Bare Bottom Aquariums

[Jen]

So I can't seem to sell my tank, and it seems a shame to have it just sitting here, so I am thinking of starting it up again. As much as I love my old planted tank, I think I want to try some new fish and a new style.

So I am thinking of trying a bare bottom tank with lots of rocks and maybe some wood in there. What kind of fish are suitable for this style of tank?

Thanks!

 

[Esfa]

So I can't seem to sell my tank, and it seems a shame to have it just sitting here, so I am thinking of starting it up again. As much as I love my old planted tank, I think I want to try some new fish and a new style.

So I am thinking of trying a bare bottom tank with lots of rocks and maybe some wood in there. What kind of fish are suitable for this style of tank?

Thanks!

depends on the size but if you fill it with rocks and wood then it would be good for reedfish, ABFs etc.

or some sort of goby.

or frogs.......

most fish can easily be kept in bar-bottomed tanks apart from loaches, corys...

 

[Jen]

Its a 90 gal tank, so I know i have lots of options with fish. I have only ever kept community fish, so I know nothing of others.

What are ABF's?

 

[Esfa]

plenty big enough, then.

ABF = african bufferfly fish.

 

[OscarWilde]

Oscars?

 

[Jen]

Hmm. I don't think I want to tackle a fish like that just yet. I'm still looking for something easy to maintain and not too expensive.

 

[Ace Of Spades]

Hmm. I don't think I want to tackle a fish like that just yet. I'm still looking for something easy to maintain and not too expensive.

Oscars are as cheap as pie

If you wanted community you could have something like

2x Cichlids (maybe firemouth)
A Nice Shoal Of Rainbow Fish (Boesmani)
some bottom dwellers maybe a few smaller pleco's

I only say this, as I want it as my community

 

[rabbut]

Turn up the flow and go with a mountain stream biotope. Suited fish would include Denisoni barbs, white cloud mountain minows and danios. The only difficult thing would be getting the flow up in that sized tank, as there is a large volume of water there Nothing some powerheads won't sort though

You consider 90g small What do you consider large then

All the best
Rabbut

 

[TwoTankAmin]

most fish can easily be kept in bar-bottomed tanks apart from loaches, corys...

I have kept plenty of corys in bare bottom tanks- both living in them or spawning in them.

Basically you should not keep fish that dig or burrow in a bare bottom tank as a permanent home.