400litre Amazon

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 03 Jan 2007, 18:54

Here's my 400l amazon(ish) tank, all the fish are amazonian apart from some young guppies and a random loach who seems to have sneaked in somehow (god only knows how, I didn't put him there

) Population currently is: 3 juvenile discus, a pair of apisto. cacatuoides, a single apist. borelli, 8 tetras, 7 hatchets, 12 assorted corys, 18 juvenile guppies, aforementioned invader loach, a pair of hoplos, a brachyrhamdia imitator and a meersi(?), a young adult ancistrus sp.3, a juvenile sp.3 albino, a couple of panaque maccus, a juvenile panaque nigriventris, an unidentified peckolita and a gibbiceps about quarter grown (going to move to a 2,000litre when he gets bigger).

here are the discus, 2 captive bred and 1 wild caught

bronzefry · Post by **bronzefry** » 03 Jan 2007, 20:22

Lovely tank!

Amanda

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 03 Jan 2007, 23:11

Thanks!

snowball · Post by **snowball** » 04 Jan 2007, 00:00

Thank looks like a nice setup with a good mix of fish, though I would add a bit more wood to in the corners and hide the heater! ;)

How does the Brachyrhamdia imitator fit in with the corys, does it follow them around much or keep to itself?

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 04 Jan 2007, 03:41

Yep, nice tank. Just FYI all three of the dscus are tank raised. I promise.

Post by **Shane** » 04 Jan 2007, 06:26

Looks nice. It does need the finishing touch of a dark background to my mind.
-Shane

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 Jan 2007, 07:59

Shane wrote: It does need the finishing touch of a dark background

Yes, that's a good one. The tank will looks much "warmer" and your fishes will show nicer colours, if only because they are more at ease. Before rushing to the LFS to spent (much) money and having to put the tank upside down, try a large piece of black paper and stick it on the outside.
BTW: what are the dimensions of your tank?

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 04 Jan 2007, 08:47

Thanks for the comments! The imitator is a bit of a lurker, he hangs about with the meesi most of the time but has the odd sally with the corys. A dark blue background is on the cards, I'm waiting for Dia de los
Reyes to see if they bring me one (catholic country, got to wait 'til 6th of jan for christmas presents) ditto more wood. I had my doubts about the "wildness" of the third discus, so not at all surprised if he is tank raised. I'd like to add another catfish too but I'm not sure if the tanks big enough, I'm trying to track down either a platydoras costatus or an ancanthodoras cataphractus and maybe will add another discus too.

Tank dimensions are: 2m X 50cm high X 40cm deep.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 Jan 2007, 12:45

Reginator wrote:Tank dimensions are: 2m X 50cm high X 40cm deep.

Amazing. My eyes must be deceiving me for the tank looks smaller. Probably because of the cupboard it stands on.
My parents used to have one too, but its doors were just 45 cm long....

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 04 Jan 2007, 18:26

I confess to never having actualy measured it until you said that, and you're right

It's interior measurements are: 142.7 X 44.5 X 37.8, coming out at 240 litres instead of 400... That's what you get for being lazy and taking someones word for it

apistomaster · Post by **apistomaster** » 04 Jan 2007, 22:06

Hey Reginator,
This forum is like a sieve that catches everthing.

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 04 Jan 2007, 23:21

Reginator wrote: coming out at 240 litres instead of 400...

Hi Reginator,
I don't want to ruin your day (week?) completely, but pls beware of stocking problems with regard to the above.

Reginator · Post by **Reginator** » 04 Jan 2007, 23:51

Time to buy that 600litre....

Post by **Marc van Arc** » 05 Jan 2007, 08:59

Reginator wrote: Time to buy that 600litre....

Measure it before buying

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 05 Jan 2007, 11:36

and don't forget to measure the house as well, especially doors and the like!

my last tank is a big erm huge, and we had to get the frontwindow out of the house, remove all the doors and half of the furniture.

it got in with less then 1 cm spare on each side.......wich can be a bit too exiting when you're pushing and shoving against what essentially turned out to be a piece of glass about 350kg/700pounds......

so better measure what you and the house can cope with and then buy it instead of backwards.