OscarBoy Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Hi guys, i am thinking of buying a breeding pair of E yellows would a 20l tank b big enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 i think that will be way too small. i would say min 60 x 30 x 30cm tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 ok what about just 4 the babies to grow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 a 20L tank is a bucket not big enough for a breeding pair of yellow's sorry to say.. I would say minimum 2ft but even that might be too small the tank they are in is the same as one of mine and is about 170L 3ft so yeah probably wouldn't go smaller than that, 2ft is probably the minimum for growing africans out around 1.5cm's mine go into that sized tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 well i will let them breed in the main tank then transfer the babies to get ready to sell of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 a 20L tank is a bucket not big enough for a breeding pair of yellow's sorry to say.. I would say minimum 2ft but even that might be too small the tank they are in is the same as one of mine and is about 170L 3ft so yeah probably wouldn't go smaller than that, 2ft is probably the minimum for growing africans out around 1.5cm's mine go into that sized tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 isnt it big enough 4 the babies either? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Very short term for the babies ideally you need a 3ft to grow them out well thats what I use anyway, even when small the yellow babies can scrap a bit and if you get 20-30 in a brood of yellows they can produce a bit of waste and flowl the water getting stunted very fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 yea well i would grow them till 2-4cm then sell but maybe il just use it as live food who knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 I dont think it would work trying to grow them that size in a 20L tank, by the time they get to 2cm you would have another brood too.. Could you imagine 40-60 yellows trying to grow in a 20L tank? It just wouldn't work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 i got 2 20l tanks and i can buy another 2ft tank if needed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Im having flashbacks from when you asked if you could fit an arowana in something way to small... Lets try to get the message through: in the wild, fish have huge rivers/lakes to swim in with millions and millions of litres. We can't stop you doing what you want to do with your fish but all we can do is dicourage you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 lol yeah thats what I thought which is why I stopped posting Good luck oscarboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarimochi Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Good luck oscarboy Why him?? I say good luck to the poor fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted December 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 lol i'm going to buya 2ft 4 em maybe bigger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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