Getting a 55 gallon tank :3

dougall said:
A QT tank is always a good idea, but I get the feeling you'll set it up as a regular tank without much time passing ;)
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Seems to be a vicious cycle...oh I'll just use that as a QT - eventually turn it into a display tank - oh, need to buy a new QT tank...
 
jpappy789 said:
Seems to be a vicious cycle...oh I'll just use that as a QT - eventually turn it into a display tank - oh, need to buy a new QT tank...
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The only way to break it seems to be to have a whole bunch of empty tanks that you're not using. :)


not that I'm speaking as someone with 15 empty 10g tanks in the basement right now.
 
dougall said:
I've been there before...

which reminds me they had some awesome deals on coral when I was last in there; I should go again.

I think I'd personally keep the tank, and run 2 filters on the 55 at first, to keep 1 seeded and available to switch to another tank.

keeping endlers in a 37 will result in a large number if you have a mix of gender.. but you likely know that. having somewhere to sell or gift fry or juvies will prevent a need for a bigger tank.


A QT tank is always a good idea, but I get the feeling you'll set it up as a regular tank without much time passing ;)
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I love Nature's Cove. More knowledgeable then Petsmart. XD nicer fish and more to pick from. I can get the filter media from them cheaper sometimes.. depends on which ones.
 
The 10g will be put underneath the 55 gallon in the stand. I was going to put the old media from the filter into the new filter to help cycle the tank.

I only have male endlers and that's all I will keep. The clown pleco is remaining in the 37 along with the black neon tetras. I just picked up a baby BN Pleco and put him into the 37 for now. He or she will be put into the 55.
 
Vincenia said:
I love Nature's Cove. More knowledgeable then Petsmart.
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That's not necessarily much of a selling point. :)

But, there are a bunch of awesome fish stores in north jersey.. depending how far you can travel. I've been impressed with a large number of them and the larger ones seem to have a great variety of stock.
 
I'm going to look up some that may be in Sparta... I may rethink the stocking for the 55 and the restock of the 37....

I saw candy-cane tetras at NAture's Cove and loved them! I may do some of them for the 55, they will pop with the black background I will be getting for the 55.

Any ideas what to restock the 37 with?
 
I thought up a new stock list for the 55g. I was talking to a worker at NAture's Cove and he liked some of my ideas.

New stock list:
1-2 angelfish
1 Bristlenose Pleco
5-8 kuhlis
8-12(or more) candy cane Tetras
Trio of Golden Rams
trio of live barriers (for a live food source of fry)
maybe the albino rainbow that's if he stays docile.

Restock of 37g:
HM Betta or King HM Betta
4-6 endlers, all male
hillstream loach
4-6 panda cories
1 clown pleco
6-10 rummynose tetra
1-2 checkerboard loaches (i think that's what they are called)

I will also redo everything in the 37... and the 55 will be done differently then what I'm used to.
 
Just a heads up for the hillstream loach - they need a higher flow of water than the other fish. Maybe you should consider some other small fish. Just my two cents though. I have a trio of otos in my 10gal and they are really cool, stay small and do a really nice job with algae( i still feed them wafers though).maybe give otos a try?

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I have the hillstream in my 10g right now and it's been doing great. The flow in the 37g is decently strong and it pushed the fish downward. I tried otos.. I can't seem to keep them alive long. I'm turning the 10g into Q/T once I have everything settled.
 
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