Jai
Aquarium Advice Newbie
hello everyone. i got a tank for my gf about a month ago as a gift. its a small 10 gallon and we learned that sticking to many goldfish in such a small tank is not a good idea. we had 4 different kinds of fancy goldfish and a betta.
we lost 2 of the gold fish so now its just the betta, a lionhead goldfish and a black moor goldfish. around the time the other gold fish died i had an outbreak of green algea and the water was getting really cloudy. they died after i lost power and the water was not filtering for about 24hours. we had a really bad storm.
i recently replaced almost all the water but from what i read up tonight that was not the best idea since i lost most of the bacteria that breaks down waste. i cleaned all the algea in the tank but a day later it was already growing back. the water is cloudy and yellow again but not as bad but before. im wondering if the water will continue to get cloudy and what should i do to control the yellow color while building up the stuff that breaks down waste.
now im limiting the amount of direct light it will be getting to get the algae undercontrol. but im wondering if getting some kind of algea eater is a smart choice and if so what kind, or is it best just to try to get rid of the algea and keep just the 3 fish in that tank.
i hav also removed the decorations i had in the tank because i found that they were not safe for the fish. i hav a few smooth rocks in the bottom of the tank but no hidding places. i want to introduce live plants into the tank. i was wondering if you guys have any suggesting on the kind of planst to get, if plants are good for the fish that are in there now. i really dont want to lose anymore fish due to my negligence and inexperience so im tryin to set everything up properly so i can raise our fish to be healthy.
i do plan that once fish get to big to move them to a 30 gallon at the least.
also my main goal through all this is to setup a salt water aquarium. my girlfriend is in love with puffers so we are planning to set one up but we are trying our hand at maintaining this tank before we make any more mistakes. we are most definitely going to take a more educated and researched way from now one.
lastly, we did acquire a large tank. the only thing we are worried about is that we got it used (for free) and it was being used a terrarium. now its 48L x 12W x 20H i believe its a 55 gallon but im honestly guessing. and the glass seems to be a 1/4 inch thick
i am trying to determine if this creally was an aquarium, i live on a second floor apartment and i really dont want 55 gallons of water bursting seeping through the floor while im not home =/
thnx in advance for the advice.
-Jai
we lost 2 of the gold fish so now its just the betta, a lionhead goldfish and a black moor goldfish. around the time the other gold fish died i had an outbreak of green algea and the water was getting really cloudy. they died after i lost power and the water was not filtering for about 24hours. we had a really bad storm.
i recently replaced almost all the water but from what i read up tonight that was not the best idea since i lost most of the bacteria that breaks down waste. i cleaned all the algea in the tank but a day later it was already growing back. the water is cloudy and yellow again but not as bad but before. im wondering if the water will continue to get cloudy and what should i do to control the yellow color while building up the stuff that breaks down waste.
now im limiting the amount of direct light it will be getting to get the algae undercontrol. but im wondering if getting some kind of algea eater is a smart choice and if so what kind, or is it best just to try to get rid of the algea and keep just the 3 fish in that tank.
i hav also removed the decorations i had in the tank because i found that they were not safe for the fish. i hav a few smooth rocks in the bottom of the tank but no hidding places. i want to introduce live plants into the tank. i was wondering if you guys have any suggesting on the kind of planst to get, if plants are good for the fish that are in there now. i really dont want to lose anymore fish due to my negligence and inexperience so im tryin to set everything up properly so i can raise our fish to be healthy.
i do plan that once fish get to big to move them to a 30 gallon at the least.
also my main goal through all this is to setup a salt water aquarium. my girlfriend is in love with puffers so we are planning to set one up but we are trying our hand at maintaining this tank before we make any more mistakes. we are most definitely going to take a more educated and researched way from now one.
lastly, we did acquire a large tank. the only thing we are worried about is that we got it used (for free) and it was being used a terrarium. now its 48L x 12W x 20H i believe its a 55 gallon but im honestly guessing. and the glass seems to be a 1/4 inch thick
i am trying to determine if this creally was an aquarium, i live on a second floor apartment and i really dont want 55 gallons of water bursting seeping through the floor while im not home =/
thnx in advance for the advice.
-Jai