At just 15 litres volume or just under four UK gallons, the BiOrb Classic 15 is the baby of the range. A Single Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens , would be a good choice for this nano tank as male fighters need to be kept on their own. The pairing would look great and would be low maintenance. Opt for live plants like Java fern, Anubias and Java moss, which are slow-growing, easy to keep and low maintenance.
Or if you want something novel and different how about freshwater shrimps? Available in many colours including red and white, orange, yellow and even blue, shrimp of the genera Caridina and Neocaridina are easy to keep, easy to breed, collectable, and they eat algae. And their tiny size makes them perfectly suited for small tanks like the 15 litre BiOrb.
The 30 litre model was the original BiOrb size when it was invented by Reef One. A tank of this size is capable of holding a community of small fish once mature and could be set up as a temperate unheated, tank or a tropical one. Suitable temperate species include White Cloud Mountain minnows, available in natural, golden or even long-finned form, and Zebra danios, also available in natural, golden and longfin.
Step 5 Let There Be Light Now that your aquarium is cycled, and the initial extra dirty conditions have passed, you can turn on your light during the day. Leaving the light on for prolonged periods can cause excessive algae growth in the aquarium. Because of this we recommend leaving the lights on for no more than hours per day. Keep in mind the aquarium can be on your schedule. Most aquarists prefer to have their lights on in the evening when they are home.
Having the lights on from 5 PM to 12 AM is common. With the standard LED light you must remember to turn off the light. Leaving the light on will quickly cause algae issues. The exact color and intensity is a matter of personal preference. Choose whatever looks best with your fish and decorations. Our favorite feature of the MCR light is the ability to set the lights on a timer. You can turn the lights on and have them automatically go to a dim moonlight setting after 8, 10, 12, or 14 hours.
We recommend only 12 hours a day max to prevent algae. The timer will allow you to turn the lights on and walk away without having to remember to turn the lights off.
Adding Fish When selecting what kind of fish to add to your aquarium, consider the eventual adult size of the fish as well as the temperament of the fish. Fish that grow excessively large or are extremely aggressive should be avoided. You should also avoid fish with difficult dietary needs and any other hard to satisfy needs.
Selecting fish should start before you walk into the fish store. Using the internet or an aquarium guide book can direct you to some species that are well suited for your aquarium. When selecting fish, make sure to choose them from clean aquariums with no dead or dying fish.
The fish should be eating, plump, and responsive to stimuli. Skinny fish are prone to disease and are likely being bullied by their tank mates. Ask the employees at your local fish store to feed the fish for you and only buy fish that you see eat. It is also a good idea to use the same food that you saw the fish eat. After you pick out your fish you will need to take it home and acclimate it to your water. When you are transporting your fish try to keep the fish in a dark temperature controlled environment.
Bringing a small cooler along is ideal. While a fish can survive in a bag for long periods of time, you want to minimize the stress on the fish by reducing the amount of time that the fish is in the bag. Try to go straight home after purchasing your fish. Once you have the fish home you can start the acclimation process. Float the fish in the bag on the surface of the aquarium for 15 minutes.
This will equalize the temperature between the water in the bag and the water in your aquarium. After the temperature is equal you can open the fish bag and pour the fish with water through a net discarding the water. Once the fish is in the net you can empty the net into the tank. Be very careful not to add too many fish too quickly or too many fish in total. No more than three to five fish should be added at a time to an aquarium. Wait at least a week before adding more fish and stop adding fish once the tank becomes too difficult to keep clean or the fish continually fight over territory.
A rule of thumb when stocking your BiOrb is 1 inch of fish per gallon. Based on this rule, a 15L approx. Regular Maintenance To keep your animals healthy and your tank looking good, your BiOrb requires regular maintenance. You need to clean the aquarium, feed the aquarium, and service your equipment. To make sure that you perform regular maintenance it is best to stick to a schedule. Daily Maintenance Observe your animals. Fish should be fed on a daily basis. Once it has dropped noticeably, top off the tank using conditioned water.
Weekly Maintenance Water changes should happen at least monthly, but many people prefer doing a small water change every week rather than a large water change every month. If you like adding lots of fish and feeding lots of food, then you may have to do weekly water changes.
When you first start your tank it is very important that you regularly test your water. Testing weekly can let you know where your tank is in the cycling process and it can also alert you to problems before they get out of control. Once the tank is established you should still test weekly for nitrate.
Assuming you have cycled your aquarium properly, you should not need to test for ammonia and nitrite. However, if a fish dies it may be an indication that you have ammonia or nitrite in the aquarium. A fresh cartridge will be free of debris and have fresh activated carbon to absorb impurities. Clean the top of the aquarium and the light lens.
Well, this is going to differ greatly based on the type of fish you want to keep inside of it. If you have Betta fish, you could only keep a couple in it. When it comes to smaller cichlids, you could fit a few.
Tetra fish are very small, so you could fit a whole lot of those in in the Biorb Ok, one thing that we probably need to go over here is converting liters to gallons.
Yes, the Biorb 30 is advertised in liters, and it is a liter aquarium. However, when we talk about how much room a fish requires, we usually always talk in terms of gallons, as do most others. Now that you know how many gallons one of these things can hold, we can move onto our next sections. Something that you do need to keep in mind when it comes to something like the Biorb 30 liter aquarium is that all of that space is not going to be reserved solely for fish.
You have to consider the fact that there will also be a filtration unit inside of the aquarium, some plants, substrate, and possibly a bubbler too.
If you have a large centerpiece, as often comes with Biorbs, one that includes some plants, rocks, and a built infiltration unit, you have to subtract this from the overall tank volume that will be left for the fish. Worst case scenario, this 30 liter or 8 gallons Biorb, with all of the filtration unit, plants, and rocks inside of it, may leave you with somewhere around 7 gallons of space for the fish themselves.
So, when it comes down to it, an 8 gallon Biorb has more like 7 gallons of space for fish, not 8. In terms of liters, this is roughly 26 liters of volume reserved for fish. Now, we know that we said that how many fish you can fit into this 30 liter or 8-gallon Biorb really depends on the size of the fish, but there are some general guidelines for you to follow here.
Generally speaking, the rule is that you want no more than 1 inch of fish per gallon of water. Sure, you could push this a little bit, maybe 1. Therefore, if you have a fish that is 1. However, do keep in mind that this is not the same for all fish species out there, especially more territorial ones which require more space to feel comfortable.
So, simply put, a Biorb like this, that realistically has about 7 gallons of space inside of it, can fit 7 inches of fish, or 8. So, if you have a small 1-inch neon tetra, this means that you can fit roughly 8 of them in this 39 liter Biorb.
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