Saltwater & Reef

Anemone afterlife · 06-16-2013, 01:15 PM

I am a new user of AA and happy to be here

shellyx · 06-16-2013, 04:56 PM

Welcome to the forum

Anemone afterlife · 06-16-2013, 07:06 PM

Thank you

Are you good with aquatic plants??

shellyx · 06-16-2013, 07:14 PM

I just plant mine and hope for the best lol you can post on planted tank thread someone there will be able to help you

cgthebeast · 06-16-2013, 07:22 PM

Hey, welcome and how many tanks do u have,

Anemone afterlife · 06-16-2013, 07:33 PM

Thanks Shellyx for the advice

I have one ten gallon medium planted tank with one Bala and one red fin shark a cory and a 3 inch cat fish
I also have a 2 gallon desktop aquarium with one long fin zebra danio and two platys with 3 ghost shrimp to keep things clean.

cgthebeast · 06-16-2013, 07:41 PM

Ok, that bala and the red fin are going to get to big for that tank,

Anemone afterlife · 06-16-2013, 07:51 PM

I know

I will be upgrading to a 30 gallon hopefully by the end of year

Darkseid76 · 06-16-2013, 07:52 PM

Gonna need at least 55 for the sharks.

Maxw47 · 06-16-2013, 07:54 PM

I think a 30 gallon is still too small... Bala sharks are just gaint minnows lol. They get really really big. Not sure on an exact tank size though. I'd say 55+. And 2 gallons isn't big enough for anything but the shrimp. If put those fish in the ten gallon and sell the ones in the ten right now.

**Autumnsky** · 06-16-2013, 09:35 PM

The RTS gets up to 7 inches, here's mine. Not a very good pic, but really is that big. Almost as long as the width of notebook paper. Also appx 4.5" tall and about 2" wide, I think female due to her shape and lighter color. She was given to me full size and the person had her since a baby about 7 years old now.

She was temporarily in a 32G while she was in quarantine and for a little longer than the quarantine time while I set up my 72G and got it running properly. 32G was really too small.

A 55G tank is only 12" deep, so maybe a little larger tank would be a better choice. Also make sure there are cool areas around the tank bottom for them to hide in. Mine has a favorite tree root deco that was in my quarantine tank and I kept it for her so she would be happier in the tank transition. They want a place they can zip into and out of which would be even a 3/4 hollow log type thing/ "rock" cave.

They can be aggressive especially if there is a smallish tank and they feel like they have to protect their territory. Mine is pretty mellow but would chase the other bottom fish out of her swim path just to show who was boss.