Tropical community aquarium

After the disaster of my last tank (bottom fell out!), this is my new one. Managed to save a few fish, but had to really start afresh with them. It's all live plants in tank with natural sand, rocks and bogwood. Bogwood took me a while to get right, but it's all good now. Ph is at 7.0 and temp is around 28c.

Tank now contains 2 guppies,2 rainbow fish, 2 saffron mollies, 1 silver molly, 1 dalmation molly, 1 plattie, 2 clown loach, 2 cherry barbs, 1 white spotted catfish, 1 chinese algae eater, 2 gourami, 2 cardinal tetra, 1 neon tetra, 1 rummynose tetra, 3 frogs, 1 apple snail, 1 swordtail, 1 glowlight tetra.


(ps. my baby in the background is addicted to the fish!)

Please comment and check out my previous tank.

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[Skutz0r]

your tank looks slightly yellow, is that because of the bogwood or because of the filter or something else? i just got that filter(came with the tank) and it looks likes its doing a shit job of cleaning but i also have bog wood, any tips?

[drjulesd]

Hi, my aquarium was slightly tinted on this vid, but nowhere near as yellow as this vid shows due to poor cam quality. Bogwood needs a good soaking for a couple of weeks ideally, but it does still tint your water for a short while. It does clear up with regular water changes, but just keep an eye on your Ph while it does. Rid that filter and get a Fluval 202 or Fluval 2+ (i'm assuming u have the 60L tank) and carbon pads too, that will do a far superior job and keep your water crystal clear.

[stephster575]

Beautiful tank! Your BOTTOM fell out!? How did that happen, and what are the chances of that happening!?

[drjulesd]

Lol! Looking back, there was a bit of a design fault with these tanks, the bottom of the glass sits about 3mm off the stand as there's a lip around the base of the tank. It got sent back to the manufacturers and they offered me big box of fish goodies as compensation (as well as a new tank), as they said it must have been faulty. Doesn't take into account the wet carpet, dead fish and moaning missus! lol.

[stephster575]

Hmm... That's pretty scary. Must of been horrible! I was just wondering, because bothe my 20 and 10 gallon tank are off-level by 5mm, so I'm scared that they are going to collapse now! They are both on stands which are on carpets, but they are still slightly off-level and a little wobbly. Should I worry about this? One tank (20g) has been established for a year already, and there have been no cracks/leaks. And my 10g has been set up for half a year with no leaks/cracks. Is this ok? (off-level?)

[drjulesd]

Ideally, aquariums should be as level as you can get them, but i wouldn't worry too much about it happening to you as this happened within the first 3 months of me having it! I must admit, i still get a bit paranoid over my big aquarium...now that would be like a tsunami if that beast broke! lol

[LetltPlay]

What fish is crying??

[kaleluk31]

how does a frog live in your tank?

will it try to jump out at any point?

what do you feed it?

what type of frog is it?

how do you clean your tank down to the grave with the little creatures?

dont they need some kinda rock at the surface or something?

is there any fish you cant mix with these frogs?

[lornajm]

what r the yellow fish in ur tank please

[LoveYourFish]

how many gallons is it?

[octilia2]

any suggestions for fish to my soon to be 20 gallon community tank?

[stephster575]

lol! Thank you! I may try to level my aquariums, but I really am not worried anymore about them breaking/cracking/leaking/coll­apsing. I'm more worried about my fishies health.

Again, thanks for the help and beautiful tank!