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tank size as it pertains to varius species


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#1 Guest_hmt321_*

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Posted 12 December 2006 - 11:18 PM

I am in the planning stages of building a house, my home office/man room/fallout shelter will be located in the basement of the new house, I am planning on having a few large fish tanks in there with me. I have a few species that I want to grow out and keep. Would these fish combinations work in the same tank?
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Bluegill - 2-3
Yellow bull head - 1-2
Fat sleeper - 2-3
Common shiners (some big ones) 6-7

The above in a 125 gal
Non planted
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Warmouth 1
Shadow bass 1
Yellow bullhead 1

The above in a 125 to 150
Non planted
I think that I can get both of these to at least eat frozen foods, hopefully I can move them on to pellets, if I am wrong please let me know
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Longear 3
Common shiners 6-7
Speckled or tadpole madtom 1-2

75 gal
Non planted
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Red spot

55gal
planted
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I will use my 40 gal as a Q, tank and I have a 75 gal that I will set up as a gambusia breeding tank, you can never have too many gambusia

The house I am planning will defiantly have a back deck with a ornamental pond by it, and perhaps if I play my cards right “SHE WHO MUST BE OBEYED” may let me keep a display tank in the up stairs of the house.

I have been having fun drawing and designing the set up for all this, just want a few opinions on my fish compatibility.


Also have any of you ever put a planted/illuminated refugium on a large FW tank?? my filter was off on my 40 gal tank for probably 5 weeks (stupid cat turned off my power strip) I never tested any ammonia, nitrite or nitrate (the tank is heavily planted, co2 is not hooked up, I did do 2 water changes of about 25% during this time. the Red spot is getting big (like 4") and he eats like a pig.
what i am thinking is that if i pull water out of a big tank and run it through a 20 gal tank with a ton of light and plants that it would eat up most of the nitrates, just a thought

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Posted 13 December 2006 - 12:07 PM

I've never done it, but have also wondered if such a system would work. The plant tank would have to use very fast growing plants that can be harvested regularly. I wonder how a tank with only frogbit and Ceratophyllum would do. Wouldn't need substrate then.

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Posted 13 December 2006 - 12:54 PM

I had water lettuce, and floating plants in mind, you could even have a shallow tray, so you could maximize surface area

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Posted 15 December 2006 - 12:48 AM

Bullheads of any kind should eat pellets of anykind no problem. Usually when they get used to eating nice fresh ones, they will not go around and suck up the bits the other fish spit out. :mad:

Warmouth normally will take to prepared foods readily, but I have had a few stubborn ones. Usually working with them will get them to come around, trying high quality softer pellets - never use cheap pellets, picky fish will always refuse these, they must know. Although Purina Game Fish Chow works great for me in most cases, and by volume it is the cheapest food you can buy.

Rockbass types: This one is a tough one. I have had a few that took to pelleted foods. They ate it with gusto. At the same time I had several that would not eat a pellet if I soaked it in fish oil or worm slime, or any of the other tricks that usually work.

The best thing with the two sunnies is to get some silver dollar sized ones, since smaller ones just don' take to prepared foods very well. Try them out and use things like Tetra bits to get them started. I have had great luck with that. Try a variety, and keep a variety of pellets in their diets. I have had all kind of fish go off prepared food for no apparent reason. When they only knew one kind of pellet, it was tough to get them back on the wagon. If they were used to a variety of types, one kind would usually bring them back around.

Besides, using a variety of prepared foods is good insurance against nutrional deficencies. I think many problems with fish are nutrition based.

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Posted 25 February 2007 - 09:44 PM

I like useing very small less thana an inch sunfish and feed them flake

BTW what happened to the yellowfins I sent you

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Posted 26 February 2007 - 07:21 AM

I like useing very small less thana an inch sunfish and feed them flake

BTW what happened to the yellowfins I sent you


there are about 4 in my big tank, I had a problem with a large fat sleeper who was eating shiners, but he is gone from that tank.




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