What to do with my 35g?

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GrantA94

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I have been trying to sell this tank for a while and I suddenly thought, why bother. I have a heater and filter for it. Just get some lights.

So, the dims are similar to that of my larger tank... A squashed cube. It is 2ft wide, 2ft deep and 15" tall. Around 35 gallons or so.

The tank is currently empty so there is no issues as far as stocking are concerned. So fire away suggestions. The stock MUST be for life. I have no intentions of an upgrade.

A little guideline for the suggestions. I would like a biotope, with the main focus a pair of cichlids. Central and souths prefered but I am open minded. Plants are possible in lightly or heavily planted, i.e CO2 etc. I have thus far been more interested in the larger cichlids so have less knowledge on the smaller ones.

Thanks in advance :D
 
I'm not quite far enough into the hobby to recommend things from the categories you've mentioned. Where do you plan on keeping the tank? When I see that size it is usually a nice little display tank for colorful fish close to the front door or something, really catches the eye.

I know it's probably not for consideration but, if I was in that situation, I would be pricing what it would take to make it a saltwater tank. In my future in the hobby I want to have a fairly small saltwater tank, lightly stocked with some clowns and anemones (maybe something different if it catches my eye). I'm not that level as an aquarist yet but I have to admit saltwater fish are the most beautiful fish to me
 
Nepherael said:
I'm not quite far enough into the hobby to recommend things from the categories you've mentioned. Where do you plan on keeping the tank? When I see that size it is usually a nice little display tank for colorful fish close to the front door or something, really catches the eye.

I know it's probably not for consideration but, if I was in that situation, I would be pricing what it would take to make it a saltwater tank. In my future in the hobby I want to have a fairly small saltwater tank, lightly stocked with some clowns and anemones (maybe something different if it catches my eye). I'm not that level as an aquarist yet but I have to admit saltwater fish are the most beautiful fish to me
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Thank you for your input. Well I suppose the tank gets heavy trafficking. But isn't in the hallway, it's actually my bedroom, but I feel lately its become more of a family room! However, the fish certainly need to be of interest - whether its colour, shape, etc. But I am definately with you on that.

The saltwater isn't something I want to try YET. Although I feel ready enough in myself, I am enjoying tropical so much I'd rather stick with this until I either exhaust it or myself. Then switch to marine. If you understand? I am certainly with you on the coral and clowns though, black percolas would be my first choice with some fire shrimp!

However, thankyou for your input. For someone who claims to be new to the hobby, you have your head screwed on right!
 
Wow thanks for the kinds words and I get you completely on enjoying tropical for the moment. That's exactly where I am. Just need to get some more time under my belt and keep caring for what I have now. I also second the above posters opinion. I don't have any live plants yet but I have seen some amazing pictures here and am loving the look of a nice planted tank.

You could get some wood (run it up the side a bit so it goes high as your tank is high I think), put a bit of moss on it, then have a plant that has a big profile and flourishes a lot growing up it. Then if you have some room toward the opposite side maybe a couple plants that sit around 6 inches but don't grow very thick.

Now that I think about it VE ears that some betta fish can be kept in community either by itself maybe in a pair (research the as I'm not positive what with or if I read bad info). You could go with one of those and then a couple other fish that like exploring your foliage =)
 
aquaman95 said:
If you have time for upkeep plant it i have a planted its a W.I.P check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBRn92kxd2o
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Nice looking tank! The allure of planted is certainly one that grabs me. So maybe?

Nepherael said:
Wow thanks for the kinds words and I get you completely on enjoying tropical for the moment. That's exactly where I am. Just need to get some more time under my belt and keep caring for what I have now. I also second the above posters opinion. I don't have any live plants yet but I have seen some amazing pictures here and am loving the look of a nice planted tank.

You could get some wood (run it up the side a bit so it goes high as your tank is high I think), put a bit of moss on it, then have a plant that has a big profile and flourishes a lot growing up it. Then if you have some room toward the opposite side maybe a couple plants that sit around 6 inches but don't grow very thick.

Now that I think about it VE ears that some betta fish can be kept in community either by itself maybe in a pair (research the as I'm not positive what with or if I read bad info). You could go with one of those and then a couple other fish that like exploring your foliage =)
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I certainly love a heavily planted tank but my 135 peruvian biotope (follow link in my sig) has enough plants for me maybe. My only issue is that I have tank OCD and I'm not sure I could have plants from different areas. Defeats the objective of a biotope.

I am current drawn to either:

A. Heavily planted amazon tank with some apistos and tetras, an L# plec to top it off.

or

B. Central american riverene theme with a lot of hardscape and a pair of the lesser common CA species (anybody recommend any, bearing in mind tank size).

However, I am still open minded and any input is welcome.
 
If you already have a heavily planted tank maybe go for something different to look at. Option B is good though I'm not sure what CA stands for
 
I see what you mean by biotope after following your link. I really like the way the tank looks. hmm, I'm still thinking go with option B with hard scape and see what you can do with that. I just remembered your tank is 2ft tall, for some reason I thought I read taller. Will you be putting layers of hard levels (like from bottom to top different platform levels)? I haven't done much aquascaping so just thought I'd ask
 
Central american ;)
 
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