My New 60x18x18 Aquarium.

[SamUK]

Finally bought and setup a decent size tank after keeping several smaller ones and i think its gone well!

took some pics along the way to show u guys.

positioning the tank. got slightly paranoid at this point cos i didnt realise how heavy it would be!

so should of cleaned it before i bought it in lol. would of saved hours of syphoning (sp?).

starting to plant it up and yea it was really misty but theres no filter running yet and i jus put the water in.


finally these pics are the finished product

im gonna add a few more plants and of course more fish!

but ill let my original crew settle in first

 

[Jen]

Now thats a tank! Looks awesome. What fish are you planning on putting in there?

Are those real or fake plants? I like how you set them up.

 

[SamUK]

Now thats a tank! Looks awesome. What fish are you planning on putting in there?

Are those real or fake plants? I like how you set them up.

Thanx!

All the plants are real. Took them out my 2 smaller tanks im not using anymore.

so far ive got

2 Angel Fish
2 Sailfin Rams
1 Plec
6 Neon Tetras
4 Black Neon Tetras (altho i thought they where called white cloud minnows or sumfin)
6 Glowlight Tetras
1 Guppy (and 4 babys all at different stages of growth)
4 plattys (and 2 babys)

oh and 2 aquatic frogs.


So im on my way but i want to add a few more tetras cos i love it when they shoal (dnt kno if i spell that rite).

and then some what i call feature fish. Basically things like my angel and rams.


open to suggestions there tho!

i was thinkin gouramis for starters



oh and im getting another 4ft tank for xmas

think im puttin malawi cichlids in that. either that or an oscar.

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

Great start to your new tank, looks lovely

 

[millym]

looking great!
love to see updated pics ain a couple of months/weeks

 

[funkybodal]

Looking great dude. I reckon it'd look even more stunning with a background (preferably black) or something to hide the wall behind.

 

[OohFeeshy]

Nice tank, but incase you didn't know, the plants with the green and white leaves aren't proper aquatic plants, and will die and rot eventually in there.

 

[bunjiweb]

Looking good. One problem though, those plants in the middle (i forget the name) are not true aquatic plants. They are bog plants which are commonly sold as house plants for the humid conservatory. They certainly don't do well in an aquarium and will likely turn to mush over time, which you DONT want happening in your tank if you can help it.

I hope you have great plans for the tank! I think you should get at least 12 more of your neons and 12 more black neons. Large shoals of neon look great in a smaller tank, especially if there are slightly larger fish to keep them on their toes and still shoaling.

Ben

 

[Seb R]

I think I've got the plant in the middle, its been in my tank for a month or two, but no probs so far (?), oh well could always put it in the conservatory ^^

tanks looks really great

 

[SamUK]

thanx guys

Looking good. One problem though, those plants in the middle (i forget the name) are not true aquatic plants. They are bog plants which are commonly sold as house plants for the humid conservatory. They certainly don't do well in an aquarium and will likely turn to mush over time, which you DONT want happening in your tank if you can help it.

I hope you have great plans for the tank! I think you should get at least 12 more of your neons and 12 more black neons. Large shoals of neon look great in a smaller tank, especially if there are slightly larger fish to keep them on their toes and still shoaling.

Ben

thanx for the tip ill keep a close eye on it!!

ive had it in my smaller aquarium tho and it seems ok so far.

i bought 10 more neons yesterday and the shoal of 16 does look really cool swimming round.


also bought a pair of dwarf neon gouramis and 2 other gouramis, red in colour and really annoyingly i cant remember the name of em

gonna get some clown loaches today i think.


love stocking a new tank and i get to do it all over again at xmas with my new 4 footer


EDIT - didnt get the clown loaches yet. Bought 2 silver sharks and 3 red tail black sharks.

 

[ChrisP]

Personally I would move those two heaters and put one either end, it will keep the water temperature more stable and eliminate a hotspot at the right end.

 

[SamUK]

the heaters dont have enough wire on them to reach that far orelse i would.


the filter is circulating the water right past the heater neway so it shouldnt have any hot spots.........i hope.

 

[BWBettas]

i dno about anyone else but i wouldnt keep 3 RTBS in any size tank (unless it was like a million gallon) as i heard they are agressive to anything that resembles them. Also you got a load of silver sharks. Just kinda worried lol

Soz if im tottally wrong lol

 

[SamUK]

i dno about anyone else but i wouldnt keep 3 RTBS in any size tank (unless it was like a million gallon) as i heard they are agressive to anything that resembles them. Also you got a load of silver sharks. Just kinda worried lol

Soz if im tottally wrong lol

both the bala sharks died within 24 hours of gettin here so there gone. RIP.


someone else sed about the black sharks and im gonna look to rehome atleast one of them.

2 of em seem to of paired up tho so there not fighting.

 

[Earthgirl]

Very nice tank!!
Looks very good!
Just keep an eye on those neons with the Angels, they will be food as soon as they fit in their mouths, but that is not for a while....
Lookin good!