What to do with 30 gallon tank?

Zoe · 07-04-2007, 08:13 AM

I just got rid of the last of my baby angels, so my 30 gallon is now mine again, finally.
I'm not sure what I want to do with it, though, so help me brainstorm

The current inhabitants are a half-dozen scarlet badis, a few oto cats, and BN pleco.

The tank is heavily planted, and it is "tall" (only 24" across).

Any iders?

MaelStrom · 07-04-2007, 01:17 PM

Dwarf Cichlids!

Zoe · 07-04-2007, 01:20 PM

Can't, has to fit in with the planted theme. I'm into rams and apistos, but they won't work with the badis - everyone would be on the bottom! Think mid to upper range

**Baby_Baby** · 07-04-2007, 01:25 PM

GUPPIES! haha so kidding.

I'd do a five sectioned betta tank. Each betta a different color. That would be so lovely.

Zoe · 07-04-2007, 01:47 PM

That's a really good idea... I love bettas! I can't section my tank because it's already inhabited, but maybe a few female bettas?

**JustOneMore20** · 07-04-2007, 03:12 PM

Furcata rainbowfish! They are elegant looking and beautiful for a planted tank.

Pictures: http://home.no.net/srgs/Furcatus.jpg
http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp...05/10540-1.jpg

They may be hard to find locally and I'm not sure if you want to order online or not though. A more common schooler would be some Rummynose tetras. A group of 10 or so would be stunning.

**Scuba Kid** · 07-04-2007, 03:58 PM

A school of hatchetfish for the top. Marbled would be my choice.

Zoe · 07-04-2007, 05:00 PM

I've had furcatas before... very cute, but tooo spastic!

emc7 · 07-04-2007, 05:38 PM

Hmm, I'd say goodieds, but they like malawi water better than angel water, same with most really cool wild mollies.

swordtailbreedr · 07-04-2007, 07:19 PM

where i was the wild mollies were in full SW...but neway i dont think a divided betta tank would be good unless u carded them or they would get all droopy

MaelStrom · 07-04-2007, 10:29 PM

Red Tail Catfish and a Tiger Shovel Nose

Maybe a butterfly fish? Killis maybe...

Zoe · 07-05-2007, 08:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by swordtailbreedr

but neway i dont think a divided betta tank would be good unless u carded them or they would get all droopy

Huh? Carded them... like, identification, over 18, driver's license...?

**Baby_Baby** · 07-06-2007, 04:32 PM

I still love the betta idea. They have so much personality!!! I think that might be what you want, and even the females can have a lot of color! You just gotta find the special ones.

I've got a friend who has some divided tanks now with bettas and everything is just fine.

Oh well, you could just do guppies, but be careful because they are sooooooooooo hard to breed!!

(ha. not.)

swordtailbreedr · 07-15-2007, 03:26 PM

i meant putting dividers so they couldnt see each other all the time otherwise they get used to eachother. instead its better to put somting in between so they cant see then remove the cards and they can see and they will flare up

Apotheosis · 07-15-2007, 04:45 PM

I don't think you would want them to be able to see each other at all. That probably wouldn't be healthy for them to be flaring at each other unnecessarily - it would probably stress them out.

You could, however, keep 1 male and a few female bettas. The females are just as colorful as the males.

fishbguy · 07-15-2007, 04:49 PM

i would do some threadfin rainbows, hatchet fish, and a few tetras or rasboras. maybe a gourami or two as well

swordtailbreedr · 07-15-2007, 08:23 PM

no it is perfectly healthy to have them flare like once a week it is a good show

07-04-2007, 08:13 AM	#1
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	What to do with 30 gallon tank? I just got rid of the last of my baby angels, so my 30 gallon is now mine again, finally. I'm not sure what I want to do with it, though, so help me brainstorm The current inhabitants are a half-dozen scarlet badis, a few oto cats, and BN pleco. The tank is heavily planted, and it is "tall" (only 24" across). Any iders? __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

07-04-2007, 01:20 PM	#3
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	Can't, has to fit in with the planted theme. I'm into rams and apistos, but they won't work with the badis - everyone would be on the bottom! Think mid to upper range __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

07-04-2007, 01:25 PM	#4
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	GUPPIES! haha so kidding. I'd do a five sectioned betta tank. Each betta a different color. That would be so lovely. __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-04-2007, 01:47 PM	#5
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	That's a really good idea... I love bettas! I can't section my tank because it's already inhabited, but maybe a few female bettas? __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

07-04-2007, 03:12 PM	#6
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Alabama, US Age: 22 Posts: 3,488	Furcata rainbowfish! They are elegant looking and beautiful for a planted tank. Pictures: http://home.no.net/srgs/Furcatus.jpg http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp...05/10540-1.jpg They may be hard to find locally and I'm not sure if you want to order online or not though. A more common schooler would be some Rummynose tetras. A group of 10 or so would be stunning. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 10g, 5.5g 10g N. multifasciatus tank, 5.5g Platy fry

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07-04-2007, 01:17 PM	#2
MaelStrom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 319	Dwarf Cichlids!

07-04-2007, 03:58 PM	#7
Scuba Kid Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: RI Age: 17 Posts: 4,160	A school of hatchetfish for the top. Marbled would be my choice. __________________ Current setups: 1800 gallon koi pond, 10 gallon planted, 150 gallon reef, other FOWLR tanks

07-04-2007, 05:00 PM	#8
Zoe <·)))< Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ottawa Age: 22 Posts: 1,030	I've had furcatas before... very cute, but tooo spastic! __________________ 90g pltd: angelfish [black, leopard, platinum, silver zebra & gold vt] · glass catfish · harlequin rasbora · neon & rummy nosed tetra · sterpai & spotted cory · bristlenose pleco 28g pltd: scarlet badis · oto cats · bristlenose 16g pltd: flame & honey gourami · cherry barbs 8g (soon to be 18g): 15 lbs LR · 10 lbs LS · YSP · zoas · shrooms · flame & hammer corals · brittle star · scarlet & electric blue hermits · firefish

07-04-2007, 05:38 PM	#9
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Age: 39 Posts: 2,893	Hmm, I'd say goodieds, but they like malawi water better than angel water, same with most really cool wild mollies.

07-04-2007, 07:19 PM	#10
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	where i was the wild mollies were in full SW...but neway i dont think a divided betta tank would be good unless u carded them or they would get all droopy

07-04-2007, 10:29 PM	#11
MaelStrom Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 319	Red Tail Catfish and a Tiger Shovel Nose Maybe a butterfly fish? Killis maybe... Last edited by MaelStrom; 07-04-2007 at 10:31 PM.

07-06-2007, 04:32 PM	#13
Baby_Baby Friendly Neighborhood Mod Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Tulsa Posts: 3,602	I still love the betta idea. They have so much personality!!! I think that might be what you want, and even the females can have a lot of color! You just gotta find the special ones. I've got a friend who has some divided tanks now with bettas and everything is just fine. Oh well, you could just do guppies, but be careful because they are sooooooooooo hard to breed!! (ha. not.) __________________ *Emotion is energy in motion.*

07-15-2007, 03:26 PM	#14
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	i meant putting dividers so they couldnt see each other all the time otherwise they get used to eachother. instead its better to put somting in between so they cant see then remove the cards and they can see and they will flare up

07-15-2007, 04:45 PM	#15
Apotheosis Adamant Minded Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Location is only a matter of physical being. The perceiving mind is omnipresent. Age: 17 Posts: 352	I don't think you would want them to be able to see each other at all. That probably wouldn't be healthy for them to be flaring at each other unnecessarily - it would probably stress them out. You could, however, keep 1 male and a few female bettas. The females are just as colorful as the males.

07-15-2007, 04:49 PM	#16
fishbguy I'm watching you Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: michigan Age: 17 Posts: 1,864	i would do some threadfin rainbows, hatchet fish, and a few tetras or rasboras. maybe a gourami or two as well __________________ I think about you in the summertime And all the good times we had, baby It’s been a few years and I can’t deny The thought of you still makes me crazy I think about you in the summertime Summertime - New Kids On The Block

07-15-2007, 08:23 PM	#17
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	no it is perfectly healthy to have them flare like once a week it is a good show

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