Therm Stealth Submersible
Therm Stealth Submersible
Setting up a new 75 gallon tank?
I just got a 75 tank and i'm trying to figure out what kind of fish would look nice together. I am doing a fishless cycle and know all about adding the fish slowly etc. How does this sound so far?
My tank set up will have....
2. Whisper 60 Gal Airpumps (runing at each end of the tank)
1. Visi-Therm Stealth 250 Watt Submersible Heater
2. Rena Filstar XP4 filters
Live plants and sand on the bottom.
Stocking list below....
Top Level:
8 - Silver hatchet fish
Mid level:
12 - long fin black skirts
Bottom fish:
10 - Emerald Green Cory Cats
10 - Peppered Cory Cat
1 - Dwarf pleco
If you want live plants don't use air pumps. Don't use sand for any aquarium that doesn't have sand sifters and that eliminates freshwater aquariums. Purchase the smallest grain gravel available. It won't compact and will have the same appearance as sand. When you plant your aquarium for plants make sure you mix some laterite in the bottom 2/3rds of your substrate. Plant heavily from the start and make sure you have a Lot of fast growing stem plants. You can take these out later to introduce some other plants though you want these to suck up the nutrient load initially until other plants can take hold and develop their roots. I like your choices in fish though I would start with some algae eaters until the plants take hold. Otocinclaus are my favorite and I would go with 10 in a 75. You can also get 2 DWARF plecos instead. Get some Amano and six-legged/bamboo shrimp. If you can find some true Siamensis SAE algae eaters they're great. After a month or so add the cory's (I would do 5 of each type), wait a couple of weeks and add the black skirts then wait a couple of weeks and add the hatchet fish. Make sure the plants are growing before you increase the nutrient load with non-algae eating animals. Have the Rena's return Water below the surface because you want to keep as much co2 in the system as possible and you may need to add some co2 in the future because this is usually the limiting factor in plant growth. I don't know what you are doing for lighting though I recommend about 3 watts per gallon in a 75 gallon. They're great tanks to design because they have good dimensions. Enjoy.
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