Themed Tanks

JPKeenan

JPKeenan

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I know from lurking that when folks tank about a themed tank they are usually talking about having one species of fish as a centerpiece.

I sort of just stumbled on the idea with my second tank... I chose a more cool color gravel theme and got some Mickey Mouse Platies. I was thinking of getting fire colored fishes (reds, oranges, yellows) to make it a "fire tank".

I was wondering if anyone else has done the same.

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Cool idea. :) I have a "pink" tank, 5 gallon hex with pink fake plants, pink brigg, and pink ramshorns. And soon some RCS that are kinda pink, right? :lol:
 
My wife... as much as she refuses to be drawn into the aquarium I have now- used to keep fish in her college days and kept a "black and white" tank. Everything in the tank (and even the stand/lid/gravel etc) were black and white or black or white.

I know she had Mollies, and Albino Corydoras... I think she had tetra of some kind too.
 
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Wycco said:
My wife... as much as she refuses to be drawn into the aquarium I have now- used to keep fish in her college days and kept a "black and white" tank. Everything in the tank (and even the stand/lid/gravel etc) were black and white or black or white.

I know she had Mollies, and Albino Corydoras... I think she had tetra of some kind too.
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I like that! You could do panda cories too, and penguin tetras! And an ivory brigg. I might have to steal that. ;)
 
I like the black and white Idea also...gets me wondering....
 
I just thought the fire theme would be cool... Idea I came up with at work was to keep all the decorations a laid back pale icey color (light blues, and whites), and try to print out a nice iceberg type background for the tank.... although I am not much into backgrounds.

Once I start working on the project I might need to switch a few fish from one tank to the other.
 
JPKeenan said:
I just thought the fire theme would be cool... Idea I came up with at work was to keep all the decorations a laid back pale icey color (light blues, and whites), and try to print out a nice iceberg type background for the tank.... although I am not much into backgrounds.
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Some long fin blue danios would look gorgeous in that.
 
I like these idea for themes, my tanks are just random fish I like :).

For OP; you could try ember tetras, Red looking Gourami or Red Betta, and maybe Red colored Guppies?
BTW I think your tank would benefit from a background, it'll hide the cables hanging down. Also I recommend hiding the air line tubing by using a suction cup to keep the tube in place on the right side and that'll let you bury the tube more. That's how I have in my 20g tank :).
 
My dads 5 gallon hex is Radiation themed. It has little radiation barrels in it, and the gravel is black and lime green.
 
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