Stock my Bloody 2.5 for me :) lol

[Jawz]

Hmm interesting idea i had while lying on my bed drawing up diagrams for a nuclear explosive. Dint really know what to put in the 2.5 gallon tank after i breed the platies. So i leave it in ur hands, sorta like a competition ballet thing.

Guidelines:
The tank is planted and we'll i will consider it heavily planted for a tank that size, so....

i want it packed with fish, not saying everything including the blue whale but like little mroe than the edge

couple tips too,

ive had neons and rasboros in my mind, so u might work that in to ur scheme.

i dont want nuthing exotic, like somewhat normal but snazzy so to speak, something i could easily find at a petsmart if that helps

*************no livebearers*********

well i hope this is fun for you guys, enjoy planning my tank. Goodluck, to all

 

[Angelfish]

Get a few neons and two cories =)

 

[Jawz]

p.s u can post multiple times as long as u dont copy someone else

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Do what Illusion did. Black gravel with neons/cardinals........JUST PLAIN AWSOME LOOK. Check his tank out in the rate my tank freshwater......ahhhh i love it. I might even do it

 

[Jawz]

no substrate must be sand, well i might change to a more plant friendly thing.

ALSO : More than 1 type of fish in there

 

[Angelfish]

Jawz thinks my idea was 'bland' so here I go again, ghost catfish.

Why no livebearers? I think a few male guppies would look great =)

 

[Jawz]

its all about the mixture, i have a 35 with all livebearers already, i wanna touch on something new

 

[Angelfish]

How about a betta or/and ADF?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Black Volcanic SAND with black neons and reg. neons.........haha well.....no to much you can do with a 2.5 i'll keep thinking =)

 

[Jawz]

3 neons, 2 rasboros, an oto, and maybe a cory

now thats what im sorta thinking

 

[FroggyFox]

2.5...small...but I'd get 4 harlequin rasboras, and a couple of cories or ottos.

 

[AndyL]

Here's my thinking...

Use onyx sand for the substrate. Good stuff for plants, AZOO and whisper both make filters appropriate for 5g or less tanks... Use one of those, with DIY CO2 fed to it of course.

Heh, I'm gonna get beaten over this; but here's my stocking thoughts.

3 Pygmy cories (Get em SMALL - if they do outgrow the tank - you can find them a new home)
4 Amano Shrimp
4 Red Cherry Shrimp (these can be hard to find - tho I hear they show up at petsmart)
2 Ottos
Then pick 1 , dwarf honey gourami, a nice betta, or a nice guppy.

Now before you ream me out for the overstocking, let me explain, I don't count cleanup crews against the 'bioload' of the tank (Pleco's do count tho), since they do more good than harm (My opinion) The 3 pygmy cories stay small (less than 1" usually - some sites claim different) which yes might be a bit much, but not overly if its a nicely planted tank, shouldn't be an issue. Then one 1" centerpiece. My choice would be the honey gourami as they stay small and are very active - and the yellow/red color is awesome.

Thus you get splashes of color, a effective cleanup crew - lots of activity for such a small tank.

FWIW I have setup a tank like this (3g eclipse) and its probably the lowest maintenance tank around. Except it requires daily KNO3 to keep the BBA down.

Andy

 

[rocketshrimp]

5 or 6 rasboras and a ADF

 

[Jawz]

i got a whisper mini in there, and im using Flourish Excel for a carbon source, onyx sand ive been thinking bout but dont think i really need it, and i too dont count cleanup crews in the total, i like the shrimp thing, but i dunno if i can find either, maybe ghost shrimp. Nice work AndyL

Also i dont like frogs

 

[AndyL]

Originally posted by Jawz
i got a whisper mini in there, and im using Flourish Excel for a carbon source, onyx sand ive been thinking bout but dont think i really need it, and i too dont count cleanup crews in the total, i like the shrimp thing, but i dunno if i can find either, maybe ghost shrimp. Nice work AndyL

Also i dont like frogs

I like the looks of Onyx Sand, my substrate of choice... And the fact that it provides nutrients to root-feeders makes it even better!

You should be able to find the shrimp locally (maybe not the red-cherry they're a newer species) But you could get them from www.aquabotanic.com. I wouldn't do ghost shrimp - they aren't really beneficial to the tank (in terms of algae consumption) Tho they are a scavenger, but then the cories are redundant...

Andy

 

[Scrumpy]

I'd go for a very dark substrate, and then fill the tank with tetras.
I'd get a mixture of them...say 2 or 3 each of Cardinal, black neon tetra, glo light tetra.
Lots of different colours and interest, but they'll almost certainly school together and look awesome.

If you need a clean up crew I'd get a couple of pigmy cories and ottos.

I'm not too sure of American gallons etc, but if you have room the stunning diamond tetra would make a good contrast to the smaller tetras....flowing violet translucent fins and glittering sparking colourful body. I love them

 

[Cichlid-Man]

hehe see Jawz......everybody likes dark substrate and tetras

 

[Gomer]

I'm all for an amano shrimp tank with some neons

...hmmm..maybe I will do that

 

[Leopardess]

glolites, definitetly. Then maybe some cardinals or harlequin rasboras. And, since you insist, a cory or two and some shrimp.

 

[Jawz]

oh i dont insist, i demand lol no i dont care jsut somethin on the bottom to clean