QUESTION ON 13 INCH HIGH TANK

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I dont think it will be a problem. I can think of other fish that would be more suited for such an aquarium though
 
is it actually large cichlids won't be able to feed from the surface eazily smaller cichlids under 7''-8'' would be fine but don't get ones over 10''

That tank would be good for catfish and great for polypterus
 
My tank is probably too high for my cichlids so I use sinking food to feed them. Either that or beefheart.
 
i wouldent think anything but the smallest fish would do good in a 13" high tank. that would be the ideal tank for many bottom feaders like loaches, stingrays or bichirs, and even top topwater fish like butterflies or needlefish or smaller gars IMHO
 
I have several 50 gal breeder tanks which are the same as a 75 gal but only 13 inches tall… they work great for breeding pairs of Cichlids such as Jack Dempseys…
killerfish;1887297; said:
is it actually large cichlids won't be able to feed from the surface eazily smaller cichlids under 7''-8'' would be fine but don't get ones over 10''
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A 10” fish could eat off of the surface completely vertical… and my fish do fine eating off the surface at an angle… this doesn’t make sense and isn’t true…
 
they could at an angle but substrate would take away from the hight of the tank if you had an under gravel filter and gravel that would take alot away from it so unless it was a sand bottom or bare bottom i wouldn't recomend large cichlids they could eat of the surface but it may not be confertible is what i was trying to say plus my cichlids love swimming up and down the walls of my tank
 
If the fish is eating off the surface with it’s body at a 45* angle below the surface… and there is 1.5” of sand/gravel in the bottom of a 13” tank…

Then the fish would have to be over 16” before it’s tail would drag the substrate…

Ya gotta do the math before you make such statements…

Also a 10" fish could eat off the surface completely vertical and still have 1.5" to move up and down... although my fish eat off the surface at an angle even in 2' deep tanks...

I can appreciate the your concern for the fish's well being... but I can't agree with your logic on this one...
 
I have two 50 breeders and I have kept a variety of fish in it, never had problems before but it is ideal for bottom feeders.
 
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