Scottyhorse
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hello all. It is time for me to set up another tank 
So for the start of my fish breeding room, I decided to start with a fish I have always wanted to keep- Brachygobius xanthomelas
I have always liked Gobies since I first saw them, which was honestly about 6 months ago. But I was instantly attracted to the cute little frowns and interesting behavior and color of these little guys. I decided to go with this type of Bumble Bee Goby, while not as colorful as the others, it's a true, freshwater Bumble Bee Goby. I am hoping to have a successful breeding Colony of BBG's, Desert Gobies, and Peacock Gudgeons.
A couple weeks ago a was surfing Craigslist for a few more tanks since I have decided I would like a small fish breeding room, and I figured since I would be buying so much stuff, I should look at Craigslist first to save some money. I found a man who had taken down his small fish room. He was selling everything, tanks, filters, heaters, lights, gravel, breeding supplies, etc, all for $100. So of course I bought it
Anyways, to the build.
I am planning on having a low maintnence, low tech tank, but still having a lush, thriving planted tank. I have a regular 10 gallon tank, with a 'homemade blend' of gravel from the previous owner. I am planning on switching to sand later on as I really am not a fan of all the different colors in the gravel. Even though it's a mix of crushed shells, sand, small and medium pieces of gravel, it's still too much color going on for my taste. Not sure what color sand I will pick, most likely white.
For filtration, I will be running an Aquaclear 20 with carbon (I had to use lime away to get the terrible calcium stains off the tanks! ) so even though I rinsed the tanks five times, I don't want to risk any residue still being in there.
There is also the sponge and ceramic biomedia that is being seeded in my planted 25 gallon tank, so hopefully I will get some fish in a couple weeks!
I am running an older heater made by PennPlax, not sure of the wattage. I filled the tank tonight, so in the morning I will see what the temp it's at and go from there.
For lighting, I am using a pink grow bulb that came with one of the other tanks, just until I get a different light fixture that actually fits this tank! The light doesn't really look pink at all in person, but beware, in pictures, it does.
If anyone has any suggestions for a light fixture for the tank that isn't too expensive, pleas let me know Just going to be growing low light plants.
For the scape, I plan to have mostly rocks to provide enough caves, nooks, and crannies for any grumpy Goby to claim as its own. I will have some low maintenance plants in the tank for cover and extra filtration.
For the stock, I am planning on buying six Bumble Bee Gobies. Even though these guys top out at .75", I am reading that they are fairly aggressive and like their space. Maybe I will add one or two more when I purchase them to give myself better chances of having a good mix of males and females.
I will probably also add a few rabbit snails, and maybe after the tank is established, I will add a few Amano shrimp.
I will post a few pictures in the morning after I get plants and rocks in the tank.
Thanks for reading,
Scotty
So for the start of my fish breeding room, I decided to start with a fish I have always wanted to keep- Brachygobius xanthomelas
I have always liked Gobies since I first saw them, which was honestly about 6 months ago. But I was instantly attracted to the cute little frowns and interesting behavior and color of these little guys. I decided to go with this type of Bumble Bee Goby, while not as colorful as the others, it's a true, freshwater Bumble Bee Goby. I am hoping to have a successful breeding Colony of BBG's, Desert Gobies, and Peacock Gudgeons.
A couple weeks ago a was surfing Craigslist for a few more tanks since I have decided I would like a small fish breeding room, and I figured since I would be buying so much stuff, I should look at Craigslist first to save some money. I found a man who had taken down his small fish room. He was selling everything, tanks, filters, heaters, lights, gravel, breeding supplies, etc, all for $100. So of course I bought it
Anyways, to the build.
I am planning on having a low maintnence, low tech tank, but still having a lush, thriving planted tank. I have a regular 10 gallon tank, with a 'homemade blend' of gravel from the previous owner. I am planning on switching to sand later on as I really am not a fan of all the different colors in the gravel. Even though it's a mix of crushed shells, sand, small and medium pieces of gravel, it's still too much color going on for my taste. Not sure what color sand I will pick, most likely white.
For filtration, I will be running an Aquaclear 20 with carbon (I had to use lime away to get the terrible calcium stains off the tanks!
) so even though I rinsed the tanks five times, I don't want to risk any residue still being in there. There is also the sponge and ceramic biomedia that is being seeded in my planted 25 gallon tank, so hopefully I will get some fish in a couple weeks!
I am running an older heater made by PennPlax, not sure of the wattage. I filled the tank tonight, so in the morning I will see what the temp it's at and go from there.
For lighting, I am using a pink grow bulb that came with one of the other tanks, just until I get a different light fixture that actually fits this tank! The light doesn't really look pink at all in person, but beware, in pictures, it does.
If anyone has any suggestions for a light fixture for the tank that isn't too expensive, pleas let me know
Just going to be growing low light plants. For the scape, I plan to have mostly rocks to provide enough caves, nooks, and crannies for any grumpy Goby to claim as its own. I will have some low maintenance plants in the tank for cover and extra filtration.
For the stock, I am planning on buying six Bumble Bee Gobies. Even though these guys top out at .75", I am reading that they are fairly aggressive and like their space. Maybe I will add one or two more when I purchase them to give myself better chances of having a good mix of males and females.
I will probably also add a few rabbit snails, and maybe after the tank is established, I will add a few Amano shrimp.
I will post a few pictures in the morning after I get plants and rocks in the tank.
Thanks for reading,
Scotty
