Thread: Fishtank Help

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

I have a question... I really want some frogspawns, but I'm not sure I should mix them with the ritteri anenomes?

I'm thinking if I have a 55 gallon or higher tank I can easily keep them apart.. but what about a 20 gallon long? I know I know it's too small for a ritteri, but I plan on starting small and when it grows too big I'll move it in the future.

Not firmiliar with frogsspawns. But I can tell you anenomes can be disasterious to a tank with corals. And sometimes they can be fine.


Remember they can move all over you're tank,get stuck in filters and powerheads....all kinds of stuff.


And sometimes they will make their home and stay put. Luckly for me this is what happend. He did get stuck in the power head a cupple times though.

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

what kind of light level should I get for a coral, anenome tank?

Metal halides. Without a doubt. If you have a canopy get a reflector and a bulb kit. Probably spend about 175 for everything...ballast and all.


They like a LOT of light.

A manderin goby? I heard that they are picky eaters but other than that the're ok. I've never had one though.

Not a problem. I'd keep the lights on at least 9 hours a day. And would not leave them on at night enless you want hair alge growing al over...

i have a 65 gal fresh water. for filteration i'm using one marineland emperor 400 and another smaller emperor 250, i think? it's for a 35 gal tank i believe. i change the water once a month. sand is the worst thing to put in the tank cause they clog up the filter. i'm using small pebbles on the bottom for now, but looking for other option like crushed coral shell. they are little expensive, but looks nice in the tank. i would never have convicts in my tank cause they f**k like rabbit and i hate it when they start chasing my other fish around during their spawing.

i have mostly african ciclids in the tank had them since they are babies. they all seem to be one happy family. here's what i have in the tank:
1 nimbochromis livingstoni
1 melanochromis johannii
2 maylandia lombardoi
4 julidochromis marlieri
1 green terror
1 peacock
1 jewel ciclid
1 angelic catfish
1 yellow electric lab
1 fontosa- it's the biggest in the tank (6") in the future i like to have only fontosa in the tank. they are very beautiful fish. mine have 6 stripes with tint of blue fins. they are hard to find around my area. little pricey too!

pleco are fresh water. those thing get huge i don't think you want them. bristle nose pleco or algae eater is what you need. snails are good too, but i wouldn't put with the ciclids cause they will eat them up

yes very expensive. i was going to buy one, but not for $50. they are like the jack dempsy but fancier color

Originally Posted by Quicklynx

yea I want a good looking tank.... anything I can get that will help keep the algae down?

Can plecos go saltwater??? I know some types of catfish can like the pictus and then the silver shark can.... even had salt water mollys and man were they gorgeous in salt water...

Not firmiliar with those either lol.


Yep lot's you can do. If you have high nitrates and nitrites then algae groth will be abundant, Once you're tank cycles all of that should subside.


Get a pepermint shrimp (bubble algae eater) and get some invertebrates like crabs and ect as you're cleaning crew. And you'll be good to go

So are you going salt water or fresh LOL


This is the perfect tanks for a Reef tank. As far as the main things you will need.



Heater
Live sand (can also order carribean play sand from home depo...Not live but the next best thing)
Skimmer (get a AquaC Remora)
Live rock
Power heads for circulation
Test kit's (ph,Nitrite,nitrate are the main ones)
Lighting (either VHO or MH's)


Let you're tank cycle then add fish.


That aught to get you going if you do decide to go SW

what kind of fish you planning to keep in the tank? if you thinking of ciclids i don't recommend putting any shrimp, cray fish, or snails with them cause they won't last long in the tank. ciclids love shell fish. last summer i had 3 big cray fish about 3" -4" with huge claws. i figured they can fend for themselves. to make long story short 2 of the cray fish got eaten up the next day. the 3rd one survive for about a month it was also got eaten up.

I'm talking salt water. I don't know anything about freshwater.

i was replying to quiklynx

Quick, let me tpe this article up later k, it will help you very greatly with your new tank.

Im going cyclids as soon as my cycle is over. or brackish. not sure yet.