hi new guy here !

[tigercrazy4612]

hey i own a 55 gallon and a 29 gallon and have been doing freshwater tanks forever and love it plz comment on my tank !!



i have 2killies
3 tiger barbs
5 tetras and a neon one
two pleco
two angles
two blue rams
5 red eyed tetras
albino tiger
2 balas sharks

[Cory1990]

You really should add more barbs as they do best in schools of 5 or more. You can also mix them up so if you don't want more tigars you can get green barbs. Also I'd add a few more Bala sharks as they also do best in groups of 5 or more.


Back to the tank, it looks nice with the sand. Its a lot easier to clean and looks 10x better. I'm more of a fan of natural tanks instead of the fake plants and such. But it looks nice. Glad to have you here, we look forward to having you stick around. If you have questions don't be scared to ask here!

[grogan]

Jeez I feel obligated to comment, or the poster of Marcus is going to punch me in the face!

The tank looks nice bud. Thats alot of flow! Heres an idea to cut down on all that equipement and energy. How about just getting a monster canister filter? An Ehime 2217 would be plenty. Not to mention the only thing inside the tank would a heater and canister filter lines.

[Obsidian]

Welcome to FF Looks good!

[Cory1990]

What equipment do you all have in there? I see two power heads and maybe two hob filters

[BettaGuy]

looks like three hobs to me, that aquarium must be filtered to the max

[Redhead305]

3 hobs and two powerheads. killer energy bill

[tigercrazy4612]

thanks guys and as far as the fish i had 5 or more but idk what happened so i moved em and i never knew you could do that many for balas i thought they were teritorial ?

and as far as cleaning the sand i use a net any better solutions lol

and i have two filters one is a marine land penguin 350 dual and the other is a quiet filter single and the pumps only come on for an hour to maybe a half hour
the lighting is a marineland led i got for $25 no lie ill take a pic of the receipt and
i have two live plants and two fakes and i want to put way more plants mainly duckweed and lilys lol and i have a canister filter its a 750 via aqua proffesional for free i might use it and use the water is very clean i want my little buddies in the cleanest water!!!

[tigercrazy4612]

the second picture is the setup i had before but did the 55 gallon the bottom tank had two red clawed crabs and a fire eel

[Cat216]

Nice looking tank. I have my first 55 gallon set up, getting fish later this week. Leaning to a community tank, but after seeing all the other wonderful specimens may be swayed to something more challenging.

[tigercrazy4612]

i love community tanks i love seeing ll the fish together !!! and thank you

[tigercrazy4612]

update now have 10 tigers a dino fish two gouramis lost my killi male not sure what happened ........ OH and way more live plants probably at least 5 more bunchs and a crap ton of pennywart!!!!! and bubble things not sure if i like em we shall see

[Redhead305]

good luck with the dinosaur bichier they are aggressive as heck once they get big they are fast jumpers and territorial.

[tigercrazy4612]

thats what ive heard so far he is an inch long and he has alot of space right now he owns a corner of the tank covered in live plants he hides in he is soo cool though e even has his own feeding corner haha but thanks!

[Redhead305]

they are picivourious so watch him closely especially with the smaller fish in there and if you lose him start looking around on the floor because they are known for jumping out of tanks and "walking" around. They can survive several minutes out of water. i think he ate your killie tho.