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Is there any hope for a tank this size? What could I do with it? what could go in there...???

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

a 35g tank has alot of options actually. What kind of fish interest you the most? Personally, I think an angel would go great in there!

Inky

The problem with most hex tanks is that the surface area is rather small for the overall volume of the tank as they tend to be taller than a rectangular tank of the same volume.

As stated previously an angel should workout okay in this tank, but I think I would limit it to a single speciman or at best a pair. You could add some bottom dwellers such as a school of the smaller cory's. Possibly, some top dwellers such as hatchet fish.

Jim

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I've seen a 35 hex with a group of plants in the middle with a small group of neon tetra and a couple corys.

Besides the OBVIOUS of angels.....what else have people done, the surface area isnt that small, you are right in that aspect, but it isnt terribly small, unlike a tall 15 gallon!!! (try that one on for size!!) But, i could get one for $50, with gravel, tank, stand and hood/light combo....such a cheap deal...!

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

you coud do rams, gourmis, a betta, or even do tetras.

Inky

4 white clouds for the upper
1 keyhole cichlid for mid-all
5 cories for the bottom

as stocking a tall tank is alittle bit more difficult, but this should look nice given plants etc...

i would say get
planted wit caves
1 blue acra
4 Congo Tetras
1 bn pleco
2 pictus cats might need to upgrade in futuer
or
planted, caves, and drift wood
6 Masked Corydoras
1 bn pleco
6 rummynose tetras
2 moonlight gouramis

it would look really cool because it would be a contrast of colors for wit the blue and the brown and the green or any other colors of the plants

riri2, those are some great ideas, but a tad overstocked.....would need supurb filtering!!! What if i went the route of using gouramis... making it an asian sort of tank, using asain fish... gourami....loach(small ones of course... killies....etc.) a small school of harlequins.....do you guys like this idea?

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

That sounds like a great idea, a few plants would be nice too. I think the surface might be crowded with gouramis and killies all hanging out near the surface, but it could work. I'd drop the idea of the pictus though, they need "whisker room" and being in small spaces drives them nuts, and consequently the other fish too. My pictus , have in less than 6 months gone from 1 inch to 5 and a half inches, and they are intensely greedy feeders. Go for a small shoal of scavengers like cories, or you could even have a load of amano shrimp and a few ottocinclus, it would save on algae scraping duties a bit. Hex's have a lot of corners and ottos are the only fish I can think of that do the corners

a good asian tank that i would want would need to be a 200 gallon or more. U could go wit

4 Yoyo Loach
6 Harlequin Rasbora or 8 White Cloud Mountain Minnow
1 moonlight gourami
4 ottos

needs to be havaly planted for it to look nice with a lot of caves and drift wood. try to make this look as natrual as posable to make it look nicer it could turn out to look like the best i have seen.

never wanted pictus.....i want a continental species tank, to fit with the rest of mine....I have had a lot of experience with pictus, not a fan!

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

i would probably do a pair or trio of dwarf gouramis, with a small school, say 5 of the harlequins.. and maybe some ottos to do minor detailing

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Dwarf gourami
6 Dwarf Neon Rainbows or Black Ruby Barbs
4 or 5 of the smaller loaches

Just some Asian fish that like

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

Dwarf neon blue rainbows.. would they work?

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

Sure, theyre pretty hardy and get about 2in long

I'll do graffiti,
If you sing to me in French.

The Final lineup!:
6 black ruby barbs,
5 threadfin rainbows....from all the research I have done, and fish I was interested in, these will work out the best. still need to find some bottom feeders though

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)

i would say yoyos loaches or some panda corys

if it helps, i am trying to keep a biotope, so preferably asian bottom feeders.

72 gallon bowfront:Tanganyikan Lake set up
75 gallon: A. Baenschi trio,Cyanotilapia Afra Cobwe(4), copadichromis trewavase, protomelas sp. tangerine tiger(breeding pair)