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25 gallon tank sitting around, can I use it for something?

post #1 of 11
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I have a 25 gallon tank sitting around that I feel might be useful for something. Give me some ideas. I know some of you might say a sump for my 75 gallon but I dont have the money for the pump or the space to put it. Give me some ideas that wont involve much cost if any.

post #2 of 11

Your going to incur new costs even setting up a new tank. Your going to have lights, skimmer, and filter and don't forget at least 25 pounds of live rock and 30 pounds of sand. All of that is well over the cost of a sump pump for your 75g. JMHO.

 

Even then, if you want a few ideas... try a non-photosynthetic tank - they are cool, but you might have to buy a chiller depending on the inhabitants.

 

Try a lagoon style tank - I know it should be only 12 to 15" deep, but you can accomplish some of the same things with it. Small piles of live rock with some mangroves growing and some hermits and damsels would look pretty neat under a pendant metal halide.

 

You could try a blue spot jawfish with a deep sand bed for him to have fun in. I think I would like that best. It could be pretty cheap to do on a budget. Especially with only a 25g tank.

 

 

post #3 of 11

Mantis tank

post #4 of 11

FOWLR?

post #5 of 11

what ideas are swimming in your cranial tank? What do yo imagine having?

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Originally Posted by florida joe View Post

Mantis tank



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post #7 of 11

I like the lagoon style tank. That would work nicely, especially with some mangroves to provide extra filtration, but it's gonna be a little more work setting it up.

Also, A goby-shrimp symbiosis tank?

 

Or, as I had, a species tank for a cano toadfish? Really cool fish, and also easy to get because they are really hard to sell for most LFS's because they don't work well in many community tanks.

post #8 of 11
Thread Starter 

I would really like to have a more professional setup with a sump but here is another idea I had. At a lfs they sell live food. I think it would be cool if I could set up a tank to breed that live food and somehow catch them when ever I want to feed them to my fish .

 

 

post #9 of 11

well a lot of people hatch their own brine shrimp... teresa does that... and flower is trying to

or did you want like feeder fish?

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brine shrimp would be cool. How often would I be able to feed them it before I run out? I mean they wont hatch at the same rate I feed them im guessing

 

What would hatch more often and I would be able to have more of bring shrimp or feeder fish?

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Originally Posted by wayner View Post

brine shrimp would be cool. How often would I be able to feed them it before I run out? I mean they wont hatch at the same rate I feed them im guessing

 

What would hatch more often and I would be able to have more of bring shrimp or feeder fish?



just throwing this out there, but why not raise mysis shrimp? not to expensive. anyone can raise BBS Mysis would be great and I don't believe alot of these folks are doing it. Great thread topic.

 

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