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Watch the eel. They get big and will eat your rams. Look for a type that stays small. Or get a group of bigger loaches.
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I've already got the eel. I will be observing them to make sure they get along, but the eel hasn't really shown any predatory behavior except towards earthworms. If he does try to eat the rams, they can be moved to other tank, or even re-homed if necessary, so that shouldn't be too big of an issue.
Or else the eel will get a new home. I really like the rams
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20L - 1 male betta, Poseidon
1 Banjo Catfish
10 Ghost Shrimp
125g - 1 Dragon Goby
1 Spotted Pictus
1 male, 1 female Bristlenose Pleco
2 Angelfish
12-13 Bleeding Heart Tetra's
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Last Login: 8/18/2008 11:07:14 AM
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Thinking more about it, I'll probably next set up an asian fish tank, which the eel would transfer into, and then I could add barbs/loaches/other asian fish to. That would negate the problem with keeping smaller fish in the 125g south american tank.
There's a reallllly nice 72g bowfront at my lfs that would be perfect for it. Or maybe a 90g reef ready.....
HELP! I HAVE MTS!!
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20L - 1 male betta, Poseidon
1 Banjo Catfish
10 Ghost Shrimp
125g - 1 Dragon Goby
1 Spotted Pictus
1 male, 1 female Bristlenose Pleco
2 Angelfish
12-13 Bleeding Heart Tetra's
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Last Login: 7/31/2008 7:32:28 PM
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| Conner, as far as what you have read regarding the drilling of tempered glass it is a misstatement. The tanks that have holes predrilled are done before the glass is tempered. If you attempt to drill into tempered glass you will shatter it into a million pieces. The tempering process pushes all the stress in the glass to the edges and makes the glass stronger. When drilling it changes the stress pattern in the glass and if there is ANY heat at all during the drilling it begins to form a mini tempering spot that affects the strength and stability of the piece. The following is from the diamondsure website a maker of speciality drillbits: Drilling Tempered Glass - Not RecommendedTempered glass can be drilled, however, breakage may run as high as 80% to 90% depending upon the degree of temper in the glass. We do not recommend trying to drill tempered glass. The manufacturing process of making tempered glass results in the glass having a large amount of stress between various portions of the glass. The stress points might look much like a piece of wood containing lots of "knots", however, there is no outward appearance to indicate the hidden stress. Highly tempered glass will often crack at the stress points near the hole. Since the amount of hidden stress increases with the degree of temper, the success rate of drilling tempered glass reduces with the increase in glass temper. There is no way to know the amount of temper in a piece of tempered glass, so there is no way to evaluate the amount of risk involved in trying to drill it. Therefore, we DO NOT RECOMMEND attempting to drill tempered glass. Hopes this Helps
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