Recent content by mengle

Beacious, I have the same 10 gallon tank. I have 1 male betta, 6 danios, and an applesnail. I will be transferring the snail and adding 3 pygmy cory cats in a couple of weeks. Hope this helps w/ some ideas for your 10 gallon.

I pulled this from myfishtank.net but it works great and is easy to understand. Hope it helps!! This is the recipe I used to fishless cycle my 10 to 38 gallon tanks in 1 to 3 weeks. Items: · Your Tank (nothing under 5 gallons this recipe) · No Fish (any fish in the tank need to be removed or...

I am sorry to hear about your goldies. In my experience they are not good fish for beginners. I started out w/ 2 fantails in a 2 gallon tank. I had no idea what I was getting my self into and now a few hundred dollars later I realize that they are good hardy fish, but require a lot more than...

It is a good possibility that maybe something else killed them rather than the ICK Clear, maybe the ick. I know a lot of goldfish owners that have used this w/ no problem. Sorry to hear your fish died!! And research is the best thing you can for your fish now and in the future.

Christmasfish, IMO I don't think you came off as harsh. I completely agree w/ goldfish not being good for beginners. Many times people don't realize that these fish get HUGE!! I currently have 2 small fantails and they are growing at an unbelievalbe rate. Orandas will get even bigger and...

Keep the Oranda and when you get the 55G get 3 or 4 other goldies. A goldfish tank is beautiful and the fish have a lot more personality then tropicals, IMO. I would get some Java Fern to put in w/ your goldie instead of plastic plants. Go to goldfishparadise.com, they have wonderful...