So... 10g, 20g, and 29g... empty!

Wippit Guud

Wippit Guud

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The former two should get this week, the latter is being cleaned out so I can use sand substrate (wanna go for native PEI red sand). But I have no ideas what to stock!

The 'what I've got so far but probably won't work' list:

10g: originally wanted it as a planted invertibrate tank, but with a blue crayfish... I don't think I can have any others. Was thinking 1 cray, 2 aquatic crabs, half-dozen shrimp, assorted snails. But I get the feeling people think Big Blue would eat everything.

20g: Was thinking 5 tiger barbs, and a pair of convicts or firemouths, but I think the ciclids would get too big?

29g: 8 shell-dwellers (2 species), and 3 or 4 rainbows.


Course, posting that all is pointless, cause either it won't work os is overstocked.

So, using them as a good starting point... any ideas?
 
I would switch your 29g and 20g stocking ideas. Then, I would cut your shellies down to 4... I've heard that you should only keep one species of shellies anyway. Then maybe substitute the rainbows for some tetras or cherry barbs, something along that line.
As far as your 10g, you could probably get away with the mix if you just left the crayfish out. Or you could go with a pair of dwarf cichlids, like rams, cockatoo cichlids, or kribs.
 
You can keep 1 breeding pair of convicts in a 20 gallon but with no other fish as there isn't enough room once they breeding. So I guess it depends what you want more, the tiger barbs or the cichlids.
 
lol @ your sig, Wippit.

For your 10 gallon, things might work if you didn't have the crayfish. I don't know about crabs, but if they don't get too big or feed on other animals when they molt, they should be ok. Different species of shrimp would be interesting too, like amanos and cherry shrimp, or wood shrimp.

If I set up a tank for shell-dwellers, I would just get shell-dwellers. That way you can get more, and when they start breeding, you have some room left.

Graeme
 
Your sitting on a (red) gold mine!

I think that blood red potatoe sand should look awesome in a tank. Pics please when the dust settles ;)

Could the iron content of the sand pose a problem? Could it be a boon for a planted tank? If it proves to be a great looking and great performing substrate, you should market it. You could probably get the stuff dirt cheap! I have been trying to talk Kveeti into marketing her laterite rich Manitoba native gumbo soil as a planting substrate.
 
Um.... technically... we're not aloud to harvest sand... we have a government subsidy program for pig farmers, and they were taking sand from beaches to deal with waste (and turn it into fertilizer).

So I doubt selling it would be feasable.
 
Originally posted by PumaWard
I would switch your 29g and 20g stocking ideas. Then, I would cut your shellies down to 4... I've heard that you should only keep one species of shellies anyway. Then maybe substitute the rainbows for some tetras or cherry barbs, something along that line.
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I didn't think tetra could take the pH of a rift lake.
 
my pH is 7.8, my tetras do fine. I keep them in with a Juli, which is from the same lake (Lake Tang) as shellies. They both are doing well. My gH is 10 degrees (give or take)
 
MOst fish will adapt to new condition. Just try and keep things constant. The problem for tetras I believe is when they want to breed the pH becomes important or the eggs won't develop.
 
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