Taylor Blake Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 This is my 300 gallon community I'm going for a hill stream community much like rachel o'leary's 150 gallon. My goal is to have hill stream species like many US native species such as darters and minnows. I would also like gobies and loaches as well the biggest fish I'm looking to add are around 4-6 inches and the smallest being the white clouds or stiphodon. (96 long X 24 wide X 31 tall) the tank started up earlier this year Equipment Matten filter that hides intake and pumps 2 48 inch Fluval 3.0 planted plus lights 2 48inch Fluval Aquasky 2.0 lights Jebao DC return pump DCP-8000 FX 4 canister filter Hardscape 1/4 inch black criva Mexican beach pebbles 100lbs 1/8 inch black criva Mexican beach pebbles 100lbs 2-3 inch black Mexican beach pebbles 80lbs Unknown hardwood 6 feet tall 20 inches wide unknown hardwood 4 foot long rocks from local landscaping yard Plants Bolbitis Crypt Wendtii Jungle val Hornwart Christmas Moss on matten filter Livestock current stock some fish have passed or been removed from when the pictures and videos were taken 20 Rainbow shiners 5 central stone roller 35 southern red belly dace 6 Johnny darters 6 red spotted gobies 3 white cheeked rhinogobius 3 neon blue dwarf goby 10 black khuli loaches 6 yo-yo loaches 6 gold white clouds 1 normal white cloud 10 pearl danios 3 emerald shiners 1 tadpole madtom 2 bamboo shrimp 2 Mexican dwarf crayfish 2 Amano shrimp 12 cull cherry shrimp 4 species of snail at least and hundreds of them live black worms I think that is all the life in the tank but their will be more to come and I plan on updating with new additions and changes to the tank on here. feel free to ask questions or suggestions. 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Administrators Cory Posted September 8, 2020 Administrators Share Posted September 8, 2020 Thats a fun looking tank, thanks for sharing. I hate trying to get big driftwood to stay sunk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 1 hour ago, Cory said: Thats a fun looking tank, thanks for sharing. I hate trying to get big driftwood to stay sunk. I'm still working on it after 5 months. That is why there is the bag of gravel on it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C Savidge Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 That's an impressive amount of snails. Do the darters eat them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 @C Savidge the small ones they do eat but it's not their favorite food they like black worms better. I do have some loaches and assassin snails that I hope will bring the population down to manageable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 18, 2020 Author Share Posted September 18, 2020 The list of fish has increased I have added 7 neon blue dwarf goby 7 hillstream loaches 6 yo yo loaches 5 assassin snails 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) really cool tank why only 2 amanos Edited September 24, 2020 by quirkylemon103 miss spell 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 @quirkylemon103 because I only had two at the time lol. I had them in a different tank and I haven't seen any amanos at a good enough price to buy 30. To stock it fully. I am going to attempt the almost impossible next summer by attempting to breed them in a brackish summer tub. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 ok also what fish is this the one that's on the rock up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 That looks great! I love all the grazing options for the inhabitants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 @quirkylemon103that is a yoyo loach they are not shrimp safe and should be kept in warmer water then what I'm keeping them in but they are doing well and getting very fat in this tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy's Fish Den Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 nice looking tank, I like that big piece of driftwood, is that something you found "in the wild" or buy at a store? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 (edited) 11 hours ago, Taylor Blake said: @quirkylemon103that is a yoyo loach they are not shrimp safe and should be kept in warmer water then what I'm keeping them in but they are doing well and getting very fat in this tank thanks a lot. sad that you can't keep them with shrimp though 😞 Edited September 25, 2020 by quirkylemon103 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I keep a Yoyo Loach with Amano shrimp, and those are fine. I think it is just a matter of size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 3 hours ago, Andy's Fish Den said: nice looking tank, I like that big piece of driftwood, is that something you found "in the wild" or buy at a store? I got the drift wood from a friend who had a reptile shop it was sitting an iguana cage for 20 plus years and for the last 8 years it was in storage at his place I helped him close brown the shop and he gave me all the driftwood in the shop I have a bunch of 4-6 foot pieces as well that I'm using in my turtle tank.@Streetwise the yo-yos are an snail and worm eater but they I think will eat shrimp if they are freshly molted or small enough. I do see them pester my Amanos from time to time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 29, 2020 Share Posted September 29, 2020 anything new? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 I do have a 6 new borneo hillstream loaches that are in QT and I plan on adding some striped kuhli loaches when my LFS next gets a good batch in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 nice I love kuhli loach's. I was wondering if there is a goby that can go in a ten gallon and which one was best for a beginner? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted September 30, 2020 Author Share Posted September 30, 2020 @quirkylemon103 the best species of freshwater goby in my opinion is The red spotted goby they are small they do fine in unheated planted tanks.for the tank They will be fine in a 10 but would do better in a 20 long or a 33 long if you have it. they like a little flow And big rocky scape With plants. They do well with tank mates like white clouds and hillstream loaches. They like meaty foods such as live or frozen foods but some will take pellets. The biggest thing is you need to make sure they are getting food they will not swim up into the water to get food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemon Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 thanks 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Wow I absolutely love this! I’ve been a fan of Rachel’s hillstream for a long time and want to do something similar as well, and now I have so many more ideas! I can’t wait till I can do a tank like this. Probably not quite as large tho 😅 I’m very impressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Blake Posted October 3, 2020 Author Share Posted October 3, 2020 @Steph’s Fish and Plants I was going to use a 125 before I found the 300. if I was more limited on space I would use a 33 long and I still may set one up in my living room with high flow and gobies and hillstream loaches. The 33 long is a great tank for anyone who wants to experience a tank with high flow but have the tank be still easy to maintain. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph’s Fish and Plants Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Wow that’s a great tip! I’ll definitely have to try that! Thanks 😁😁😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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