Community Tank Setup
It s best to keep either a single male a single female or a male female pair in 57 76 litres 15 20 us g you could keep one male and several females.
Community tank setup. Some examples of a community tank include. 5 neon tetras 5 glowlight tetras and 3 black phantom tetras. The fish have to be compatible with each other read.
Enjoy your tank as it begins the process of building bacteria to support your eco community. When you do this make sure that you don t take a tank with thin glass. You really don t have too many options if you want to set up a cold water aquarium.
The honey gourami is a colourful addition to a small community tank. For example some fish such as goldfish need cold water while most. Picking the right tank is a big decision.
Check that the tank doesn t leak when you buy it from the shop. Plants are for the natural circulation in the aquarium and so very important but they do badly if a soil filter is in the tank. One of the best types of tanks you can go with is a community aquarium this setup allows you to create a community of plants pretty fish and beautiful decorations.
This will promote the build up of de nitrifying bacteria and is essential to setting up your new aquarium. You might also want to add some shrimps and or snails to your community set up. For that reason fish in community tanks are often small and peaceful although you can keep semi aggressive fish as long as their tank mates have a similar temperament.
If you want to set up an aquarium you will firstly need a tank. It is also important to check whether they have the same needs. It s just as simple to set up as a smaller tank but it is actually easier to maintain the water parameters because of the larger body of water.
But that s just a preferable size you can choose the size of your tank according to the size the fish you want to get will need. It is important to monitor the aquarium during and after the cycle. For a community aquarium the best is medium light.
At this point you will have to cycle the tank. But if you plant plants into the aquarium in reasonable amounts feel free to install a soil filter. One option is to mix a variety of species together.
Set up your tank. Get a big tank larger than 10 gallons 37 9 l ideally. This is my tropical community aquarium i m using marineland c160 canister filter aquaclear 70 as sub filter i also have sunsun uv filter a co2 injection ki.
Deciding on a 75 gallon tank means you have the space to design your perfect tank. They are generally peaceful but two males can be aggressive to one another.
