Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum but have had various fish tank setups over the years & was looking for a few opinions on the stocking of my Juwel 125L tank.
After finding the tank in my loft and excitedly deciding to set one up again, my first thought was that I hated maintaining the huge internal filter that come with the tank and didn't like the amount of space it took up, so I removed that and installed a 1000L an hour external cannister filter with a pre filter set up with sponges before it enters the main cannister.
I used play sand for the substrate which actually has worked a dream! The Kribensis love it & brought nutrition capsules to bury under the plants, I've found some amazing bogwood and planted Amazon Swords, 4 Java ferns, a large leafy plant (don't know the name) and a coconut cave with a plant on top for the Kribs.
I waited 2 months before introducing the stock, feeding with startup and fish food and slowly introduced the fish to prevent a big Nitrate spike.
I was told that I've overstocked the tank, but in general the fish all seem fine, aren't bothering eachother and seem to have plenty of space - This is my current stock:
3 juvenile angelfish
6 corydoras
2 Kribensis (paired already!)
20 Neon tetras (stay close together in a shoal)
2 small plecs - clown plec (stay quite small) and a bristlenose plec
In terms of maitenence I'm doing 30-40% a week changes and will clean the filters once a month.
What are your thoughts - I can send pics later if you'd like to see the tank as I'm really proud of it.
If you've read all of this please let me know what you think or alteast vote on the poll for me
Thanks!
I'm new to the forum but have had various fish tank setups over the years & was looking for a few opinions on the stocking of my Juwel 125L tank.
After finding the tank in my loft and excitedly deciding to set one up again, my first thought was that I hated maintaining the huge internal filter that come with the tank and didn't like the amount of space it took up, so I removed that and installed a 1000L an hour external cannister filter with a pre filter set up with sponges before it enters the main cannister.
I used play sand for the substrate which actually has worked a dream! The Kribensis love it & brought nutrition capsules to bury under the plants, I've found some amazing bogwood and planted Amazon Swords, 4 Java ferns, a large leafy plant (don't know the name) and a coconut cave with a plant on top for the Kribs.
I waited 2 months before introducing the stock, feeding with startup and fish food and slowly introduced the fish to prevent a big Nitrate spike.
I was told that I've overstocked the tank, but in general the fish all seem fine, aren't bothering eachother and seem to have plenty of space - This is my current stock:
3 juvenile angelfish
6 corydoras
2 Kribensis (paired already!)
20 Neon tetras (stay close together in a shoal)
2 small plecs - clown plec (stay quite small) and a bristlenose plec
In terms of maitenence I'm doing 30-40% a week changes and will clean the filters once a month.
What are your thoughts - I can send pics later if you'd like to see the tank as I'm really proud of it.
If you've read all of this please let me know what you think or alteast vote on the poll for me
Thanks!
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