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160 litres
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 6:02 pm
by civicr
is this enought space to home 12 zebs? 160 litres a fluval deep duo 1000?
there currenty in a 210 litre tank but i find its 2 empty just for the zebs
the zebs are a mixed group od 1year old to 3 years
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 10:51 pm
by smithrc
jeez - i wouldn't - we have problems with our 5 adults in a 120..
zeb
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:08 am
by civicr
there current tank is 120cm by 40 wide and the proposed new tank is 100cm by 40 cant remember the heights
does 20 cm make all the diffrencw tho?
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:26 am
by McEve
Be creative with the landscaping. make sure there are plenty of hidingplaces and natural territories to be formed. it could work. With such young fish it should work for a while at least
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 11:09 am
by smithrc
how many of them are 3-4"?
the 0-3" ones shouldn't be a problem - over that and they will start to get feisty...
Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 4:53 pm
by TwoTankAmin
By now most know I use smaller tanks for my zebs. I keep 11 breeding adults and up to 50+ fry of assorted sizes in a 30 gal. breeder tank (about 113L). I have always maintained it works for me because of the amount of cover in the tank. In addition it is well filtered and gets regular weekly water changes. One thing that helps is I have a "dead" area where a lot of the junk accumulates and becomes easy to remove.
I also routinely have two small growout tanks- a 10 gal which usually holds about 20 zebs and a 15 gal with about 30. With the exception of one incident which I think resulted from a contaminant getting into a tank, I have had minimal natural losses in any of these tanks.
However, my setups are also a function of available space and if I had more I might well be inclined to use a larger tank. Bear in mind that this is just how I do things and is not necessarily the "right", "best" or only way to do things.