Path: utzoo!hoptoad!amdahl!ames!hc!lll-winken!gryphon!richard
From: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Newsgroups: alt.aquaria
Subject: Re: Tank Size
Keywords: Layered Fish
Message-ID: <2198@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Date: 20 Jan 88 03:48:49 GMT
References: <5927@sol.ARPA> <348@galaxy>
Reply-To: richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton)
Organization: Trailing Edge Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
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In article <348@galaxy> whitling@andromeda.UUCP (Donna Whitlinger) writes:
>In article <5927@sol.ARPA> becker@cs.rochester.edu (Tim Becker) writes:
>>
>>However, I wonder what other folks think about bigger tanks -- like
>>hexagonal tanks?  Or a 45 gal that is about the same width as my 20
>>long, but higher and deeper.  Are there problems with high tanks - lots
>>of water depth?
>>
>
>I have a 20 gallon extra high tank.  It has the same footprint as a standard
>ten gallon tank.  I bought the tank because it was attractive and fit the
>space I had available, but had twice as much water.  Therefore, I reasoned
>it should be able to support twice as many fish.  Well sort of.  It may be
>the water depth, but the fish don't swim around it the way they do in my
>20 gallon long tank.  They tend to stratify:  catfish on the bottom, zebras
>near the top, neons at about 3/4 down.  No matter what I put in the tank
>there's a "bald" spot right in the middle (depthwise) and crowding in one
>of the other "layers."  Has anyone else experienced this?  Right now the
>tank is sitting empty because I'm so frustrated with it.
>

Well, what you are seeing is *exactly* what you would see if you were
to see those fish in the wild.

If you want something that will "go everywhere", try platies (esp. the
hi-fin ones) or fancy guppies.



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