New 70g Bowfront

[theurge33]

Hey guys, new to the forum...but I read it all the time :p.

Ive had my tank up and running for a few weeks and I currently am housing 8 zebra danios, 5 albino corys, 4 otos and a betta. That was pretty much my startup and clean up crew and they are all doing great. The tank is pretty sweet looking. Its a roman ruins theme with black tahitian moon sand and planted with primarily red and pink flowered bonzai trees. I call it Elyisium!! ha. Anyway I wanted to hear some stocking suggestions. I was thinking of getting some blue rams and neons, also a couple of those drwarf frogs (i find them neat to watch), maybe some shrimp. What do you guys think or envison? Thanks!!!

[jbeining75]

welcome to AC!!!!!! Do you have a picture of the tank????

If you want gbr and neons run like 60 cardinals and 12 or so gbr in the 72.....
Rummynose would also work.... The cardinals would be great though.......

[theurge33]

Thanks! I plan on taking some pics soon...maybe after I get some more color in there fish wise! ha.

[Jambot]

If you do get frogs, I would be wary about getting corys along with them. I had two african dwarf frogs with three julli corys in my 20 gallon long and it was impossible to keep the corys from eating the frog food. The frogs are scavengers and don't immediately start moving when they smell food in the tank like the corys did, so as soon as I fed the frogs, the corys would eat the food. Even if I tried to feed them on one side of the tank then put the frog food on the other side, the frogs just were not fast enough. I even tried feeding at night, but the corys were right on top of it.

I eventually took them back to the pet store after a few weeks because they were getting skinnier and skinnier; by them surviving for a few weeks they were obviously eating, but it was what ever the corys missed, which wasn't much. I just felt bad for the little guys.

Anyway, that's just my experience with them. Maybe I just had really slow/stupid frogs, just thought I'd share my experience.

[smaug]

Welcome to the forum,A 70 gal is a great size tank to put some angels in.Like was already warned frogs are not a good choice with fish that will outcompete them for food.

[theurge33]

ahhh ok ok. Thanks for that info. I thought they looked interesting but I do not want them to suffer!

[Nautilus29]

Welcome to the forum. You should look into a group of angels in a tank that big. Rams dont get very big and being in a big tank like that You might have a hard time seeing them.

[cocoa_pleco]

another warning with angels is to only get one pair, if you get more than 2 they will fight

[theurge33]

Elyssium!!!!! The pics came out a little blury with the lights on...the one with the light off is a little more clear. Hope the pics work :/

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[theurge33]

I also plan on hitting up a black background!

[Nautilus29]

Great looking tank!!! ON the side an add came up that kept saying hello, I was thinking: why did he make this say hello all the time lol.

[smaug]

That is the perfect tank for angels!A black backround is a great idea.

[Daybis]

Welcome! Great looking tank!

[theurge33]

Would angels be ok with the betta?

[sailor]

Nicely done, I agree a back ground makes a huge difference. Your scaping and fish will stand out a lot more.

[gm72]

Looking good, now let's get a background of some kind on there to really make everything pop. I would recommend a dark blue or black background.

[jbeining75]

If he haven't named your fish yet may I please recommend:

Augustus and Octavian

Black background will make the tank awesome....