[問題] want to have a community tank(grass and fish). What size tank(24", 30" or 36")

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

If i am a new hand, i want to have a community tank(grass and fish). What size tank(24", 30" or 36") is suitable for me? Afterwards, i cannot change the size of the tank. How high is the tank(14", 16", or higher)?
Thank you.

Andy Kong · **發表於 :** 2007-02-06 08:00

Planted community tank, basically the bigger the better. To provide inhibitat for fishes in different "layers" of water region, I suggest you go for 18" high at least, with shaded plant, bright tank just don't work very well for lots of fishes in an aquarium, the fish will stressed and more difficult to settle down.

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

thank you Andy Kong 大

snowing · **註冊時間:** 2006-10-04 02:05 **文章:** 176

the bigger the better for community tank.. actually more important is the higher the better..
ie: tanks around 15" high can only have 2 layers of fishes at most..
starting with 18" you can have around 3 layers.
starting with 25"+ u'll have one more middle layer.. but that depends on how the tank is setup.. ie: the environment..
this's just something i read from other places.

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

i will buy a new 36"*18"* 24" 彎角缸, 三分玻璃, is it safe?
thanks.

Andy Kong · **發表於 :** 2007-02-10 13:40

10A 寫:

i will buy a new 36"*18"* 24" 彎角缸, 三分玻璃, is it safe?
thanks.

Please avoid using 彎角缸, not worth to take risk like this, you can search for bad experience of 彎角缸 for more details.

snowing · **註冊時間:** 2006-10-04 02:05 **文章:** 176

your intended tank is a little but risky to use those curved tanks.. get a normal one instead might be better. Spending that on a crystal tank is nice..

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

Thanks snowing and Andy 大大, i will buy a 28" *14" *18" rectangular tank

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

is it necessary for me to buy a 3/4 tubes T5HO light for the new 28"*14"*18 community tank?
can i buy the light from the FS? which brand is better?

Andy Kong · **發表於 :** 2007-02-17 10:58

If you want to build a community tank, you don' t need to have T5HO. My previous community tank was 24" high, and I use PL and T8 only, the result is very good, and the fishes really perfer that kind of lighting then high intensity T5HO.

For your aquarium, I recommend 2x20T8 + 1x36W PL, but because of the non-standard length, you have to pick your plant at the side and corner very caefully.

10A · **註冊時間:** 2007-01-29 08:10 **文章:** 13

Thanks andy 大

Andy Kong · **發表於 :** 2007-02-17 11:32

One last advice, with this size, you must not be very greedy in buying fishes. You should concentrate in species but not in quantity. Most tetra live in school of 6-10 minumum, so don't buy one or two pair, for each species you selected, go for 10 for the smaller tetra and 6 for the medium size tetra to start with. On the other hand, don't go for those bulk pack in 天光墟, they come in much larger quantity. If you want to talk about this in more detail, you can start a new thread in Tropical Fish section.

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[問題] want to have a community tank(grass and fish). What size tank(24", 30" or 36")

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