Alright before I get into my questions and ideas I am asking that haters please leave this thread be. If you are completely against low maintenance tanks than please leave this thread! Anybody else is welcome and criticism is welcome if it is constructive criticism that is not anti low maintenance.
Ok now to my actual thread. I work alot and keep pretty busy. I have 3 tanks to upkeep and it has become too much for me (it has to be admitted I am a touch lazy). So I am converting one of my tanks to a low maintenance setup! So here is my list. Things with a ? next to them are things I want advice on.
25 Gallon Tank
2x14 Watt T5
Aquaclear 50 ?
Black Diamond Blasting Sand Substrate
Piece of cool driftwood
pieces of slate
Live plants
?x Scarlet Badis
10x Pygmeaus Cories
?x Otocinclus
Lots of RCS
So I am going to try to get a branching piece of driftwood to use as the centerpiece. I will put some of the slate on the branches and some leaning against them and plants attacked to the driftwood.
I want alot of scarlet badis (and possibly to breed them) along with the otos and pygmy cories. How many of each should I do?
I also am iffy on the filter. I think its a bit big. Would going with a smaller filter hurt the tanks ability to stay low maintenance? I dont change the water often so it still needs to be adequate.
Thanks for any advice and God bless!
Ok now to my actual thread. I work alot and keep pretty busy. I have 3 tanks to upkeep and it has become too much for me (it has to be admitted I am a touch lazy). So I am converting one of my tanks to a low maintenance setup! So here is my list. Things with a ? next to them are things I want advice on.
25 Gallon Tank
2x14 Watt T5
Aquaclear 50 ?
Black Diamond Blasting Sand Substrate
Piece of cool driftwood
pieces of slate
Live plants
?x Scarlet Badis
10x Pygmeaus Cories
?x Otocinclus
Lots of RCS
So I am going to try to get a branching piece of driftwood to use as the centerpiece. I will put some of the slate on the branches and some leaning against them and plants attacked to the driftwood.
I want alot of scarlet badis (and possibly to breed them) along with the otos and pygmy cories. How many of each should I do?
I also am iffy on the filter. I think its a bit big. Would going with a smaller filter hurt the tanks ability to stay low maintenance? I dont change the water often so it still needs to be adequate.
Thanks for any advice and God bless!