jordanb_ny
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Sep 23, 2015
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I have a pathetic 55 gallon tank that I would like to clean out and start a planted aquarium from scratch.
From when I was really young my parents bought me 2 goldfish to care for in a 10 gallon tank. I really became interested in caring for them and convinced my parents to buy me a 55 gallon tank to put them in. We had them for about 3 years now and over time we bought more fish for the tank. We got 3 golden loaches and 2 cory catfishes which bred themselves and now we have 7.
The goldfish have become really huge and theres clearly not enough space anymore in the tank. My mom keeps on removing ornaments to provide swimming room for the goldfish because they keep getting stuck. So now we have all this fish in our 55 gallon tank with just some simple-sand substrate and 3 medium sized rocks.
It looks awful (The fish barely swim around) and I desperately want to just get rid of all the fish and start over. I believe I have done enough research to start a planted aquarium. My only problem is we had the goldfish for so long that my mom doesn't want to just get rid of them.
Whats the best way I can convince her to get me to start from scratch?
From when I was really young my parents bought me 2 goldfish to care for in a 10 gallon tank. I really became interested in caring for them and convinced my parents to buy me a 55 gallon tank to put them in. We had them for about 3 years now and over time we bought more fish for the tank. We got 3 golden loaches and 2 cory catfishes which bred themselves and now we have 7.
The goldfish have become really huge and theres clearly not enough space anymore in the tank. My mom keeps on removing ornaments to provide swimming room for the goldfish because they keep getting stuck. So now we have all this fish in our 55 gallon tank with just some simple-sand substrate and 3 medium sized rocks.
It looks awful (The fish barely swim around) and I desperately want to just get rid of all the fish and start over. I believe I have done enough research to start a planted aquarium. My only problem is we had the goldfish for so long that my mom doesn't want to just get rid of them.
Whats the best way I can convince her to get me to start from scratch?