Set up my breeding tanks (Royal Whiptails,Thread Fins,Fork Tail 'Blue Eyed' Rainbows)

[Jake89]

Just finished setting up 2 breeding tanks and im undecided on what bottom feeders too get for it. Ive currently got:
Royal Whiptails,
Fork Tailed 'Blue Eyed' Rainbows,
Thread Fin Rainbows,
Pencil Fish.

Now i was thinking of either pygmy corys or dwarf anchor cat fish as the bottom feeder, i want something which isnt massive but nice too look at and fairly active and obviously good at the job.

Im later thinking of adding some Ottos and Hockey Sticks too one of the tanks.

Also i just bought a new filter for one of the tanks, its the Eheim Aquaball 2208 which is built for 30-60L tanks, but it pumps at 480L Per Hour, i think that may be abit fast im not sure, Also since putting it in my water has gone cloudy, tried using Accu-Clear but hasnt done alot. Do you think this is pumping the water too fast, any side effects if the filtration is too fast and do you think the cloudyness will pass by itself?!?

I think it will sort itself out and is just a little case of new filter syndrome and waiting for the bacteria too build up but just thought i would ask you guys that aswell.

Jake

[TUBBS]

why do you want to add any fish to these tanks if they are for breeding? other than broodstock that is?

and how do you plan on breeding all of those in 2 tanks at once? as 3 are egg scatterers and one cave?

[Jake89]

Originally Posted by TUBBS

why do you want to add any fish to these tanks if they are for breeding? other than broodstock that is?

and how do you plan on breeding all of those in 2 tanks at once? as 3 are egg scatterers and one cave?

I have bred before, all of those species arent in each tank, i have royal whips and thread fins in one tank, and blue eye rainbows in the other and just moved the pencil fish out if my nano in there with them but may take them out, this tank i will put some ottos in for algea control purposes. I think im going to go with corydoras habrosus as the bottom feeders, just a little group of 5 in each tank as there are a Dwarf species of cory and abit nicer thn the pygmy corys.

The water in the cloudy tank is almost clear now, should be crystal by morning.

[TUBBS]

yea i gathered they were 2 species to a tank, so your not actually going to be breeding them for now? so they aren't breeding tanks atm

[Jake89]

Originally Posted by TUBBS

yea i gathered they were 2 species to a tank, so your not actually going to be breeding them for now? so they aren't breeding tanks atm

Obviously let the tank settle ect and then i get too sorting out the more important stuff and getting them ready for breeding. I normaly keep and breed 2 species in each tank, i had my cross tails in spawning with my royal whips 2 years back, but this time im putting the thread fins in with the royal whips as their water parameters are near enough the same.
Im then going too have the Fork Tail 'Blue Eye' Rainbows breeding in the other tank, im going too have some ottos in there with the fork tails but not for breeding, just for algea cleaning purposesand i have decided im taking them 5 pencil fish out and putting them back in the nano tank with the amano shrimp and mosquito rasbora.