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Tonight I will be setting up a 130l temperate mountain river set up for my Hillstream Loaches. I planned to do it on Saturday, but found out that I had to partially reseal the lower side seam first. 48 hours later and it is now ready to go. I had the tank lying around and the dimensions are 3 foot long, one foot deep and 18 inches tall. I would have prefered extra length rather then the height but I do not have enough money to buy a new tank right now.
It will have black sand with gravel, pebbles and rocks to recreate a river set up. It will also have bogwood prodruding in as a root system. Equipment wise, I am going to fun two small internal filters rated at 200lph each and a Hydor Korelia 2800. This should give a rated turnover of 3200 lph, or around 25 times per hour (on paper). I have tested the powerhead and the flow should be ideal. The filters spraybars will be above the water level to drag in more oxygen. The temp will be set at 20 degrees.
Up to now, the inhabitants are going to be three Sewellia Lineolata (Goldring Butterfly Loaches - One large adult and two smaller juveniles/adults), one Sewellia Spotted (large adult) and six Gold White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I already have all of these. I am going to up to loach numbers slowly (due to the price of them and the availability).
I will post pics tonight or tomorrow once it is all set up.
This has been the tank I have wanted since day one so I am very excited
It will have black sand with gravel, pebbles and rocks to recreate a river set up. It will also have bogwood prodruding in as a root system. Equipment wise, I am going to fun two small internal filters rated at 200lph each and a Hydor Korelia 2800. This should give a rated turnover of 3200 lph, or around 25 times per hour (on paper). I have tested the powerhead and the flow should be ideal. The filters spraybars will be above the water level to drag in more oxygen. The temp will be set at 20 degrees.
Up to now, the inhabitants are going to be three Sewellia Lineolata (Goldring Butterfly Loaches - One large adult and two smaller juveniles/adults), one Sewellia Spotted (large adult) and six Gold White Cloud Mountain Minnows. I already have all of these. I am going to up to loach numbers slowly (due to the price of them and the availability).
I will post pics tonight or tomorrow once it is all set up.
This has been the tank I have wanted since day one so I am very excited