My Zebra Tank

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sat May 27, 2006 7:43 pm

hi..

this is my zebra setup.. i hope you like this pictures..

200L juwel rio
1400 L/h
8 h. zebra + 2 new one in the next weeks...
temperature 30°c

comments ?

greetz
christian

zebrastorey · Post by **zebrastorey** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:28 pm

It looks really good Miezekatze i love the wood

The only thing i can see as a potential problem might be the sand depth towards the front of the tank where there are no plants, it could lead to anaerobic dead spots forming that could kill you fish.

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:31 pm

Love the layout and the roots especially. Very pleasing to look at! I jsut wonder if there might be a bit too many caves.... You run the risk of a male not being able to decide which one he likes the best and claim it.

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:39 pm

hi

@zebrastorey
hehe, no chance... in front of the caves there is shale on the ground... i hate it if the plecos make my sand and ground to a kind of minefield

or what do you mean ? there is enough oxygen in the tank, because of my 2 diffuser. i've loosen the sand as i put it into the tank, so no "air" in it...

@mceve
my problem is that 6 of my 8 zebras are males. i hope i`ll get 2 new females in the next weeks. so i need those caves.

p.s.: i have a 9cm romp (hoyden? sorry i'm just german, no idea how to call it in english

it's not everyday language hehe) who is the king in my tank, so lots of caves against conflicts between the males..

regards

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:45 pm

actually, you might get more conflicts over the caves if the big male doesn't decide which one he wants, but starts cave jumping. In which case ALL the caves are his, and there'll be constant bickering over them = unnessesary stress.

If you have 8 males, then give them 8 caves. They'll claim one each, the alpha will of course get the best one, then according to pecking order for the others.

Of course, this is just my opinion

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sat May 27, 2006 10:47 pm

hehe oki

I'll think about it. thanks a lot...

onemisterchristian · Post by **onemisterchristian** » Sun May 28, 2006 5:22 am

Hey, I was just wondering; with all this concern about the building up of gasses under deeper sand, has anyone actually seen or had a zebra or any other fish die from running into one of these gas pockets? I'm not denying their existence or potential danger but has anyone had any first hand experienced it?

Raul-7 · Post by **Raul-7** » Sun May 28, 2006 6:39 am

onemisterchristian wrote:Hey, I was just wondering; with all this concern about the building up of gasses under deeper sand, has anyone actually seen or had a zebra or any other fish die from running into one of these gas pockets? I'm not denying their existence or potential danger but has anyone had any first hand experienced it?

I actually had first hand expierence with H2S yesterday while rearranging the Zebra tank. I moved a piece of driftwood and immedietely I smelled it, without panicking I changed 50% of the water and removed a lot of the sand I originally had in there. Thankfully, I suffered no lossess or nor did I witness the fish or shrimp in stress.

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:06 am

onemisterchristian wrote:has anyone had any first hand experienced it?

I've lost fry due to this problem. If you read previous threads about sand vs no sand, you'll find that I was in favour of sand. I no longer am

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:15 am

hi

i have about 200 - 300 minimum trumpet snails in my tank, so the sand is free from H2S

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:18 am

That used to be my argument. I had tons of trumpet snails too.

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:25 am

hm

i never had any problems with sand in my tanks. i'm not a fan of tanks without any ground, because without sand or gravel there will always be a small film of bacteria, and you have to clean it minimum every 3 days.

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:01 am

that used to be my argument too

I've ended up with a compromise, I've got tiles on the bottom of my tanks now. Some people use slate as well, works fine both.

Miezekatze · Post by **Miezekatze** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:31 am

McEve wrote:that used to be my argument too

I've ended up with a compromise, I've got tiles on the bottom of my tanks now. Some people use slate as well, works fine both.

hehe eve,

some pics available...? pleeeeeaaaassseeeee

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Sun May 28, 2006 11:39 am

Both webcams have tile bottoms:
http://www.zebrapleco.com/zebcam2.php

Also the babycam:
http://public.qtopia.no/catfish/Babycam.asp

The idea was first presented by lrry93:

http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1848
http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1768