Hi All, I am a new member. I have really been impressed with all of the amazing tanks and fish and depth of knowledge around here. Unfortunately, I don't have the floor space or budget to keep these giant fish, but I like fish a lot. I have a particular interest in planted tanks.
I am working on a new setup and looking for more input on fish selection. Most of my tanks are riparium setups, so they are only partially filled with water and with space for the emersed growth of plants. Here is a shot from a while back of my 65-gallon riparium
Here are most of the fish that I have in there. They are mostly just standard community tropical fare, although the Apistogramma are really fun to watch. I like all of these fish.
For this new tank idea I want to also do a riparium, but fill the tank most of the way to the top and leave the plants growing up above the rim. I think that this will provide a nice view of the top of the water and evoke the same kind of felling that you get from a garden pond. Like I said, I hope to take some time to select some more unusual fish that will be the main focus of the display. I already raised this point over in this other thread.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282524
So that the plants and water and aquascape will scale well with each other, I am planning to use a shorter tank, probably a 40 Breeder. I hope that I can get away with removing the top rim of a standard Aqueon 40 Breeder because that shape is short and I will leave several inches empty at the top. So I will have about 30 gallons of water volume to work with.
I have a few fish ideas in mind already, but this post has gotten to be long. So I wonder if I can just get any ideas for a single species or maybe combination of two that could work well as a combination for this short, wide-footprint, riparium setup in about 30 gallons of water(?).
I am working on a new setup and looking for more input on fish selection. Most of my tanks are riparium setups, so they are only partially filled with water and with space for the emersed growth of plants. Here is a shot from a while back of my 65-gallon riparium
Here are most of the fish that I have in there. They are mostly just standard community tropical fare, although the Apistogramma are really fun to watch. I like all of these fish.
For this new tank idea I want to also do a riparium, but fill the tank most of the way to the top and leave the plants growing up above the rim. I think that this will provide a nice view of the top of the water and evoke the same kind of felling that you get from a garden pond. Like I said, I hope to take some time to select some more unusual fish that will be the main focus of the display. I already raised this point over in this other thread.
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=282524
So that the plants and water and aquascape will scale well with each other, I am planning to use a shorter tank, probably a 40 Breeder. I hope that I can get away with removing the top rim of a standard Aqueon 40 Breeder because that shape is short and I will leave several inches empty at the top. So I will have about 30 gallons of water volume to work with.
I have a few fish ideas in mind already, but this post has gotten to be long. So I wonder if I can just get any ideas for a single species or maybe combination of two that could work well as a combination for this short, wide-footprint, riparium setup in about 30 gallons of water(?).
