55 Gallon Community

[TheNuggyMan]

my ten gallon is better

[TheNuggyMan]

cool fish tank

[Whitevoice14]

They don't sell Rams here I love them!

[Whitevoice14]

Nice tank

[dyamarick]

Very cool. I"m beginning to appreciate the Roseline sharks and you have a good mix for a community. How big is the pleco now?

[Sakaane]

@dyamarick She is a bristlenose pleco so that was more or less her adult size. Thanks for your comment!

[dyamarick]

@Sakaane Great name, Bissell. Kirby would be a good one as well!

[mysteryman052]

nice tank

[prowrestlingcarny]

will 5 silver dollers 1 angel fish and 1 red tail shark be ok in a 55 gallon

[Sakaane]

@prowrestlingcarny Please visit aquahobby(dot)com and sign up on the forums there to get useful answers to this question. There are many experienced fishkeepers there who will be able to help you plan correctly for your aquarium.

[prowrestlingcarny]

@Sakaane Thanks this really helped

[davidloveco]

wow, I feed one or two algae tabs to my 75 gallon tank with larger fish. Maybe the dropsy was from overfeeding?

[Sakaane]

@davidloveco I doubt it. I feed NLS and zucchini sparingly, and bloodworms only once or twice a month as a treat. For purposes of this video I used a few extra algae wafers to ensure the fish would be near the front of the tank where I could shoot them more easily.

[SPUD1880]

what kind of substrate are you using in this tank?>

[Sakaane]

@SPUD1880 It's playsand purchased from a local hardware store. This particular batch had quite a bit of small-grain gravel in it too, which you can see in the video.

[ThisLadWayne]

ive just brought a 55 gallon, and it looks massive, but when i watch these videos 55 gallon looks small

[Someth1ngF1shy]

how many roseline sharks you got?

[Sakaane]

@Someth1ngF1shy When this video was made I had three of them. Unfortunately two of them have died since then; one developed a growth/tumor and the other came down with dropsy. :( I haven't replaced them yet as they are pretty expensive.

[ryanfiller]

I noticed you have corydoras and some sort of ram. I also have cories and considering getting a ram. Do they ever fight?

[Sakaane]

@ryanfiller Cories are peaceful fish and don't bother their tankmates. German Blue Rams are generally peaceful as well (as far as cichlids go) but they do harass other fish which stray into their perceived territory. My male ram bullied my cories and I had to separate them. I would not keep these fish types together again.

Additionally, GBRs and cories are not really suited to being kept together in the first place, as cories prefer cooler water temperatures.

[Roosterboii]

Breathtakingly beutiful tank you got there. I'm in the market for a new tank, wich will be a species tank, for either Denisons or Clownloaches. Btw your Denisons are wonderful.

[TheBigRed47]

in the very beginning what were those fish with the red stripes?

[Sakaane]

@TheBigRed47 They have a few common names, my favorite of which is Rose Line Shark. The scientific name is Puntius denisonii.

[supertasticasian]

@Sakaane aren't they called splashing tetras too?

[supertasticasian]

@supertasticasian lol, nvm.

[outsiders1994]

there is no info on google

[outsiders1994]

hey do you know if a blue torpedo shark can be in salt water

[Sakaane]

@outsiders1994 Why don't you do some research and find out? Google is a great tool. : )

[mrfolopi]

errr how much would one 55 gallon tank be?

[Sakaane]

@mrfolopi Depends on where you live, whether you're getting it as part of a kit or bare, what other supplies you already have, how you're going to set it up, what stock you're going to put in it, etc. I bought my tank as part of a kit for about $150CDN. Since then I would say I've probably invested about $1000 in it, maybe more.

[Blackdragon258]

I've gota pleco that looks just like yours, he's only half the size of yours right now though(comparing it to the size of your corrys)and already has a bushy little beard, so is yours a female or am i just judging the size wrong? & is yours called just an ordinary bristlenose pleco? when i bought mine they said it didn't have a common name, they called it an "ancistrus" pleco(which basically is the whole pleco family's name), also have a longfin albino bristlenose female plecp in a diff. tank :)

[Sakaane]

@Blackdragon258 Mine is a female, yes. Bristlenose plecos are also known as bushynose plecos. LFS employees are often ignorant. : )

[bmxn91]

That is the best stocked tank I have seen on youtube lol. Very similiar to what i was thinking of doing. Nice tank

[Sakaane]

Thanks!

[Isawayne]

Hey. Just wanted to let u kno I set up my 55 today.

[Sakaane]

Congrats! Have fun with it. : ) What will you be stocking once the tank is cycled?

[Isawayne]

8 pearl danios, 1 male sword tail, 3 females (red), 8 cories (possibly elegant),2 angels, 2 pearl gouramis (male with female or female with female), 8 rummynose tetras

Currently but it might change. I was wondering lately if the danios might fin nip the angels. I'll try it out and if the danios don't work, i will probably replace th with khuli loaches.

[Isawayne]

What are those really colorful fish at the beginning.

[Sakaane]

Blue: Lake Kutubu (turquoise) rainbowfish.

Gold w/ red lines and yellow dots on the tails: Rose line sharks

Later:

Black w/ white dots: Bristlenose pleco

Black dot w/ pink belly & orange nose: German Blue Ram

Pale w/ black splotches: Peppered corydoras

Bright yellow at the surface: Golden Wonder killifish

[Isawayne]

Thnx.

[AllAboutFishNFish]

ur pleco is sooooo active im soo jelous

[PojeMetal]

How cute, you are the best fish-keeper I ever know. ;)

[zodiac2nd]

Your BN pleco is awesome. even cute actually.

[namehater]

awesome water clarity! feels like im IN the tank.

great tank btw, your fish look very happy

[ripleysar]

nice tank, and good mix of species. I like it

[Sakaane]

Thanks!