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So, I found this site and all searching for answers to questions about our new family aquarium. Google kept sending me here, so I thought I would just join.
I finally talked my wife into an aquarium for our two daughters. My grandfather bought me 55 gallon tank when I was younger. I have very fond memories of watching the fish. I hope my daughters will have a similar experience.
We bought a 10 gallon starter tank. We are currently on a budget, and I wish would could have went with a 20 gallon. But that would have required a stand and right now I couldn't sell my wife on that purchase.
We let my two year old pick our colors and the one ornament in our tank... It is a plink princess castle. She loves it.
Everything has gone pretty good so far. We waited a couple of days before we bought our first fish. We bought a Dalmatian Molly, a Red Wag, and a Sunburst Mickey Mouse. I read they
were all pretty hardy, and we purposefully chose two smaller fish so that we were not using much of the tanks resources for start up.
Everything was fine until we came home to the Wag floating on the bottom. He had an injury to his side and I found some flesh on my filter arm. I guess the poor guy became stuck. Petsmart has a fourteen day replacement and I picked up three small Neon Tetras. My daughters enjoy watching the bright colors school around.
This weekend I bought three mystery snails (Golden, Ivory, and Blue). And today I picked up a Tetra Whisper air pump with a small air stone.
I am really enjoying the new hobby, and my girls love watching the fish and snails. Maybe in the future we will buy a larger tank.
Thanks for all of the info on the forums. See you around the boards.
I finally talked my wife into an aquarium for our two daughters. My grandfather bought me 55 gallon tank when I was younger. I have very fond memories of watching the fish. I hope my daughters will have a similar experience.
We bought a 10 gallon starter tank. We are currently on a budget, and I wish would could have went with a 20 gallon. But that would have required a stand and right now I couldn't sell my wife on that purchase.
We let my two year old pick our colors and the one ornament in our tank... It is a plink princess castle. She loves it.
Everything has gone pretty good so far. We waited a couple of days before we bought our first fish. We bought a Dalmatian Molly, a Red Wag, and a Sunburst Mickey Mouse. I read they
were all pretty hardy, and we purposefully chose two smaller fish so that we were not using much of the tanks resources for start up.
Everything was fine until we came home to the Wag floating on the bottom. He had an injury to his side and I found some flesh on my filter arm. I guess the poor guy became stuck. Petsmart has a fourteen day replacement and I picked up three small Neon Tetras. My daughters enjoy watching the bright colors school around.
This weekend I bought three mystery snails (Golden, Ivory, and Blue). And today I picked up a Tetra Whisper air pump with a small air stone.
I am really enjoying the new hobby, and my girls love watching the fish and snails. Maybe in the future we will buy a larger tank.
Thanks for all of the info on the forums. See you around the boards.