BiOrb

[danielb]

Hi,

I'm looking to buy a BiOrb with a heater and light in the next few weeks, but I don't know what fish to put in. I've had a few standard goldfishes and some black fantails along wih a few minows before, but i'm a beginner when it comes to tropical fish!

I was wondering if the BiOrb could hold a "Amphiprion Ocellaris" (Common Clownfish) and a "Paracanthurus Hepatus" (Blue Tang) Would the BiOrb hold these fish (just one of each) and what plants would I need etc. eg. what food... water conditions... where you bu them from...
Yes you may laugh that there from Finding Nemo, but I think there great fish!

Or on the other hand I was thinking to keep some Danios and Neon Tetras with a slightly bigger colourful fish. Could you advise me on that as well please! Again could you please give some advice on them, food, environment, where you can buy them from etc.


Thanks!

Daniel Briggs

 

[Aquascaper]

Common Clownfish & Blue Tang's are marine fish and definitely cannot be kept in a BiOrb

As for goldfish, they shouldn't be kept in anything less than a 20 gallon tank for 1 and 10 gallons extra per additional goldfish.

Danios would not like being in a BiOrb IMO as they are fast swimmers and need a lot of room to play in, Tetras on the other hand should be ok.

There's really no bigger colourful fish that can be kept in BiOrbs that i can think of (someone may come up with some) so my suggestion would be guppies or mollies. These fish are livebearers however which means they breed like crazy so you'll need to check that out first with someone who keeps them as i don't.

HTH

 

[clutterydrawer]

guppies or platies would work I guess. but only get one gender or you'll be overrun!

 

[The-Wolf]

Don't do it, Bi-Orbs are horrid IMO
having said that you could keep some WCM's or other small fish no bigger than 3 or 4cm

 

[danielb]

Thanks, but what sized tank am i looking at to hold a blue tang and/or clownfish.

Where do you get a decent tank and the fish from i live in cheshire in the uk, does any one know anywhere local?

Are blue tangs salwater fish, how do you make the water right for them, do you just add salt or is there some special thing

 

[nightlife20]

if you interested in marine, take a look at the marine section of the board..

marine is a very costly hobby and is in now way for the beginner... one mistake an you lose the hole tank, including the live rocks ect

someone set up a 4ft marine tank and it cost him way over 3000... hope you like to spend


marine section of the board.. just click me

 

[corrosive]

Don't do it, Bi-Orbs are horrid IMO

I agree there, just go look in the paper or something, and buy your self a nice 20g tank, if your lucky like me the person who you buy it off will give you everything you need to start with it.

I paid: £30.00
I got:
FLUVAL 4 filter,
A beasty 4 whole air pump
Tubes
Tank Bed stuff(e.g. gravel)
A few ornaments
30"l 12"w 15"h tank.

Really i couldnt go wrong, and you may be lucky enough to find something like that!

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

Thanks, but what sized tank am i looking at to hold a blue tang and/or clownfish.

Just a clown fish could be as little as 30 gallons, but you are looking at about 400-500 dollars for initial setup (without live rock), plus the cost of buying salt for regular water changes.
And a tank for a tang would set you back at least one thousand dollars, probably more. Tangs require very large tanks with a very large footprint (over 100 gallons). Thus forth requiring more salt and more live rock and bigger, much more expensive equipment (like a skimmer, canister filter, RO unit, sophisticated lighting, the list goes on and on).
A marine tank takes a lot of planning, and from this...

Are blue tangs salwater fish, how do you make the water right for them, do you just add salt or is there some special thing

I can tell you have a lot of reading a head of you.

 

[clutterydrawer]

Yeah...starting with marine is gonna require a whole lot of research...I'd advise you to go with the danios and tetras. Not in a biorb though preferably.