A psuedo saltwater tank?

[Gomer]

has anyone thought about doing one of these?

I was thinking of putting together a small (14" cube) tank with a pair of highly colored dwarf cichlids. I would choose ones that live in basic water so that I could use dead coral for decor and crushed coral for gravel. top if off with a some 10K bulbs and it would seem to be a psuedo SW Nano Tank.

Any one have any opinions/experience with this? Any suggestions on cichlids?

 

[fishface]

no, sorry sounds like a good idea though.

 

[CoNMaN]

Gourmies look like sw fish to me, check them out too. the dwarf gourmies are very colorful and get along with one another

 

[Angelfish]

Id stick with chiclids if I were you Gomer, but it seems kinda wierd. "Look at my SW tank" *looks* "fooled ya, its freshwater!"

 

[Leopardess]

no, I've seen some that are done really nicely. They just used fake corals (the cooool looking plastic ones), white sand on the bottom, stuff like that. It was cool. If you could find a fish that did withstand crushed coral or shells, that would be good, although I don't know which would be good! Sorry. Tropheus Duboisis are way cool looking...but they are 40$ here.

 

[lilsilkk1112]

sounds like an excellent idea to me...

whats a 14"x14" tank? 10g?

i think a pair of cockatoo dwarf cichlid or something else colorful would be cool in that... i back what someone above mentioned about the blue/orange dwarf gourami though too. very colorful fish that could be paired together...

the cichlids do remind me more of a saltwater fish though i suppose...

let us know how it goes...

 

[bluegourami2]

sweet idea Gomer.

very clever. The SW look without the SW hassle.
i'd think the ciclid idea is good too, and maybe a fiddler crab to keep the bottom clean.

if you do it be sure to post pics

 

[1979camaro]

any of the africans should be suitable for an environment w/alkaline water...just a matter of picking your favorites...

 

[wayne at home]

I've tried this and it works. 14 inches is a bit small for any of the brighter africans tho, or at least for more than one