I won't be setting either of these tanks up for a while, but I'm planning ahead.
((Which is probably a good thing considering how many mishaps and deaths I've had since I got in this hobby a year ago. Roughly 15 out of 34 fish have passed by various means: filter intake sucking them in, being frozen to death at 19 degrees, ich from the LFS, cotton mouth from the LFS, ammonia poisoning as a newbie, internal parasites in wild caught dwarf puffers, overfeeding, etc.))
So this time I'm planning months ahead of time so as to prevent all of the above from happening again. I want to go ahead an get an idea on stock so I can buy extra filtration if needed, decor, lighting, plants, etc.
30 Gallon Oceanic Cube
We were told that this was a 40 gallon, but obviously it isn't.
For filtration I have a Eheim Ecco, and I believe it to be a 2234 model. Also, I have an AquaClear 30 that I plan to possibly put on the tank. The tank has a 100 watt heater. The lighting is standard, and I might upgrade them if the stocking permits plants.
I've always keep small community fish, so I'd like to keep something a tad bigger. I don't want a community tank. My eye is drawn to the many different cichlids, but I know most need larger spaces. Maybe their are some dwarfs that could work? I happen to like apistos.
20 Gallon Tall
This also might be a 25 gallon tank, as I measured with a stick. Since it's tall and thin, I'm not sure what to do with it. The filtration is a 30 gallon internal filter and an AquaClear 20. Has a 100 watt heater. The lighting is...horrid. I'd like to make this planted, but with such height I don't think I could. I don't know what to stock this tank with, though like I said, I'd prefer not to have a community tank.
((Which is probably a good thing considering how many mishaps and deaths I've had since I got in this hobby a year ago. Roughly 15 out of 34 fish have passed by various means: filter intake sucking them in, being frozen to death at 19 degrees, ich from the LFS, cotton mouth from the LFS, ammonia poisoning as a newbie, internal parasites in wild caught dwarf puffers, overfeeding, etc.))
So this time I'm planning months ahead of time so as to prevent all of the above from happening again. I want to go ahead an get an idea on stock so I can buy extra filtration if needed, decor, lighting, plants, etc.
30 Gallon Oceanic Cube
We were told that this was a 40 gallon, but obviously it isn't.
For filtration I have a Eheim Ecco, and I believe it to be a 2234 model. Also, I have an AquaClear 30 that I plan to possibly put on the tank. The tank has a 100 watt heater. The lighting is standard, and I might upgrade them if the stocking permits plants.
I've always keep small community fish, so I'd like to keep something a tad bigger. I don't want a community tank. My eye is drawn to the many different cichlids, but I know most need larger spaces. Maybe their are some dwarfs that could work? I happen to like apistos.
20 Gallon Tall
This also might be a 25 gallon tank, as I measured with a stick. Since it's tall and thin, I'm not sure what to do with it. The filtration is a 30 gallon internal filter and an AquaClear 20. Has a 100 watt heater. The lighting is...horrid. I'd like to make this planted, but with such height I don't think I could. I don't know what to stock this tank with, though like I said, I'd prefer not to have a community tank.