Karmachica
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- Apr 17, 2013
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Yet another silly question/ opinion needed from all you wonderful cichlid keepers
I still have my 1 male peacock and 2 female peacocks in my 29gallon- I'm waiting a few more weeks til petco has their $ per gallon sale to at least get a 55g for them
I don't have a quarantine/hospital tank like I know I should have in case of emergency (there is no emergency at the moment- hope I don't jinx myself by saying that)
I was considering picking up just a cheap 10 gallon tank - no bells and whistles- and using that while I re- aquascape my current tank so I don't have to freak them out moving things with them in there and risk hurting them. Then I would have the 10g on hand if ever needed.
Currently when doing large water changes etc., we use 2 of those mini travel tanks to hold the fish temporarily while caring for their tank and I hate using them since they are ridiculously small and I heard that drastic water volume changes can mess up their swim bladder-
I guess my question is, I know a lot of you use buckets for your fish while doing large water changes etc., and I'm unable to do this since buckets are just open at the top and I have cats that I don't trust for obv. reasons- Do you think getting the 10gallon cheap tank is for all the above reasons is what I should get or should I get a different size or do something else?
Sorry this post is ridiculously long lol
I still have my 1 male peacock and 2 female peacocks in my 29gallon- I'm waiting a few more weeks til petco has their $ per gallon sale to at least get a 55g for them
I don't have a quarantine/hospital tank like I know I should have in case of emergency (there is no emergency at the moment- hope I don't jinx myself by saying that)
I was considering picking up just a cheap 10 gallon tank - no bells and whistles- and using that while I re- aquascape my current tank so I don't have to freak them out moving things with them in there and risk hurting them. Then I would have the 10g on hand if ever needed.
Currently when doing large water changes etc., we use 2 of those mini travel tanks to hold the fish temporarily while caring for their tank and I hate using them since they are ridiculously small and I heard that drastic water volume changes can mess up their swim bladder-
I guess my question is, I know a lot of you use buckets for your fish while doing large water changes etc., and I'm unable to do this since buckets are just open at the top and I have cats that I don't trust for obv. reasons- Do you think getting the 10gallon cheap tank is for all the above reasons is what I should get or should I get a different size or do something else?
Sorry this post is ridiculously long lol