I've been keeping aquarium fishes for couple of years until 2004 when I had to give it up. Since then, I have not had any opportunity to start this hobby again.
That's starting to change again. I don't want to begin a big tank since I know I will move out probably in a year or so. I'm looking to start may be a 10g or a 15g. I think 20g would be too big and too much hassle to move.
I'm looking for some idea on setting up this small setup. I'm looking for a setup that is still interesting if not somewhat challenging to keep up. If I can breed them, even better. Few years ago, I was about to start another small setup based on shell dwellers from the other lake from Africa (doh forgot most of the terminologies on aquarium now!). Not sure how big the setup was going to be...
Just as a background, I had couple of tanks while back.
One of them was a community tank with common fishes such as tetras, rams, cory catfishes and some algae eaters. I also had a albino pleco that was breeding in that tank. I had java moss and java ferns which were growing well in that low light environment.
The other was a malawi tank with common cichlids with lots of large rocks. I was able to breed all species in that tank as well. I had to artificially keep pH and hardness higher than tap by adding sea salt and the other salt I can't remember at the moment... lol.
Third tank was a tank full of live bearers. This tank was weird in a sense that the tank was 2/3 full of java moss which allowed most young ones to live without getting eaten. It was setup for me to easily retain most of the frys without messing with the tank.
Remember, the goal is to create an interesting tank that is relatively easy to move. A tank full of tetras is not going to be enough. :grinno:
That's starting to change again. I don't want to begin a big tank since I know I will move out probably in a year or so. I'm looking to start may be a 10g or a 15g. I think 20g would be too big and too much hassle to move.
I'm looking for some idea on setting up this small setup. I'm looking for a setup that is still interesting if not somewhat challenging to keep up. If I can breed them, even better. Few years ago, I was about to start another small setup based on shell dwellers from the other lake from Africa (doh forgot most of the terminologies on aquarium now!). Not sure how big the setup was going to be...
Just as a background, I had couple of tanks while back.
One of them was a community tank with common fishes such as tetras, rams, cory catfishes and some algae eaters. I also had a albino pleco that was breeding in that tank. I had java moss and java ferns which were growing well in that low light environment.
The other was a malawi tank with common cichlids with lots of large rocks. I was able to breed all species in that tank as well. I had to artificially keep pH and hardness higher than tap by adding sea salt and the other salt I can't remember at the moment... lol.
Third tank was a tank full of live bearers. This tank was weird in a sense that the tank was 2/3 full of java moss which allowed most young ones to live without getting eaten. It was setup for me to easily retain most of the frys without messing with the tank.
Remember, the goal is to create an interesting tank that is relatively easy to move. A tank full of tetras is not going to be enough. :grinno: