More pictures of the 33G river tank

amergim · Post by **amergim** » 14 Sep 2006, 03:13

I even added a black background

The tank was supposed to be catfish only, but this hobby is worse than crack and I CAN'T STOP BUYING FISH!!!!

So now the 2 L129, 3 L201 and 3 L260 have some company. Green neon tetras, red-eye tetras and peppered cories (I had pearl danios but I moved them to a 55G)

Here are the pics (maybe I should clean the glass next time...)

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 14 Sep 2006, 10:13

Nice tank, but I'm pretty sure that you should move the neons to a tank with more still water. They are definitely still-water fish, and do not like strong currents...

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Mats

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 15 Sep 2006, 08:28

You're right about the crack.

Crazie.Eddie · Post by **Crazie.Eddie** » 15 Sep 2006, 08:59

The neons do well in a tank with current. After all, they come from the Amazon river.

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 15 Sep 2006, 11:09

Crazie.Eddie wrote:The neons do well in a tank with current. After all, they come from the Amazon river.

Not all parts of the Amazon region are high-flow areas... There are areas that have water-falls and high currents, and there are areas where the water is very still. The Amazon and it's tributaries are _THE_ largest freshwater area in the world. It's not the longest river, the Amazon river is, according to Wikipedia 6450 km(around 4000miles), some 150 km (100miles) shorter than the Nile. The Amazon river drains around 40% of the South American continent, and as you can imagine, that covers all sorts of terrains and types of current.

I can't actually find a good reference for the Neon tetra not liking current, but it's been stated several times on this site...

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Mats

Ryan S · Post by **Ryan S** » 15 Sep 2006, 12:31

Nice - I'm liking the Green Neons - just got a dozen myself!:D

Crazie.Eddie · Post by **Crazie.Eddie** » 15 Sep 2006, 12:55

Yes, it's still called an amazon river, not amazon lake. They don't come from white water areas, but areas that do have currents.

amergim · Post by **amergim** » 15 Sep 2006, 15:04

I wasn't sure about the neons because I read the they didn't like strong currents. But the right side on the tank is well protected by the wood, so there's not a lot of current there. But even if there was, I've seen the neons swimming up and down the tank with ease and they don't seem to be bothered by the current. Also, when I had the pearl danios in the tank, the neon would sometimes swimming with them against the current. So I guess they are staying unless I see signs of stress. Plus, I think they look good in the tank.

ZebraFanatic · Post by **ZebraFanatic** » 15 Sep 2006, 15:10

Very nice tank you have there amergim. Well done

amergim · Post by **amergim** » 15 Sep 2006, 20:53

ZebraFanatic wrote:Very nice tank you have there amergim. Well done

Thanks

grokefish · Post by **grokefish** » 19 Sep 2006, 14:34

You would have to have some really serious power heads to come close to the water flow of even a small river.

George · Post by **George** » 21 Sep 2006, 02:04

Been there. Caught neons in a fairly fast moving clear/black water stream. That doesn't mean they don't also frequent calmer water but there were lots of them in the stream.

George

Iporangensis Headach · Post by **Iporangensis Headach** » 06 Oct 2006, 19:34

I would love to have some neons, but my Iporangensis Geophagus Cleaned out 30 of this in 2 days!!! so no more neons for me,

darkwater · Post by **darkwater** » 08 Oct 2006, 04:52

Tell me about it. But As long as your havin fun and you take good care of your fishys dont think there is anything wrong with spending a lot on fish.

Very nice tank. Keep it up!

seds · Post by **seds** » 27 Oct 2006, 04:25

I like the spotted plecos they are interesting

amergim · Post by **amergim** » 27 Oct 2006, 19:10

Those are L201 Hypancsitrus Inspector