I am considering turning my tank into a exodon/planted tank. I have kept exodons before and they were my favorite fish to keep. I was planning on having about 20 in my tank with various plants. I was wondering what I should put in my back chambers. I would obviously run carbon but is there anything else I need? I think this would make an awesome planted tank.
aquapod 12 planted tank/exodons
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How many could I put in there? I think a shoal of 12 would look good? Other than carbon what should I put in the back chambers of my aquapod? What substrate is best for plant? I was looking for a dark sandy bottom.
I have already ordered the plants and ADA substrate for this tank. I am going to run pot scrubbies in my sump for filtration. I think I am going to start off with 15 exodons.
I have kept them before. The more the better is the general rule when keeping these fish. Since I have a sump I should be able to keep my water quality up.
15 is not to many, I could put more in there if I wanted to.
15 is not to many, I could put more in there if I wanted to.
15 may not seem like many but you're leaving less than one Gallon per fish. If they grow to 3" a pop thats 45" of fish in a 12g tank.
Recent thread on the subject;
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8579&highlight=exodon
Second or third post down gives you loads of information.
Recent thread on the subject;
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8579&highlight=exodon
Second or third post down gives you loads of information.
Bioload isn't the only issue- it's not fair on the fish to put that many in that much of a confined space.
mynheers_a_pint;3894040; said:
Agreed. And if you get too few of them they will start canabalizing each other
What if I got 5 charax gibbosus? Which is more agresive/predatory?
I am between getting 5 charax, 10 mexican tetra, 10 exodons.
I am between getting 5 charax, 10 mexican tetra, 10 exodons.