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Oompa Loompa said:
What do y'all think about this african biotope:
-40 breeder standard glass tank
-DIY canister filter, made from a 3-4 gallon round cooler, filled with media, and either a 290 or 400 gph pump, can't decide - it's like $3 extra for an extra 110 gph and I can likely dial it down so probably the 400 gph (technically 396)
-Standard 2-bulb T5 fixture
-Heater with heater guard, hidden somewhere in the back corner behind everything
-Some awesome driftwood pieces, maybe huge mopanis if I can find nice ones
-Plant fertilizer substrate in spots where there will be lots of plants, and then some nice sand on top of the entire bottom (obviously it will be higher in the spots where there is fert. beneath it)
-Some naturally collected rocks, some that look pretty old and almost like petrified wood sort of and some river rocks
-For plants, cheaper anubias nana all over the wood, a few crinums around the tank (no more than 3 or 4, they're pretty expensive), some bolbitus, and a dwarf water lily
For fish, 8 congo tetras (even between the males and females), 3 upside down catfish, 1 african butterfly fish, 1 jewel cichlid, 1 elephant nose fish, 1 leopard ctenopoma, and 2 african dwarf frogs. Any thoughts on the stocking plan? Be brutally honest with me, I'm kind of not too sure on it.
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First This is terribly small for all those fish.
Secondly elephantnose get to be 25 CM long and are super picky to feed
Third leopard ctenpoma can possibly get big enough to eat congos
Overall a 250L+ tank would be good for that stocking
 
Hendre said:
First This is terribly small for all those fish.
Secondly elephantnose get to be 25 CM long and are super picky to feed
Third leopard ctenpoma can possibly get big enough to eat congos
Overall a 250L+ tank would be good for that stocking
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Damn. I thought it was fine. I need to rethink then. I love Congo's but I guess the African Biotope is a no go. Any suggestions for tank mates with the Congo's? Maybe instead I'll do a Pike/angel/tetra/pleco tank in a 55g.
 
Oompa Loompa said:
Damn. I thought it was fine. I need to rethink then. I love Congo's but I guess the African Biotope is a no go. Any suggestions for tank mates with the Congo's? Maybe instead I'll do a Pike/angel/tetra/pleco tank in a 55g.
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i have no experience with angels but the tetras might move fast (3ft tanks are minimum) for the angels. also what species of help
 
Hendre said:
i have no experience with angels but the tetras might move fast (3ft tanks are minimum) for the angels. also what species of help
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You have no experience but are advising him?

You are aware most breeders keep a pair per 20H and get extremely good results.

Alright back to the question.

I see an issue with the possibility of the ceptoma eating the frogs.

The elephant nose is going to either wither away or flourish in the tank.
 
Thekid said:
You have no experience but are advising him?

You are aware most breeders keep a pair per 20H and get extremely good results.

Alright back to the question.

I see an issue with the possibility of the ceptoma eating the frogs.

The elephant nose is going to either wither away or flourish in the tank.
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Oh crap, didn't realize he didn't have experience. I used aqadvisor to come up with the stocking plan, seems to be pretty spot-on in most cases. I think I might ditch the elephant nose, awesome fish but I'm not super good about water changes all the time. I might try an amazon biotope, way more room to play with there than an african.
 
Oompa Loompa said:
Oh crap, didn't realize he didn't have experience. I used aqadvisor to come up with the stocking plan, seems to be pretty spot-on in most cases. I think I might ditch the elephant nose, awesome fish but I'm not super good about water changes all the time. I might try an amazon biotope, way more room to play with there than an african.
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why would you keep frogs with fish? Making unnecessary problems for yourself again....
 
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