More Tank Planning Ideas ...

[ArcticLancer]

Hey guys.

Basically, I've come up with a small community tank that I'm not too sure of the minimum size I'd want to keep it in. I know what my guess is, and I know what I have at my disposal, but really, I'm looking for a couple of people to tell me exactly what they think.
So, what size tank would you keep this in?

5x (Marble?) Hatchets
7-8x Ember Tetra
6x Peppered Corydora

It takes up the 3 levels of the tank quite well, as I've hardly ever seen an ember go to the top or bottom in the store tank, but nonetheless, I still have to bring it up.

Any replies or comments are welcome, and even more appreciated!

 

[ArcticLancer]

Come on guys. Just a few estimates would be nice ...

 

[atmmachine816]

I'm not really familiar with those fish but I would say 40 gallon which is around a 160liter tank I think. But I would have sand for the cories. If I get some time to do some research I will tell you exactly what size.

Austin

 

[ArcticLancer]

Just because you brought that up, I can note it since (Silly me didn't realize) it could throw people off.

Hatchets don't get any larger than 2".
Ember Tetras don't get any larger than 1.5".
And, well, Peppered Cories don't tend to get larger than 3".

Of course, all of these are the maximum expected size. But yeah, they're all little

 

[atmmachine816]

I still say 40 gallon tank, you could get away with a 30 gallon but it could be a little risky and if you got a 40gallon you could up your corys to 5, just use a converter to find out how many litres that is and I think you would be ok.

Austin

 

[OohFeeshy]

I'd say 20g. Not like any of those are high bioload, all mini, different tank levels.... Just stick a biggish filter on to be on the safe side.

 

[ArcticLancer]

Honestly, I would have thought 30 gallons, but I have a 20 gallon at my disposal. I would have put a 30G filter on the 20 no matter what I had in it, but if you think that would work, that's good news to me.

Anyone else have something to add, or am I to consider this an option?

 

[atmmachine816]

What type of filter do you have and if you kept up on your water changes they would probably be ok as long as you introduced them as small fish and slowly so the bio load is built up.

 

[lljdma06]

If you changed to pypmy corys, you could probably have more corydoras without compromising your bioload.

 

[jarcher1390]

in my magsine it say for tropiccal 1" of fish for 1 uk gallon

 

[OohFeeshy]

Which is as useful a 'rule' as the one that aparently says taxi drivers must carry a bale of hay in their boot....