55 Gallon / 10 Gallon plans

[PurpleSmurf]

I'm going to let my 10 gallon finish cycling before I start this for both ease of establishing the 55 gallon and making sure I have my plan and money in order. For now this is hypothetical, but I want to check its feasibility. Please let me know of any problems or conflicts.

55 Gallon Semi-Planted Community (36x16x22):
Will run through a fishless cycle using gravel from the current 10 gallon. Temp will be held at 76-78, pH around 7.

Aquascaping / Flora: Substrate will be a gravel / planter sand mix. Slate will be used to add a shelf on one side of the tank. Drift wood, slate caves built into the shelf, java moss, anubias afzelii, and java fern (floating and anchored) will provide hiding places.

Fauna: 2 Red Fire Dwarf Gourami
1 Turqouise Dwarf Gourami (Female)
4 Strawberry Platy (2 Male / 2 Female)*
2 Gold Crescent Platy (2 Females)*
4 Long Fin Blue Danio*
5 Zebra Danio (2 Male / 3 Female)*
4 Harlequin Rasboras (1 Male / 3 Female)
3 Sterba Cory Cats
2 Mystery Snails
4 Amano Shrimp

Hardware:Fluval 304 MSF Canister Filter or Aquaclear 110 (AC110 is prime candidate)
DIY Stand
Lighting is unknown, still researching. 96w okay for plants?
DIY CO2 if neccessary
Whisper 30g-60g Heater

10 Gallon Semi-Planted Guppy/Danio Tank:

Flora: Gravel substrate, Anacharis, and java moss for hiding places.

Fauna: 10 Fancy Fin Guppies (2 Male / 8 Female)
Mystery Snail(s)
Ghost Shrimp

Hardware: Tetra Whisper Power Filter 10 (UGF currently in tank will remove when I setup the 55gal.)
Standard 10gal hood lighting (Like 10w or something)
Whisper 5g-10g Heater

This look okay? Or do I need to run back to square one and do some more research?

* - Currently have some of all of these fish in the 10gal setup.

 

[PumaWard]

Just an observation, but in your 10g, I would stick with just the guppies. Danios swim around, fast, a lot and it makes the tank look very hectic. Also, your tank could potentially be overwhelmed with guppy fry in very little time, so unless that's your plan, I would go with all male guppies.

Also, you may want to reconcider the amazon sword. They get big and get there fast and could easily take over a 55g. Radican swords get a decent size, but still much smaller than amazon swords... and, as a bonus, they look very similiar.

Other than that, I think it looks pretty good.

 

[mooman]

I agree that danios are fast, and that guppie fry can overwhelm a 10g, but I think the two would cancel each other out. (yummy yummy yummy I got guppies in my tummy)

I also agree that swords get big, but with only 1.5w/g (i think standard hood is more like 15-18watts) the sword growwing out of control will not be your problem. It will probably just die over the course of several months, and look uglier and uglier as it does. (but then again I have a brown thumb when it comes to aquatic plants). Anubius would handle the lower light and grow slow as to not overwhelm the tank.

 

[PurpleSmurf]

Okay. I'll move the zebras to the 50g and get rid of the sword.

I was thinking of using the 10g to breed guppies, but then I decided an empty tank would bug me. Maybe I'll buy another 10g for breeding and keep it somewhere other than my bed room.

How is the balance / stocking of 50g? Do I have a little room to add? I'd like to increase the schools of some fish.

 

[PurpleSmurf]

*bump*