Plant tank in window light: What fish would do well?

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BillyVillain

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I set up a 29 gallon in front of two small windows. Its well planted and gets a good amount of sun. Theres a dark spot in the middle where the center of the window frame is. Lots of bog wood and lava rock. Well aerated. My water comes out the tap soft acidic.

Heres the question.

What fish would do well in bright tank like this. Anyone have any experience doing this?
 
I think the temperature fluctuations from being near the window are not going to be good for any type. It is summer time and it gets pretty toasty near an unshaded window. Also sounds to me, like a really good way to grow a ton of algae. I know people set water in direct sunlight to make " green water " in order to feed certain types of fry. I'd be willing to bet that tank would be green in no time.

I would probably find a different spot and get a decent light/canopy to put over it. Then you could put all sorts of different fish in there.
 
Bigshh is right about the temp fluctuations, but that doesn't rule everything out. Temperate zone fish can take temp changes much better than tropicals; a pair or trio of bluespotted or banded sunfish would be great in that tank.
 
I agree with thebigshh - You are poised for developing a 'serious' algae problem by putting the tank in such a location. I would definitely reconsider your options.
 
I put a 200 watt tronic heater in the tank thinking it would prevent downward temperature fluctuations. As for the algae i planned on having a school of otto cats to help keep it in check. but ya maybe its not such a hot idea. The plants have exploded in there from the sunlight, but i would probably have to stock the whole tank with nothing but otto cats just to keep the algae down. Perhaps a move is in order.
 
Sun = Algae.

Unfortunately the sun's wavelengths of light are too broad a spectrum as opposed to light figures. You can't calculate hours of light needed to properly grow plants without producing algae.
 
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