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advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:59 am
by devchitra
hi, i want to setup a biotope tank in a 2 footer tank to participate in aquapetz contest. fishes and plant should be from our own country. no any idea, please help me.
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 6:48 pm
by SCORPIO
You have serveral choices:
1. Barbs setup
2. Horadandia atukorali
3. Dario-dario
4. Bumble bee goby
5. Knight goby
6. Indian glass fish.
Best of luck. I am also working on an Indian biotope project.
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2014 10:31 pm
by pinaki_pal
daniolena priapus ---- amazing fishes ....u can keep a school of 40 individuals.......never ever seen such a tight schooling fishes , take pallets from day1....only problem is u need to keep them in a species only tank ....otherwise they won't be able to compete with food and will die.... u can successfully keep them with shrimps though......
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 11:08 am
by sushant
pinaki_pal wrote:daniolena priapus ---- amazing fishes ....u can keep a school of 40 individuals.......never ever seen such a tight schooling fishes , take pallets from day1....only problem is u need to keep them in a species only tank ....otherwise they won't be able to compete with food and will die.... u can successfully keep them with shrimps though......
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 1:42 pm
by saikumar
pinaki_pal wrote:daniolena priapus ---- amazing fishes ....u can keep a school of 40 individuals.......never ever seen such a tight schooling fishes , take pallets from day1....only problem is u need to keep them in a species only tank ....otherwise they won't be able to compete with food and will die.... u can successfully keep them with shrimps though......
well said sir, also they seem t require very frequent foods or else they get shrunken belly. BTW where to source them from?
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 4:58 pm
by pinaki_pal
I sourced them from one and only Mr Andrew Rao .....
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 8:14 pm
by SCORPIO
Even I am also planning these for Himalayan Forest scape. Pinaki Ji, can you please show a photo of school of these fishes? I thought for dozen will be enough for a my scape.
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:36 pm
by pinaki_pal
Rajiv ji,,,,i lost all of them due to CO2 overdosing ....i'll buy another group v soon n will share picture....these fishes r v v small ....u need at least 30 to 40 of them for a prominent group....in my 2 feeter i am planning to keep a group of 45
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:39 pm
by pinaki_pal
and Rajivji please treat me as ur younger brother and call me with my name "Pinaki" .... it will make me happy
Re: advice for a 2 footer tank.
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 7:39 pm
by SCORPIO
pinaki_pal wrote:and Rajivji please treat me as ur younger brother and call me with my name "Pinaki" .... it will make me happy
Pinaki Bhai, I always want to respect everybody, without any difference of elder or younger.