stocking

hi folks just interested to hear what ye would stock a 12x2.5x3ft tank with if you had a choice
throw up your list

sorry admin feel free to move it to the right section

I'd put me missus in that mossy

Stick a decent size pump in there and use it as a swimMill

Too jealous to think but black ghosts look amazing from the videos anyway.

Jesus, a tank that size, I'd put in a pod of dolphins

A over stocked tank of African cichlids be nice

Emperor Tetras...............a good few of them.

A tank that size is wasted on marines and the likes...............so give it to the little guys instead.

ian

taught of that meself but she cant swim lol

Hey Gav, great to see ya , hope all been good with you, its been ages!!!

Kev.

igmillichip wrote: Emperor Tetras...............a good few of them.

A tank that size is wasted on marines and the likes...............so give it to the little guys instead.

ian

+1 on that.
I think we always think "Big tank? Big fish!". A big shoal of something would look amazing.

Large community of shoaling tetras
Planted of course!!! You could have bn plecos different varieties of Corris, loads and loads of small fish would be my option tbh

whats the story with the clowns : (

3 arowana's and some datnoids

Ski wrote: 3 arowana's and some datnoids

+1 on that and I would add some oscars and stingrays!

Tom

Yeah what Tom said

JohnH wrote: Good topic Mossy.

For myself I could only envisage one scenario in a tank that large (assuming money was no object) and that would have to be an Amazonian -type of biotope with some brightly-and some dimly-lit areas with the predominant species being a large(ish) shoal of Altums - sheer bliss.

John

John i think that type of tank sounds good,get some roots in their also and lots of cardinals and you got a mini amazon going then.

Gavin

Perhaps,ive some F1 rio nanay angels that thankfully have passed up the 30 or so cardinals in my tank so far....i suspect it is because they are well fed and power in numbers and all that.Altums would certaintly be that bit bigger and as you say the free lunch is always tempting for them.In a tank that size however you would hope the cardinals wouldnt get picked off too much...then again how many cardinals would you need for a tank like that!!

I guess I was leaning towards bigger fish as I have not had the opportunity to keep any so, if you have kept arros or the like before I vote for the Amazon biotope idea.

Oh the thoughts of having room for a nice group of altums

Homer wrote: Hey Gav, great to see ya , hope all been good with you, its been ages!!!

Kev.

being a long time Kev all is well just busy the last while
hope everything is good with you
btw any clown loach for me Kev

Q_Comets wrote: I guess I was leaning towards bigger fish as I have not had the opportunity to keep any so, if you have kept arros or the like before I vote for the Amazon biotope idea.

Oh the thoughts of having room for a nice group of altums

had arrowana,big cichlids and other big oddballs down the years
was thinking along the way of a nice big shoal of fish

nomad wrote: whats the story with the clowns : (

the clowns are still going strong in my house tank just had a big clean up today was putting it off for a long while
said i better get it done before the son heads back to school

always on the look out for more clowns if ye see any nice ones on your travels let me know
the biggest clown i have is about 8 inches now

Phew glad to hear you still have them,every day you see them must be a sight to behold Wow 8in clown,would be great to see a video of them,cheers

Ah it was amazing when everyone offered to help, I'm glad you still keep them, they must be absolutely amazing!!

Any photos?

Kev.

mossy wrote:

Q_Comets wrote: I guess I was leaning towards bigger fish as I have not had the opportunity to keep any so, if you have kept arros or the like before I vote for the Amazon biotope idea.

Oh the thoughts of having room for a nice group of altums

had arrowana,big cichlids and other big oddballs down the years
was thinking along the way of a nice big shoal of fish

Could go biggish and shoaling with bala sharks.

Homer wrote: Ah it was amazing when everyone offered to help, I'm glad you still keep them, they must be absolutely amazing!!

Any photos?

Kev.

tank is only settling down after the big clean up Kev but i will deffo get a video or a few pics tomorrow and try and get the posted up

Sound Gav, great to see you on.

Kev.