mcrudd Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 It would need to be at least twice as deep to accommodate discus in the long run. Maybe Angels but they get pretty big too. You can get some quite colourful small fish such as male guppies or tetras. I thought so, I tried to explain to him that they get quite big and will need some space to turn around. I think its best if I just take him to Holllywoods and show him the bright little fish you can get in small schools. Guppies is a no no, had them before and I don't like their testerone levels, they killed the females with the high levels, so they are banned from any of my tanks LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted November 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2012 Dwarf gourami can be quite colorful, and they should be able to fit in there. Never looked at them, will have a look this weekend, thanks for the suggestion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calculator Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Never looked at them, will have a look this weekend, thanks for the suggestion They are nice fish, the ones in fish shops dont show there full colours, they colour up a lot more in your fish tank. They will go nicely with other small fish (they could look nice as a centerpiece with a school of tetras), the main problem I have found with them is that the males fight with each other (I currently have that problem with my two pearl gourami's as they both turned out to be males instead of females, and I havent yet got around to getting rid of one(you can have it if you want)). Here is a pic of mine (excuse the bad quality photo): There are different types that have different colors as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 oooh a SE Asian biotope gourami tank???, that would look pretty cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critter_crazy Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Would dwarf rainbow fish work? They'd be lovely! :spop: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I think you should read my article about glass thickness before you consider filling this tank again. You can find it here: http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?p=1732 This link will take you to a tool for calculating the safety factor on an aquarium (also at the bottom of the page): http://www.fnzas.org.nz/?page_id=1529 When filled to the top this tank only has a safety factor of 0.742 which means it should break. The reason it didn't is possibly because you have glass on the higher end of the tensile strength range or maybe the 10mm plates helped somehow. Unfortunately, the builder of this tank like many other tank builders, has no idea how to work of the required thickness to make a safe tank. You can use the tool in the second link above to approximate how much you can fill the tank to get a safety factor you are happy with. I'd go for 2.5 minimum but recommend the commercial standard value of 3.8 as a better target. Safety Factor 2.5 = 421mm (approx water height) Safety Factor 3.8 = 366mm (approx water height) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 starting to look like a mosquito rasbora riparium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Did the shop actually sell this as an aquarium or something else - maybe it's meant for plants... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 3, 2012 Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 Hubby came home with this fishtank, he picked it up at our local inorganics LOL. Its measurements are 140cm lenth, 71cm Hight and 20cm deep. We filled it right to the top, no leaks, but it will deffinetly need some sort of bracing as the glass at the top was bowing out quite a bit, enough to frighten us and empty it out quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcrudd Posted November 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2012 I think you should read my article about glass thickness before you consider filling this tank again.I'd go for 2.5 minimum but recommend the commercial standard value of 3.8 as a better target. Safety Factor 2.5 = 421mm (approx water height) Safety Factor 3.8 = 366mm (approx water height) After showing Hubby this and he is deffinetly against the riparium for one or other reason it looks like this tank is gonna find a new home. Is anybody on here interested in it, perhaps for froggies or something. You will have to come pick up though, this tank is heavy Else I might try my luck with it on Trade Me with a dollar reserve, no idea what to say than the sizes though :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Depending on width of other tanks, you could use this one behind another to plant house plants in for an interesting background that would rise above the tank in front. Then it is not a tank, it is just a long plant pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 I suggested a riparium for the safety factor of the glass at that high, knowing that lowering the water would increase the safety factor. Could always just grow bromids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F15hguy Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 just got thinking about a bog type crypt tank with a couple of small pools dug out full of mosquito rasbora. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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