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Seanogleby

Seanogleby

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Evening all,

I have a low tech 80l cube tank that will hopefully be ready for fish in a few weeks.

I will be keeping shrimp too. My water is really hard so will be investing in a RO filter.

The fish I've narrowed it down to are as follows :

Galaxy rasboras ( celestial pearl danios)
Chilli rasboras
Endler guppies
Green neons
Pygmaeus corydorus

I would like to have 3 of the fish types including the corydorus, I'm leaning towards galaxy rasboras and endler guppies.


I'm hoping I could also go for a pair of feature fish that work well with the other species but also stand out.

Do my plans seem ok? Do you have any suggestions of feature fish?

Thanks, any feedback will be gratefully received.


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I would go green neons imo. Endlers are live bearers and your tank will soon be full of them. But it's your tank.

Cheers lee
 
To be honest if I did go endlers, I would probably only have the males. I've been told that's possible


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Male endlers plus one of the others would be a good option - endler tend to be more top dwelling that your other picks. They do prefer slightly harder water - so worth considering that issue if you have very soft water. I'd second just going for males.
 
tam said:
Male endlers plus one of the others would be a good option - endler tend to be more top dwelling that your other picks. They do prefer slightly harder water - so worth considering that issue if you have very soft water. I'd second just going for males.
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I have really hard water at the moment, but I was looking to use ro water and get it suitable for both fish and shrimp.

I've not used one before though


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Don’t get female endlers. They breed at an unholy rate. Males are lovely. For a while I was taking maybe 60-100 to the LFS each month. That was in a tank with three hungry angels.
 
An online hardness converter will help cover the units. Compare these to your tap water hardness which can be found on your water suppliers website.
 
Matt @ ScapeEasy said:
An online hardness converter will help cover the units. Compare these to your tap water hardness which can be found on your water suppliers website.
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My water is really hard which is why I was looking at using RO water


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Ok cool, you need a good crossover between the suitable hardness ranges of the fish and once you find the sweet spot suitable to all fish you can calculate the %ro you need to achieve that level of hardness.
 
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Ok cool, you need a good crossover between the suitable hardness ranges of the fish and once you find the sweet spot suitable to all fish you can calculate the %ro you need to achieve that level of hardness.
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Thank you.

In your opinion what do you think would be the best to go for? I definitely want to keep a small group of the corys.


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Exactly how hard is your water?

It’s so much simpler/easier/more enjoyable using Just Tap :angelic:

( if you’ve seen George Farmer home scapes, he uses straight tap)
 
alto said:
Exactly how hard is your water?

It’s so much simpler/easier/more enjoyable using Just Tap :angelic:

( if you’ve seen George Farmer home scapes, he uses straight tap)
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I know, but I also want to keep some shrimp my water is as follows

Gh 20.6
Kh 21.7


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For guppy/Endler guppy I’d look at a specialist shop - loads of amazing strains and the males are always so stunning (though guppy breeders are producing some extraordinary color females these days)

Ju Joon Yong Thailand (FB link) - includes loads of shipping confirmation photos, but these guppies are amazing

Any tank pics?
I think you mentioned this is a 45cm cube style tank
 
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Here's one I can find. Not the best photo


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