Question For New Tank

[chrisb1357]

HI all,

Well as you know i have had a few problemes with my little 25 Ltr tank last year as this was our first tank we have ever had. Now my partner wants a more easy and bigger tank to maintaine than the hexigon shape one we have. We live in a flat so we dont want nothing to large but nothing to small. What size of tank for tropical would be good to have. Are the Juwel tanks any good with the matching cabinets they have buget is not to high.

Many Thanks
chris

 

[Squid]

Whilst i have been pleased with the tank and the stand with the access into the tank being ok, the Juwel tanks have several issues.

1. The heaters are known to be a bit dodgy (although mine is fine)
2. The filters are not that fantastic (i took mine out as many others do, and replaced it with a more pricey external eheim.. now thats easy to maintain, and my water stats have been rock solid with this filter).
3. The lighting is fairly low, but fine if your not going to have many ambitions to go for more difficult plants. Low light plants will be fine. Mine is doing quite well, although i did change the bog standard tubes that came with them.


So in summary, it might be a more expensive option if you have to replace bits of it!

I'm sorry i don't have any other recommendations for you, but the RIO is the bulk of my experience. Before that i inheritied an old clearseal one with horible condensations sheets that became the bane of my life. For that reason, mosture free light fittings are a godsend.. !

If you do go for a Juwel.. i find the hoods on the RIO easier to manage than the reckord IMHO

Cheers
Squid

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

If you don't have a lot of space, then opting for a tall tank rather than a long one is probably better. It will effect your choice of stocking available for the tank but it is one way to get more gallons for your space available. For a tropical tank i personally wouldn't go for anything less than 10gallons since the variety of fish available to you that you can put in your tank is drastically less once you go under 10gallons. In a 10gal you could have a shoal of 5 or so small type of tetra like penguin or neon tetras, something like a honey gourami and perhaps a trio of small cories like pygmy or panda cories. But ideally the more gallons the better .
At 20-30gallons the variety of fish suited to your tank is massively increased, depending on its dimensions everything from small plecos and other catfish, common livebearers, many types of tetras, barbs, danios, loaches, certain types of cichlids and oddballs etc etc.
What is the longest and widest tank you can accomodate in your home? What fish do you currently have?

 

[chrisb1357]

So what would the cost be to buy everything on its own and not as a kit form. I was looking at the Rekord 60 Tank It from Juwel

Chris

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

So what would the cost be to buy everything on its own and not as a kit form. I was looking at the Rekord 60 Tank It from Juwel

Chris

It depends on the brand of the stuff you are buying, it varies a great deal, but generally speaking its cheaper to buy complete tank set ups rather than buy everything separately. I believe the 60 in the Record tank refers to the litres it holds, which is about 15gallons, which is a good size . I would advise going for a sand substrate as its easier to keep clean and is better for bottom dwelling filter feeding fish like cories and khuli loaches if you choose to get them .

 

[newtotropical]

If your looking for a tank that size i would go for the Tetra AquaArt 60. It is a great quality set up with a very easy to clean filter. You can buy them new for approx £80.00 complete.
Ive just sold mine on here for £40.00!