(everyone probably knows this..but just in case..)[b said:Quote[/b] (SnapTrap @ Jan. 04 2004,06:08)]A seventeen gallon tank can hold eleven and a half inches of fish.36W is way more light than you need.Maybe 20 W.
The filter you mentioned is too powerful. 500 L or 250GPH is far to much. Add two hardy fish to start, and the rest in two months.
The only thing I can think of is that you should not put two male guppies together in the same tank. Since both the guppy and the tetras are schooling fish, and your supposed to have five at least in a school, I would go with on or the other. The sex ratio should be 1 male to 4 females. Do you know anything about pH? Also a sponge filter would be unneccesary.[b said:Quote[/b] (wezx @ Jan. 05 2004,03:49)]ok! ill give the tank 30W worth of light, that brings down the cost by about $40. And the 500l/h bio filter will be a 400l/h filter. That will bring down the cost by only $1...
look at my plan on page 2, what do you think? did i miss out anything?
thanks!
SnapTrap,[b said:Quote[/b] (SnapTrap @ Jan. 04 2004,15:08)]The filter you mentioned is too powerful. 500 L or 250GPH is far to much.
One male guppy will continually chase the female around. I would have at least three females to each male. Sorry about my miscalculation with the metric system. I thought that one liter was about a half-gallon. I wish the US would use metric.[b said:Quote[/b] (wezx @ Jan. 06 2004,20:45)]yes i know about pH, ill try to test my filtered water when i get a litmas paper
i like guppies more than tetras... also if i put all female tetras/guppies except for one then they will breed alot right? so of i want guppies I can only have one male? ill probably have one male and 1 female
thanks