Hara Jerdoni nano tank
Posted: 31 May 2020, 17:16
Hello everybody!
Recently, I decided to do something with the empty glass nano aquarium I had laying around after I dismantled my paludarium. Due to a lack of space, and to keep it low cost as I don't have to purchase lighting, I decided to place the aquarium on my (east-facing) window sill. At first, I wasn't planning on stocking it with anything and just have it as a planted tank. However, I think the tank would be a lot more interesting if it has some life in it. And then I stumbled upon Hara Jerdoni.
The dimensions of the tank are 50x15x22 cm (or 20x5.9x8.6 inches), so the tank is pretty long and thin (ground surface is 50x15 cm). The tank is only 16.5 liters (or 4.5 gallons), which I know is very small.
The thing that makes this tank hard to house fish in is mainly the size. It is possibly too small for fish and on top of that fluctuations in water parameters and temperature may occur. On top of that, because it is situated in my window sill temperature fluctuations might be very strong.
However, after reading about Hara Jerdoni I found that they are very small fish, who are very inactive. On top of that I have read that they have to deal with temperature changes in their natural habitat. And therefore I wondered if it would be possible to house one or two Hara Jerdoni in this tank. Given that the temperature changes aren't too severe and given that I use good filtration to ensure stable water parameters.
I am currently monitoring the temperature to see to what degree it actually fluctuates. And before actually adding them I would of course moniter other parameters to see if they remain stable.
So my question is if these fish would be able to live a good life in this tank. If this is not the case I will of course not keep these fish.
And I was also wondering if there are perhaps other possibilities of stocking this tank (preferably with catfish but it's not a must). On top of that I would like to know to what degree temperature fluctuations would be considered safe.
Thanks in advance! If there is any more information you would like to know please let me know.
Recently, I decided to do something with the empty glass nano aquarium I had laying around after I dismantled my paludarium. Due to a lack of space, and to keep it low cost as I don't have to purchase lighting, I decided to place the aquarium on my (east-facing) window sill. At first, I wasn't planning on stocking it with anything and just have it as a planted tank. However, I think the tank would be a lot more interesting if it has some life in it. And then I stumbled upon Hara Jerdoni.
The dimensions of the tank are 50x15x22 cm (or 20x5.9x8.6 inches), so the tank is pretty long and thin (ground surface is 50x15 cm). The tank is only 16.5 liters (or 4.5 gallons), which I know is very small.
The thing that makes this tank hard to house fish in is mainly the size. It is possibly too small for fish and on top of that fluctuations in water parameters and temperature may occur. On top of that, because it is situated in my window sill temperature fluctuations might be very strong.
However, after reading about Hara Jerdoni I found that they are very small fish, who are very inactive. On top of that I have read that they have to deal with temperature changes in their natural habitat. And therefore I wondered if it would be possible to house one or two Hara Jerdoni in this tank. Given that the temperature changes aren't too severe and given that I use good filtration to ensure stable water parameters.
I am currently monitoring the temperature to see to what degree it actually fluctuates. And before actually adding them I would of course moniter other parameters to see if they remain stable.
So my question is if these fish would be able to live a good life in this tank. If this is not the case I will of course not keep these fish.
And I was also wondering if there are perhaps other possibilities of stocking this tank (preferably with catfish but it's not a must). On top of that I would like to know to what degree temperature fluctuations would be considered safe.
Thanks in advance! If there is any more information you would like to know please let me know.