OK, I just rearranged my stock into their homes for the distant future. I moved my green sun's into a 45 by themselves. Moved my green texas's and raphael cat into an adjacent 45, opening up my 29gallon for my first real planted tank...
Here's the set up:
-standard 29 gallon with 12x30x20
-Hamburg Matten sponge filter (pre cycled 2x12x20 sponge) on one end with a 160gph powerhead behind it. (Creating a 12x27x20 tank)
-black/brown aquarium sand/plant substrate with some bits of bigger gravel from my busted-but well seasoned 90 gallon. About 3-6" thick on the bottom.
*Will attempt to heavilly plant as I only now have a small anubus and a java fern, both were thriving in the 90, till I probably killed them placing them in the pond temporarily*
-low to mid bright lighting-crating swamp like biotope.
-Temp set to ~80-82*
Now, I have 2 small 'ancient' fish that I can keep in this tank for a few months and neither will harm the plants and are air breathers if I decide to turn off the bubbler and add CO2, also the reason I am posting in this section...
a. Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri - about 3-3.5" and adorable! (a little bigger now-but not much)
b. Papyrocranus afer knife - last I saw it was about 5" and always hiding from me in my oscar tank (2 Oscars x7 silver dollars-small- and a sydontis cat in a 90g)
No pics, but this is a darker mostly noctournal fish that I have dubbed 'The fish Ninja'
:question:
I know both will outgrown this tank at some point, but they are babies and would do well in a planted tank IMO. Should I try both fish, or one over the other and why?
Here's the set up:
-standard 29 gallon with 12x30x20
-Hamburg Matten sponge filter (pre cycled 2x12x20 sponge) on one end with a 160gph powerhead behind it. (Creating a 12x27x20 tank)
-black/brown aquarium sand/plant substrate with some bits of bigger gravel from my busted-but well seasoned 90 gallon. About 3-6" thick on the bottom.
*Will attempt to heavilly plant as I only now have a small anubus and a java fern, both were thriving in the 90, till I probably killed them placing them in the pond temporarily*
-low to mid bright lighting-crating swamp like biotope.
-Temp set to ~80-82*
Now, I have 2 small 'ancient' fish that I can keep in this tank for a few months and neither will harm the plants and are air breathers if I decide to turn off the bubbler and add CO2, also the reason I am posting in this section...
a. Polypterus endlicheri endlicheri - about 3-3.5" and adorable! (a little bigger now-but not much)
b. Papyrocranus afer knife - last I saw it was about 5" and always hiding from me in my oscar tank (2 Oscars x7 silver dollars-small- and a sydontis cat in a 90g)
No pics, but this is a darker mostly noctournal fish that I have dubbed 'The fish Ninja'
:question:
I know both will outgrown this tank at some point, but they are babies and would do well in a planted tank IMO. Should I try both fish, or one over the other and why?
