each other more problems than the male did, but they didn't do any lasting damage.

[Slappy*McFish]

A 20 long....hmmm......the 1st thing that pops in my head is pair of Kribs with maybe some Leopard or Zebra Danios up top...or maybe just a school of glass cats or a single elephant nose.

[Fishiebusiness]

I was just reading up on Lake Tanganyika shell dwellers. They seem like really interesting fish to keep, and you wont need any fussy plants. A 20 long would be great for a small colony of them.

[Cichlid Woman]

You could breed a pair of kribensis in there. Very cool fish, and breed readily with a cave structure or something. You could also add other fish, as well. Kribs aren't really aggressive cichlids.

Are you SURE you don't want to try live plants? It's addicting ... and your fish would love it.

Maybe your mom would consider getting you some lights and/or a hood for that thing for Christmas (since she's no longer going to get the 10-gal). And a heater. And a filter ...

And if it's been frozen, it would be a good idea to just fill it with water once you get it clean to see if it will hold up for a few days without leaking.

-- Pat

[Arctic_Fishery]

yes im sure about the plants......im not ready for that just now.....but im taking all ideas for consideration....thank you all:cool: