Carp37
07-13-2007, 6:35 AM
Hi all-
my name is Stuart, and after a hiatus of about 15 years, I'm suddenly in a position where I can set up my tanks again, having just moved house. As a result I've set up my 2' and 3' tanks, although the 4' tank will have to wait a while until I can persuade my father (who's much more practical than me!) to build a cabinet for it.
Having not kept fish for so long, I seem to be falling into the pitfalls of the inexperienced aquarist again, so I may be lurking around the new aquarist sections for a bit.
My favourite fish tend to be at the common end- Hoplosternum (don't really want to call them Megalechis!- as a former PhD student in fish systematics I've always hated splitting genera for the sake of it), Ptergoplichthys, cichlids such as Oreochromis, Tilapia mariae, kribensis etc. As such my problem is finding suitable "safe" sites for bottom dwellers, as all my favourite fish inhabit the botom of the tank...
If anyone can suggest natural plants that can survive in relatively dim aquaria (at present I haven't set tank lights up again, as most of the fish I favour prefer dim conditions, although the tanks are next to a window and get 14 hours or so indirect sunlight) please do...
my name is Stuart, and after a hiatus of about 15 years, I'm suddenly in a position where I can set up my tanks again, having just moved house. As a result I've set up my 2' and 3' tanks, although the 4' tank will have to wait a while until I can persuade my father (who's much more practical than me!) to build a cabinet for it.
Having not kept fish for so long, I seem to be falling into the pitfalls of the inexperienced aquarist again, so I may be lurking around the new aquarist sections for a bit.
My favourite fish tend to be at the common end- Hoplosternum (don't really want to call them Megalechis!- as a former PhD student in fish systematics I've always hated splitting genera for the sake of it), Ptergoplichthys, cichlids such as Oreochromis, Tilapia mariae, kribensis etc. As such my problem is finding suitable "safe" sites for bottom dwellers, as all my favourite fish inhabit the botom of the tank...
If anyone can suggest natural plants that can survive in relatively dim aquaria (at present I haven't set tank lights up again, as most of the fish I favour prefer dim conditions, although the tanks are next to a window and get 14 hours or so indirect sunlight) please do...