LiamCH
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hello again. It seems I've really been bitten by the aquarium bug from my ten gallon tropical tank, and after recently noticing a 6.6 gallon (25 litre) tank which would fit well on my bookshelf, I decided to take the plunge.
Anyhow, as I already have a tropical tank which I'm very happy with, I was planning to create a coldwater one. Having noticed the large number of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in a small brook near my house, I was thinking of choosing them as my aquarium's inhabitants. Would you think that'd work? They're pretty small fish, so I would have thought they'd be suited to a tank of this size. None of the ones in the brook appear to be larger than about an inch. Also, judging by the crazy prices for substrate in my local pet shop, I was also considering just scraping an amount of sand/gravel off the riverbed to use in the aquarium. I'd take some plant samples too.
Do you think this would work? Any suggestions would be helpful. I've always had a fascination with these sticklebacks, as I often used to play by the brook when I was little, so it'd be nice to finally have some in a tank. Also, I like the idea of using entirely indiginous fish, plants and substrate, all collected from the same brook, as it would be more... authentic.
By the way, my tank measures 24" x 8" x 8", so they should have more than average space in which to swim for a tank of that volume.
What do you think?
Anyhow, as I already have a tropical tank which I'm very happy with, I was planning to create a coldwater one. Having noticed the large number of three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in a small brook near my house, I was thinking of choosing them as my aquarium's inhabitants. Would you think that'd work? They're pretty small fish, so I would have thought they'd be suited to a tank of this size. None of the ones in the brook appear to be larger than about an inch. Also, judging by the crazy prices for substrate in my local pet shop, I was also considering just scraping an amount of sand/gravel off the riverbed to use in the aquarium. I'd take some plant samples too.
Do you think this would work? Any suggestions would be helpful. I've always had a fascination with these sticklebacks, as I often used to play by the brook when I was little, so it'd be nice to finally have some in a tank. Also, I like the idea of using entirely indiginous fish, plants and substrate, all collected from the same brook, as it would be more... authentic.
By the way, my tank measures 24" x 8" x 8", so they should have more than average space in which to swim for a tank of that volume.
What do you think?