What size tank do I need for a 4-6'' peacock?

[lando87]

A 10 gallon or 20 gallon?

 

[justinl]

O. scyllarus needs minimum 25gal. at 6inches they can break glass, so personally i would not risk a standard tank. I would go for a tank that either uses thicker than normal glass, or any acrylic tank.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthro...ostraca/royslist/species.php?name=o_scyllarus

 

[lando87]

acrylic tank? you mean the plastic ones?

 

[justinl]

well acrylic is not any old cheap plastic, but yes it is basically a plastic (that's why they melt easily under metal halide lamps). its more common name is plexiglass but in the tank trade they always call it acrylic for some reason.

 

[Pea-brain]

Acrylic and plexiglass are different I think. Doesn't plexiglass yellow in saltwater?

 

[justinl]

nope it's the same thing... Plexiglas, R-Cast, Perspex, Plazcryl, Acrylite, Acrylplast, Altuglas, Polycast and Lucite, and acrylic glass are all diferent names for the same thing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic_glass

 

[deboM3]

Yup they are the same thing. Had a plastics class last quarter =0]

 

[mattyice]

ive had mine in a 40G breeder and now she is in a 33G cube, the 33G is much better for a peacock i believe because the glass is thicker then a 40G breeder is and since a peacock doesnt move throughout the tank alot the small bottom area is perfect and the water volume is a good size for a mantis shrimp, if you dont want it to break the glass then dont tease it and give it a deep enough sand bed so it wont strike the bottom

 

[Pea-brain]

I wouldn't recommend a deep sandbed. Peacocks have a tendency to bury food and molt skins causing water probs.

 

[mattyice]

water is fine, you just have to give them the right size portions at the right times and it wont be a problem, and my peacock ate her entire molt skin so i havent had any problems, and without a deep sand bed, good luck having a peacock in a tank, even with a PVC burrow it will leave the burrow to bury things