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Old 16-05-2008, 08:26 PM
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guys if you had a 5' tank what would you do with it,what kind of setup and what kind fish.please please dont say a tank full of guppys and mollys.lol
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:29 PM
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probably do a nice large african biotope. Lots of bogwood with anubis, with a sand substrate.

Stocking would be reedfish, birchirs, ABFs, congo tetras, an elephant nose.
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:38 PM
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yeah like that,just change one of my tanks to sand.not as bad as people think.
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probably do a nice large african biotope. Lots of bogwood with anubis, with a sand substrate.

Stocking would be reedfish, birchirs, ABFs, congo tetras, an elephant nose.
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:43 PM
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always stock elephant nose in small groups,they always do better in groups.they are a mad fish mine are crazy things.
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nice amazon sort of setup. angels, tetras corys etc. nice and pretty with no aggression.

er wait its me.

Nice pair of freddies (parachromis friedrichstallhi)

or a pair of jags.

maybe a pike cichlid as a show piece

green terrors.

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etc. Big cichlids!!!
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:50 PM
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nice amazon sort of setup. angels, tetras corys etc. nice and pretty with no aggression.

er wait its me.

Nice pair of freddies (parachromis friedrichstallhi)

or a pair of jags.

maybe a pike cichlid as a show piece

green terrors.

severums

etc. Big cichlids!!!
angels not agressive?! well mine are anyway!!
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nice amazon sort of setup. angels, tetras corys etc. nice and pretty with no aggression.

er wait its me.

Nice pair of freddies (parachromis friedrichstallhi)

or a pair of jags.

maybe a pike cichlid as a show piece

green terrors.

severums

etc. Big cichlids!!!
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Old 16-05-2008, 08:56 PM
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come on mike you would not put a poor severum in with that list.

but to be fair i have come across with the odd nutcase severum.

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Old 16-05-2008, 09:11 PM
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hi mate, i would put lots of different gourami's in, they are very nice and peaceful.
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red tail cat fish and cichlid

or arrowana and rays

cold water try red ear turtle and sturgeon ... caviar

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