Hello Everybody!!! - Aquarium Advice

DAVER · 06-09-2008, 11:16 PM

This is my first post on this site. Our first tank was a goldfish bowl with a small goldfish we won at a local fair. A few months later we bought a 10 gallon tank with all the accessories and added a couple more goldfish and a pleco and a black mystery snail. I found out the hard way that goldfish are very tough to keep. We changed to tropical fish and added 4 Fruitloop tetras to the tank with the pleco and mystery snail. A year later we added to Balloon Mollies. This year we bought a 55 gallon tank as the Pleco was too big for the smaller tank. I made a mistake in that I did not know about "cycling" a tank and on the day that I set up the new tank I moved the existing fish and added 6 new fish (2 Bleeding heart tetras and 4 Mollies). It has been a struggle to keep from loosing to many fish but I believe the worst is over and I only lost 3 fish. A lot of the information that helped me came from this site as I read new posts every night for over a week. There are a lot of knowledgable and helpful people here and I believe that it was the reason I was able to save my tank.
I have posted some pictures of my fish and tanks and I hope thet you will check them out.

neilanh · 06-09-2008, 11:20 PM

Welcome to AA!

DAVER · 06-09-2008, 11:33 PM

I am still learning the site and do not know how to set one up. May be you could let me know how and i will set one up.

**Zagz** · 06-10-2008, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by d_mclean69@hotmail.com

I am still learning the site and do not know how to set one up. May be you could let me know how and i will set one up.

Welcome to AA! May I ask set one what up?

**roka64** · 06-10-2008, 10:09 AM

Welcome to the site!

cmor1701d · 06-10-2008, 01:52 PM

Judge · 06-10-2008, 03:29 PM

Hello McLean. Welcome to AA, sooo you've gone from a fish bowl to a 55 ehh??? Sounds like the disease to me. I think you need to admit that you might be a fish addict. If so, you're in the right place. Plenty of addicts here to help you indulge in your condition. Gald you're here.

Sahabo · 06-11-2008, 05:38 PM

Welcome

06-09-2008, 11:16 PM	#1
DAVER Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5	Hello Everybody!!! This is my first post on this site. Our first tank was a goldfish bowl with a small goldfish we won at a local fair. A few months later we bought a 10 gallon tank with all the accessories and added a couple more goldfish and a pleco and a black mystery snail. I found out the hard way that goldfish are very tough to keep. We changed to tropical fish and added 4 Fruitloop tetras to the tank with the pleco and mystery snail. A year later we added to Balloon Mollies. This year we bought a 55 gallon tank as the Pleco was too big for the smaller tank. I made a mistake in that I did not know about "cycling" a tank and on the day that I set up the new tank I moved the existing fish and added 6 new fish (2 Bleeding heart tetras and 4 Mollies). It has been a struggle to keep from loosing to many fish but I believe the worst is over and I only lost 3 fish. A lot of the information that helped me came from this site as I read new posts every night for over a week. There are a lot of knowledgable and helpful people here and I believe that it was the reason I was able to save my tank. I have posted some pictures of my fish and tanks and I hope thet you will check them out.

06-09-2008, 11:20 PM	#2
neilanh MTS Advocate Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 2,841 Images: 15	Welcome to AA! __________________ ~Neilan In the DC Metro Area? Check out GWAPA Look, I have a My Info Page! Where's yours? Useful Links: Vote for AA, Nitrogen Cycle, Fishless Cycling, Articles, Acronym List

06-10-2008, 10:09 AM	#5
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06-10-2008, 01:52 PM	#6
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06-10-2008, 03:29 PM	#7
Judge Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Waldo, Arkansas Posts: 71 Images: 14	Hello McLean. Welcome to AA, sooo you've gone from a fish bowl to a 55 ehh??? Sounds like the disease to me. I think you need to admit that you might be a fish addict. If so, you're in the right place. Plenty of addicts here to help you indulge in your condition. Gald you're here. __________________ 55 Gallon saltwater with more than 4 lines will allow.

06-09-2008, 11:33 PM	#3
DAVER Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5	I am still learning the site and do not know how to set one up. May be you could let me know how and i will set one up.

06-11-2008, 05:38 PM	#8
Sahabo Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Portland, Maine Posts: 380	Welcome __________________ -Heidi 5.5 gallon tank 1 Male Betta named Corwin

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