Treasure chest tank!

[Jweickum]

So my 23g tank finally cycled and I was brainstorming ideas for the theme.

I came up with sunken ship, with some ghost shrimp, and ghost catfish. Those two are the only two ghost fish I know of.

Does anyone else know of any more or maybe some sunken ship themed fish ideas.





This is my tank.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Very cool tank! Why don't you add some black ghost knife fish, and some blind cave tetras. The tetras can be like pirate souls or something and the black ghost knife fish look very shade like with how they swim

 

[Alyxx]

Very cool tank! Why don't you add some black ghost knife fish, and some blind cave tetras. The tetras can be like pirate souls or something and the black ghost knife fish look very shade like with how they swim

Ghost knife fish get way too big for that tank.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

If u get them small though you could keep them for a year or two

 

[bettaowner]

Phantom tetras would be a nice addition.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Ooh that's a good idea!!! I wonder if they have pirate fish

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Albino plecostomus look cool

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Albino Cory's and glass catfish would be great additions

 

[bettaowner]

There are indian glass fish and glass tetras. A group of gold tetras could be the sunken treasure.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Oh you could get those fish called monos or something like that or maybe its manos, anyways they look like silver dollars. They can be put in fresh and salt water.

 

[bettaowner]

Monos need saltwater. Only young monos can live in freshwater.

 

[Jweickum]

Got a few plants today. And a friend of mine got a pleco and I remembered she was cycling her tank fish less. She was just going to put her fish in the tank as is (with like 6ppm ammonia)

So I offered to house it for her till her tank cycled. I got the fish today only to realize its not a pleco and it is in fact a Chinese algae eater. Which is also going to grow too big for her tank.

Can anyone confirm this is an algae eater?

 

[Wolfsblood]

Yes it is an algae eater. It will get to big for your tank too and they can get pretty nasty.

 

[Jweickum]

Here's my tank with some added plants. Will be adding more as I find ones I like.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Very nice! May I suggest hornwort as it grows very well and looks nice, also ludwigia looks excellent

 

[Mebbid]

Love the tank

That fish you are referring to looks like a chinese algae eater. Probably one of the most hated fish in aquariums.

 

[DeathclawRowe1]

Yea the only algae eater that is liked is the Siamese algae eater indigenous to Thailand. Other than that all other algae eaters are disliked when it comes down to the carp family. I would only suggest keeping the Chinese algae eater with cichlids.

 

[Jweickum]

Can anyone suggest some nice tall types of plants?

 

[Mebbid]

Can anyone suggest some nice tall types of plants?

Cabomba and Spiral Vals are some nice tall plants that you could add.

 

[bettaowner]

Amazon swords and the crinum thaianum plant grow pretty tall.