sdm
Premium Member
Hi all,
I recently got an old 30g aquarium from someone who was getting rid of it. Now I have been looking up octos for a long time, but been unable to get one because I did not have a qualified tank. (i.e. copper having been used, or not big enough) Unfortunately, I forgot to ask if copper had been used in the past, and the next time my mom or dad'll see them (we got it since they are one of my parents patients) is undetermined. Could be weeks, months, heck it could even be a year or two! Anyhoo, because of how messy octos are(therefore huge biolad) I have to either get something in there so the tank keeps the max biolad high or put in an octo. My question is, what should I do? I've never heard of a tank cleaned up after copper was used enough to put in an octo/ceph in, but anythin I put in there at the moment will probably end up staying there, as the the two other tanks I have are full. Also, just while I'm on the topic, what would be ideal for a 30g? I know that bimacs are basically out of the question, but I dunno how I like the idea of mercatoris or joubini. Thanks in advance!
I recently got an old 30g aquarium from someone who was getting rid of it. Now I have been looking up octos for a long time, but been unable to get one because I did not have a qualified tank. (i.e. copper having been used, or not big enough) Unfortunately, I forgot to ask if copper had been used in the past, and the next time my mom or dad'll see them (we got it since they are one of my parents patients) is undetermined. Could be weeks, months, heck it could even be a year or two! Anyhoo, because of how messy octos are(therefore huge biolad) I have to either get something in there so the tank keeps the max biolad high or put in an octo. My question is, what should I do? I've never heard of a tank cleaned up after copper was used enough to put in an octo/ceph in, but anythin I put in there at the moment will probably end up staying there, as the the two other tanks I have are full. Also, just while I'm on the topic, what would be ideal for a 30g? I know that bimacs are basically out of the question, but I dunno how I like the idea of mercatoris or joubini. Thanks in advance!