The new tank...125g

TAL

TAL

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Sep 7, 2008
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Time to plan.

Selling this house, buying a new one.

New house gets 125g tank in the basement.

For water exchanges I am plumbing in supply and drain lines to make it easy.

I will go planted in this one as well. I'm jealous of the beautiful planted tanks I see here.

Wife suggested SW but not sure I'm ready for that yet.

Stocking is going to be tough. I want EVERY fish I see in my tank. There are soooooo many awesome ones.

Pleco for sure, maybe a galaxy.

Rasboras for sure....like 15 of em.

Shrimp - oh yea.

Snails too.

Guppies or swordtails for live bearers... love me some fry

A rainbow shark, a betta.

Then I dunno what else.

I'd check Aqadvisor but they would probably tell me my tank was already full and breaking several laws of nature....pfffft
 

bassbonediva

bassbonediva

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Oct 15, 2009
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I'd say negative on the betta for SEVERAL reasons.

1-A 125g will be way to deep for a betta

2-Male bettas do not make good community fish. I speak from personal experience. I had one in a 29gal with a few platies, some guppies, an upside down catfish, and a few otos. None of the other fish bothered him, but he still hid ALL the time and his colors became extremely washed out. He ended up dying within a couple of months.

3-The rainbow shark will have way too much fun terrorizing your poor, slow-swimming betta.

Please please please don't subject a beautiful male betta to the misery of being in a community tank. They're solitary fish and like it that way.
 

TAL

TAL

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Sep 7, 2008
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Gourami huh?

Ok I could keep my Betta in my gal tank and keep him in the kitchen I suppose.

One thing I like about the Betta is they swim at the top.


I'll probably get a few cories for the bottom. I have lots of mid level simmers in there, but what about someone to patrol the top. Does the Gourami do that?


The other thing I am considering is going community with the 38 g and strictly semi-aggressive with the 125g.


Oh the possibilities.
 

bassbonediva

bassbonediva

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Yes, gouramis swim at the top. They're labrynth fish, just like bettas, so they like to stay near the top so they can breathe from the surface. I have a beautiful flame dwarf gourami in my 18gal and I had a gorgeous opaline gourami in my 29gal (until I redid my 29gal and the gourami just didn't fit in with my stocking plan).
 

TAL

TAL

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Yea I agree. Water exchanges on a 125g - heck even just filling it - will be too much by hand. The water will be coming direct from a well so chlorine is not a problem.

I'm checking oout these butterly and hatchet fish you guys mentioned.

The move is still about a year off....maybe a bit less, but never too early to start planning and dreaming!

If I get lucky, aka "the boss lets me" I'll go for a 180.

I want my own personal lake in my basement !
 

TAL

TAL

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Yea...but they get BIG.... like 12 inches... How many of those things could I fit but still have other fish...

On the good side....wife asked about doing something bigger..maybe a 300 gallon.

Oh now if that ever happened.....!
 

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