Keeper Of Cichlids
Fish Crazy
Lol crossfire, tell that to the wolf cichlid when he's munching on those kuhli's or to him, 'oversized' worms. 
What If...?
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smudge_
Fish Fanatic
A swimming pool?
Id get an alligator and feed it piranahs to see how they like being the prey
Id get an alligator and feed it piranahs to see how they like being the prey
Keeper Of Cichlids
Fish Crazy
One thing about piranahs, they can't do nothing unless their in a school.
Very Bravado.
Very Bravado.
smudge_
Fish Fanatic
I would get about 1000 frogs, watching them flail around is hilarious a swarm of them would be amazing to watch 
I would get about 1000 frogs, watching them flail around is hilarious a swarm of them would be amazing to watch
although this sounds cool I just want to keep it straight fishy no amphibians...keep it coming guys your ideas sound pretty cool...still thinking about what I would keep
micko
drive it like you stole it.
Its all about the severum.
I'd add to my rotkeil, red spotted, greens and golden.
New stocking I'd love a few heros sevrus, elioti, Vieja Synspilum, Festae's, dovii, Nicaraguan. This is, of course in an ideal world where they'd all get on, and everything would be bliss. I'd have to add an oscar or two as well as I miss my last one terribly.
Adding severum would be a must though.
Substrate would be like a walstead method if possible.
Hardscape would be granite and this
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/s19.postimage.org/uwtxgmi7j/IMG_20110710_00269.jpg]
It would save me taking a chain saw to it so I can make it smaller.
Filtration......eeeeeer, uuuuuum, I'm not sure.
How could you resist.
[img=http/s19.postimage.org/hrefaiobz/red_spott.jpg]
I'd add to my rotkeil, red spotted, greens and golden.
New stocking I'd love a few heros sevrus, elioti, Vieja Synspilum, Festae's, dovii, Nicaraguan. This is, of course in an ideal world where they'd all get on, and everything would be bliss. I'd have to add an oscar or two as well as I miss my last one terribly.
Adding severum would be a must though.
Substrate would be like a walstead method if possible.
Hardscape would be granite and this
[img=http
/s19.postimage.org/uwtxgmi7j/IMG_20110710_00269.jpg]It would save me taking a chain saw to it so I can make it smaller.
Filtration......eeeeeer, uuuuuum, I'm not sure.
How could you resist.
[img=http
/s19.postimage.org/hrefaiobz/red_spott.jpg]
Liquid skills
Fish Herder
Lol the Khulis would look like a plate of spaghetti lol
Lol it's meeeeee lol
ultimatebob
Fish Fanatic
so getting back to your question about substrate. in that big off a tank, i would go with sectioning out different substrates, mostly sand, with sections of small gravel, pea gravel. along with bigger stones like river rock scattered throughout to tie in all areas. as far as structure, maybe a tree trunk, a fallen limb. i would also add a large stacks of lava rock in areas of strong water flow.
Think I would have to go with a Southeast Asian biotope!
How cool would it be to have a tank that kind of size for clown loach? I would so love to see peoples faces when i walk into the shop and ask for 20 odd clown loaches
I would go for a blackwater habitat with a silver sand base, huge tree trunks and branches... lots of driftwood....
Plant wise i would go for lots of hygrophilia, crypts, crinum bulb plants (would love crinum calimistrum) and a load of nymphea sp tropical lillies.
Though would have to be planted deep with large smooth rocks to protect the base of the plants and plant them in large groups so when clown loach to rampage through the tank, they dont destroy everything.
Looking into it more... it think lots of Crinum callimistrum(sp), Nymphaea sp (for the pinks), Cryptocoryne balansae (one of my favourite plants!) and Hygrophilia difformis (another fave for its bright green and bushy and grows huge, though would have to make sure its established way before loaches go in!)
Species of fish... think i would stick to 2 maybe 3 species.
Clown Loach being the centerpiece. Im not sure how many.. 20 minimum... would love more but hey...
I have spent way too long thinking about this! Going over and over species... like i would love an epic shoal of WCMMs but they need a much lower temperature and it would compromise the clown loach...
Then i thought about the different species of danios and barbs... i loved the idea of Apollo Sharks... they are an amazing species, very much like arrowanas in their aggression but much faster and stay at about 25cm... but they really are predatory and would eat small loaches...
I considered rasbora as most fit the bill, lots of microrasbora fit the bill for the biotope but i think the loaches would just eat them and the filtration suck them up, needed a slightly larger species more able to fend for itself and tolerate a much higher flow....
Settled with Clown Rasbora (Rasbora kalachroma). They have always been one of my favourite rasbora but needing very soft and very acidic water, i've never been able to keep them alive. This would be ideal set up for them and they fit with the biotope!
Would be an epic shoal... but size of shoal would depend on the exact tank dimensions...
Wow... really have thought about this waaaaaay too much!!
I've been thinking about the tank i would have for 2 days and been writing this post for 2 hours or more!!
I want to go away and cry now because i cant have my tank
How cool would it be to have a tank that kind of size for clown loach? I would so love to see peoples faces when i walk into the shop and ask for 20 odd clown loaches
I would go for a blackwater habitat with a silver sand base, huge tree trunks and branches... lots of driftwood....
Plant wise i would go for lots of hygrophilia, crypts, crinum bulb plants (would love crinum calimistrum) and a load of nymphea sp tropical lillies.
Though would have to be planted deep with large smooth rocks to protect the base of the plants and plant them in large groups so when clown loach to rampage through the tank, they dont destroy everything.
Looking into it more... it think lots of Crinum callimistrum(sp), Nymphaea sp (for the pinks), Cryptocoryne balansae (one of my favourite plants!) and Hygrophilia difformis (another fave for its bright green and bushy and grows huge, though would have to make sure its established way before loaches go in!)
Species of fish... think i would stick to 2 maybe 3 species.
Clown Loach being the centerpiece. Im not sure how many.. 20 minimum... would love more but hey...
I have spent way too long thinking about this! Going over and over species... like i would love an epic shoal of WCMMs but they need a much lower temperature and it would compromise the clown loach...
Then i thought about the different species of danios and barbs... i loved the idea of Apollo Sharks... they are an amazing species, very much like arrowanas in their aggression but much faster and stay at about 25cm... but they really are predatory and would eat small loaches...
I considered rasbora as most fit the bill, lots of microrasbora fit the bill for the biotope but i think the loaches would just eat them and the filtration suck them up, needed a slightly larger species more able to fend for itself and tolerate a much higher flow....
Settled with Clown Rasbora
(Rasbora kalachroma). They have always been one of my favourite rasbora but needing very soft and very acidic water, i've never been able to keep them alive. This would be ideal set up for them and they fit with the biotope!Would be an epic shoal... but size of shoal would depend on the exact tank dimensions...
Wow... really have thought about this waaaaaay too much!!
I've been thinking about the tank i would have for 2 days and been writing this post for 2 hours or more!! I want to go away and cry now because i cant have my tank
Tizer
Team TetraTEC
i dont think any shop would even blink if you asked for 20 clown loaches.....a few hundred, then yeah maybe
I'd probably have a circular tank and have the water circulating one one direction to create a river style flow.
Then yeah, try mimic the living conditions of the loaches.
I'd probably have a circular tank and have the water circulating one one direction to create a river style flow.
Then yeah, try mimic the living conditions of the loaches.
I dunno... if someone said to me "i want 20 clown loaches please" i'd probably just laugh
Seriously though.. if someone wanted that many, i would need to see proof of the tank they were going into before i sold them!
I dont know about round tanks... PITA to fit into a building and maintain... what i would have would be some serious powerheads/wavemakers
Seriously though.. if someone wanted that many, i would need to see proof of the tank they were going into before i sold them!
I dont know about round tanks... PITA to fit into a building and maintain... what i would have would be some serious powerheads/wavemakers
Tizer
Team TetraTEC
yeah, but thats the whole idea of your "i want but cant have" tank ;D
Im still after some Clown Loaches for my tank, none of the MAs have any big enough, all the little dribbling snot sized ones
Im still after some Clown Loaches for my tank, none of the MAs have any big enough, all the little dribbling snot sized ones
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