10gal stocking help?!

[Donkey Gun]

I've also read up on how to make your own homemade CO2 once I've got a jungle going.

 

[ronnieroach]

thats sick!

now i def wanna do sand but never have before.. i had it in hand at the shop last night & went w/ the colored gravel for easy clean ups instead.

i might change over to sand as a christmas gift to myself

BUT last night i lost a guppy

gonna check levels again today along w/ a pwc but nothin breaks my heart more..

w/ cichlids i raise BEASTS!! but i have awful luck w/ community fish

 

[siva]

worrrrrrrrd... that stinks cuz it'd be nice & cheap to just use my extra one lol

the current 10gal filter i have is for 10-20gals .. i think its aqueon

thanks for the help!!

Okay..that filters fine for 6 guppies and 6 pygmy cories..especially if the tank is planted.

 

[ronnieroach]

Okay..that filters fine for 6 guppies and 6 pygmy cories..especially if the tank is planted.

thanks & yeah its 160gph "certified" lol so i'm gravy now.

thinking of removing everyone & switching to sand next week. i know it was dumb but actually seeing the gravel (white & purple) i hate it & want sand instead.

& i am gonna start grabbing plants too

so the plan for next week is sand & plants

& i gotta find the cories too.. stores around me have DIDDLE or they have dead fish in whatever tank the cories are in... very whackadoo

 

[Donkey Gun]

Just make sure to wash the sand REALLY well. I used Pool filter sand, as recommended by this forum. It does give it a nice natural look to it.

 

[ronnieroach]

yeah someone told me to use a pillowcase but is there any other way?

i mean honesly, how do you clean sand?!? haha

 

[siva]

I just rinse it repeatedly in a bucket.

 

[jetajockey]

Put it in a 5gallon bucket add water and stir, keep dumping off water till it runs clear. I put the hose into the bucket to do this.

 

[ronnieroach]

kk sounds like a plan.. thanks guys!!

i'm grabbing the pfs on thursday & hopefully doing it thursday too.. its a 10gal so i doubt it'll take too long

i'm just a lil worried about the mini cycle but i'll just test, test, test the water & pray, pray, pray they survive ....

 

[siva]

Mini cycle from what?

 

[ronnieroach]

i was reading conversion threads & people say the sand can cause a mini cycle

 

[siva]

I've heard of that happening, but never experienced it myself on a substrate change. Maybe you can rob some media from another tank at the time of the change just to amp up your BB some?

 

[ronnieroach]

i have filter pads from my 55gal african tank i can swap in if that'll help when i do the change

i have one guppy who continues to sit on the ground or in one spot.. isnt breathing heavy & looks healthy.. unsure of what his deal is, i just hope he survives

i have AWFUL community luck ... we shall see

 

[siva]

Where did you buy the gups?

 

[ronnieroach]

waterbury aquarium.. the dude has good stuff.. i got 3 africans from him (kenyi, bumblebee & a johanni) & all are doing great

however i did lose the one guppy & my boys angel that i'm holding seems to have something wrong w/ his side fin.. its like a whitesh color in the middle & starting to fray.. i think hes got 'the rot' which STINKS cuz i'll have to treat the whole tank, not that its a huge deal, just a pain

but its not really fin rotty so i'm gonna TRY & snap a pic .. stick around lol

 

[ronnieroach]

heres a pic of the angel.. i'm not sure if its disease or just how he looks but i'm pretty sure its disease

thats the best i could do.. he would not give me that side lol

 

[absolutangel04]

It looks like a fungues to me. I am not positive from the picture, but it looks like its in the middle of his rather than on the edge which means fungus.

 

[ronnieroach]

yes def in the middle.. treatment??

i know of maracyn but never had to use it

 

[absolutangel04]

Hopefully somebody else has a better idea of treatment, I have never had fungus before so I don't know how to fix it.

 

[Hobgob]

How do you so gravel vacs...?? With the sand. One of our lfs said it will stir
It up to much and go up the vac?