UncaBret said:
Okay, make that a 65g. It will fit and I can get one cheaper than what I would have paid for the 40!
Reassess. Do you really need that much height? A 65g is a VERY tall tank and rainbows are mid level schoolers. I have a 65g in my son's room because silver dollars are pretty tall fish. It's 24" high!
The 75g is 48x18x20. What you need is a 36x18x20, which would be perfect, imho. Of course they don't make that as a standard size
You could take a look at a 50g, which is 36x18x18 and that would be even cheaper, I think, than a 65g. Or even consider a a "custom" sized tank? Check out
http://www.glasscages.com they're pretty cheap.
So now I'm thinking 6 parvas, 6 praecox, 6 incisus and a clean-up crew, maybe a couple twig cats and a few red lip botias. Hows that sound?
Hrm. Tank might be too small for the twigs. Depends on which ones you get. I think there are two different types and the Royal will definitely be too big for that tank.
I do want to add that there isn't a lot of info on the pseudoincisus. Everything I've read say they grow to ~3", however, mine are really small. They are starting to color up, so they're at least 2 months old, but when I compare them to my parvas, of which some are the same age and are supposed to grow to the same size, they ARE small. Anyhow, basing the following on the premise that they *will* grow to ~3", even if I don't really think they will:
I think 18 fish would be pushing it a bit. IME rainbows need a lot of room to flourish well. I've 13 Boesemani in my 75g and it's not crowded per se, I could probably throw in 3 more and call it done, but six of my fish are babies/juvies (1½-2½") and I'm going to wait and see how it goes once they get 3".
I definitely would say yes to those 18 in a 75g. No problem there, but with a 36" you are losing a foot of schooling space.
Since you are obviously limited to 36", why don't you start with 12 of your absolute favorites? Then see how much space you have and then add the other six if you feel it will work.
Also, bear in mind that Tanner will usually NOT ship you six fish, he will usually ship EIGHT, so you could end up with 24 fish, not 18
Roan
