Subj : Update, Aquarium
To : All
From : Carol Shenkenberger
Date : Sun Apr 20 2008 04:40 pm
It's now all filled with such as i can do. It's at the very beginning cycle
where you get some bubbles on top of clear water.
With a tank of this size, cycling takes a month or more and may never happen
without proper starter stuff or a few fish. Since I cant get the really good
stuff (has to be refridgerated, not carried here), I will have to fish cycle.
Before anyone screams at me <grin>, in a tank of ths size, you can do this
carefully without undue fish stress. While I hate this stage, it's something
I've done through various moves and such, some 20 times among my various
tanks. It's easy with a bit of patience.
I will start with 4 small fish, about 1-2 inches each. Keep in mind with a
70 gallon tank, this isnt much. I can easily go 6 and might.
I have no perused my book and am ready to cautiously start a community tank.
I've normally done mostly species tanks so this will be interesting!
I will not be starting with a goldfish as m normal tanks were, because I
don't want to have goldfish limits again. (They mix well with few others
because they pee alot and most other fish can't handle what they do to a
tank's water).
Pending if I can find them, my start will be 4 zebra danios and possibly 1 or
2 small catfish of the types that grow to 4 inches max. Looking at pygmy
cory, emerald, or bearded cory.
If I can't find the danios I want, the scissortail rasbora or black molly may
do.
Expanding later, once all is cycled (about 3 weeks to a month later), I am
looking at several fish and mostly ones that do not need a heater. It wsnt
clear is a discus really needed one but it seems an easy fish. Mollys say
they need a heater but i know from experience they do not. A Krib would only
need one in winter here.
Discus- Cichlid- middle
Arulius Barb- Barb- middle upper
Blue Panchax- Killifish- upper
Kuhlii Loach- Loaches and Sharks- lower
Danio- all over
Catfish- lower
Mollie- depends but upper and middle
I do want a few live bearers in there so Mollies of some sort will get added.
They dont overpopulate a tank like guppies will.
Aiming for no fish over 6 inches due to the tank being a 70g Tall (meaning
it's less deep). Have more need for middle and upper layer fish.
Think it will work? Availability of the fish will make for some changes.
xxcarol
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