The guy with the cursed Tank - Aquarium Advice

mellow fellow · 11-26-2005, 05:18 AM

Hi everyone i just joined today and thought this would be a good place to start. I started keeping fish about a year and a half and ago and bought a second hand octagonal tank thats 86cm tall and about 30 across from memory its about 92 litres.Since then i think ihave experienced every fishkeeping problem imanginable. The tank came with a light, hood and stand. It also came with an undergravel filter that i switched for a 700ltr Aqua One canister filter (i live in Perth Australia so i dont know if youll know this brand). My tank came with some medium sized gravel and a large stone (dont know what type) I later planted it with some vallisneria and Jave fern howevr the val did not do well. i thoughth this might be because of snails so bought three clown loach (already had ten neon tetras) rather than use chemicals. This didnt work (i now think the problem may be lack of light) but soon after this the clown loach got ich and died (i did treat them first) after this the neons developed some fungal disease that i treated but lost some of them. After this i had problems like random ammonia spikes (zero two three over night) leaking tank and random deaths. At the momonet my tanks has 2 bristle nose plecs, four neons, four danios, four platys and four glo lite tetras that i bought today. hopefully this forum will help me keep them all happy healthy and let me expand my collection. Hope to hear from you all

**Zagz** · 11-26-2005, 10:46 AM

Welcome to AA!

I'm sure that AA can help you with anything that comes up. Look forward to your posts.

**Fluff** · 11-26-2005, 10:54 AM

Welcome

rich311k · 11-26-2005, 02:55 PM

Welcome to AA!!!

fastfly48 · 11-28-2005, 11:53 AM

Welcome to AA buddy!

Ry.

fastfly48 · 11-28-2005, 12:05 PM

Welcome to AA...again...
just changed my settings...check'n if they changed...!
Double post, how embarrasing...

Serge · 12-02-2005, 02:50 PM

Welcome to AA!

11-26-2005, 05:18 AM	#1
mellow fellow Aquarium Advice Newbie Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Australia Posts: 8	The guy with the cursed Tank Hi everyone i just joined today and thought this would be a good place to start. I started keeping fish about a year and a half and ago and bought a second hand octagonal tank thats 86cm tall and about 30 across from memory its about 92 litres.Since then i think ihave experienced every fishkeeping problem imanginable. The tank came with a light, hood and stand. It also came with an undergravel filter that i switched for a 700ltr Aqua One canister filter (i live in Perth Australia so i dont know if youll know this brand). My tank came with some medium sized gravel and a large stone (dont know what type) I later planted it with some vallisneria and Jave fern howevr the val did not do well. i thoughth this might be because of snails so bought three clown loach (already had ten neon tetras) rather than use chemicals. This didnt work (i now think the problem may be lack of light) but soon after this the clown loach got ich and died (i did treat them first) after this the neons developed some fungal disease that i treated but lost some of them. After this i had problems like random ammonia spikes (zero two three over night) leaking tank and random deaths. At the momonet my tanks has 2 bristle nose plecs, four neons, four danios, four platys and four glo lite tetras that i bought today. hopefully this forum will help me keep them all happy healthy and let me expand my collection. Hope to hear from you all

11-26-2005, 10:54 AM	#3
Fluff The Keeper Community Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: West Virginia Posts: 10,142 Images: 29	Welcome __________________ ~Cindy

11-28-2005, 11:53 AM	#5
fastfly48 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Perth. Western Australia Posts: 274	Welcome to AA buddy! Ry. __________________ My tank: 20 gallon planted freash water (26*C) community. 30" long, 12" deep and 12" high. 40W lighting = 2 watts per gallon.. otb aqua clear filter Pressurized C02 fish: 8 neon, 4 rosy barbs , 2 brs. pleco Shatered dreams of yesteryear, cloud horizons in shades of grey.

11-28-2005, 12:05 PM	#6
fastfly48 Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Perth. Western Australia Posts: 274	Welcome to AA...again... just changed my settings...check'n if they changed...! Double post, how embarrasing... __________________ My tank: 20 gallon planted freash water (26*C) community. 30" long, 12" deep and 12" high. 40W lighting = 2 watts per gallon.. otb aqua clear filter Pressurized C02 fish: 8 neon, 4 rosy barbs , 2 brs. pleco Shatered dreams of yesteryear, cloud horizons in shades of grey.

12-02-2005, 02:50 PM	#7
Serge Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rockland, Ontario Posts: 1,031 Images: 6	Welcome to AA! __________________ Serge Vote Here for Aquarium Advice QT: 12 gal, 6 lbs. LR. Main tank: 125 gal. 135 LBS of LR (Fiji and Tonga), 200 lbs of sand. - Always a work in progress.

11-26-2005, 02:55 PM	#4
rich311k Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 8,972 Images: 35	Welcome to AA!!!

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