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	Stocking for a Column Tank
larry c Hobbyist Posts: 95 Votes: 0 Registered: 16-Mar-2004	I have the opportunity to purchase a column tank about 1ft in diameter and 5ft high. Any stocking suggestions for a tank of this type?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	guppies would do well in there The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
MegTheFish Banned Posts: 167 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2004	I wouldn't go with a tank like that if I were you. There won't be as much surface area as in a regular rectangular tank, so you won't be able to put much in there. Also, how are you going to gravel vac the gravel in this tank? You'll either need a 5 foot arm (lol) or a 5 foot gravel vac! (not the tubing part, but the larger part that you sift through the gravel) What about filteration? I don't think the current would circulate througout the whole tank. Maybe if you had plenty of air stones on the bottom? I don't know. As for fish, I would say any livebearer would do fine.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
freejoe Enthusiast Posts: 211 Kudos: 227 Votes: 756 Registered: 20-Aug-2003	meg is right on how difficult it would be to clean but it can be done you can get gravel vacs 30inches long so you will still have a arm in it, there are 8inch circular bubble rings and a magnet glass cleaners (Floating type)just in case it falls off. good conversation tank The difference between 'involvement' and 'commitment' is like an bacon and egg breakfast: the chicken was 'involved' - the pig was 'committed'."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Brybenn Mega Fish Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1173 Votes: 1 Registered: 02-Mar-2003	would look sweet planted ive seen a tank like that but only 3.5' hi n the guy added shelves to it n planted it all up in java moss n java ferns n amozn swrds he only had dwarf puffers but damn it was a nice lookin tank id say go for it
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Those tanks are really lousy....poor for fish at the very best, and too deep for light to penetrate for good plant growth.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	you guys do realise that you dont have to gravel vac tanks, water changes are still good.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
MegTheFish Banned Posts: 167 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2004	But wouldn't the fish waste and extra food rot at the bottom of the tank if you didn't gravel vac?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
victimizati0n Banned Posts: 1217 Kudos: 1105 Votes: 31 Registered: 29-Apr-2004	But wouldn't the fish waste and extra food rot at the bottom of the tank if you didn't gravel vac? That is why you get a snail and a filter. Also, that is why fishtanks cycle, to decompose it, and turn them into nitrates.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
MegTheFish Banned Posts: 167 Votes: 1 Registered: 03-Aug-2004	There would still be stuff sitting on the bottom though. A snail would help, yes, but I don't think it would get every little "crumb". And I don't think the intake tube on a filter would have enough sucking power to get something off the bottom of a 5 foot tank IF the filter is at the top, but maybe there could be a filter on the bottom.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
wuddio Hobbyist Posts: 55 Kudos: 58 Votes: 1 Registered: 29-Dec-2004	You could put a powerhead or an internal filter on the bottom somewhere, that could toss the crap around
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003	I haven't gravel vac'd my tank in about 8 months... But that's because it's a heavily planted tank, and all the fish poo and extra food is really good for the plants. I still do regular water changes, but I don't disturb the gravel. The water parameters are perfect too - 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and nitrates are always under 10. I have a nice layer a mulm in the gravel, which is what the plants root into. It's not like fish poo or rotting food or anything, it's just sediment. If I stir it up, it just smells really earthy, a lot like potting soil. I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58
FantomFish Hobbyist Posts: 120 Kudos: 183 Votes: 1 Registered: 30-Jan-2004	You need to do what I did in my column tank. Put a 4-5 inch gravel bed in there, with a biowheel filter to take out the junk immediatly, and it just collects junk for a few years. You need to buy fish that live 2-3 years, and clean or get new gravel after they all live out their life.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:58


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