Xdarkfaith said:hey siva a ltitle help? i jsut got this tank and the gourami i have inside is dying! isit because i didnt let the filter on for 24 hours?!
Xdarkfaith said:heh! yes its too small to house my 3 gold gouramis !
Dude the only thing that tank is big enough for is shrimp and snails lol
I didnt know that mystery snails needed that much space. He could do live plants shrimp and nerite snails though right? There is one kind of fish that would fit in it. It is about the size of a guppy fry but I cant remember what it is....I second that.
And only small snails like pond snails and ramshorns. Mystery snails (Pomacea difusa) need 2.5 gallons per snail.
Or it would be good for plants!
I didnt know that mystery snails needed that much space. He could do live plants shrimp and nerite snails though right?
You have another tank in the house, right? You need to tank some filter media from one of the other filters and put it in the filter on this 1.6. If this is the only place you can put your sick gourami, it may have to do, but you must have some seeded filter material in there..that's how you bring over some of the bacteria that will eat the waste produced by the fish. If you have any further questions on how to do this...just ask.Hey thanks for all your suggestions and opinions! And yes it is a new new tank, i just saved that gourami by putting it bak into its prrvious tank and its doing fine now. Im
Gonna cycle the tank now
And maybe start it with a few guppies again! We will see how it goes! I just syatyed it 6hours ago and i just got the tank 7 hours ago!
^I agree it's too small for an apple snail. I actually go for about 1 apple snail per 10 gals. At full size they really have quite an appetite, and quite a bio-load to match (biiiig poops).Applesnail.net recommends 2.5 gallons per Pomacea difusa. I imagine that's because they are the size of a golf ball / 2 inch ball and they eat a lot and poop a lot so they have a high bio-load.
I wouldn't do a tracked/tiger/zebra nerite snail in a 1.6 G because they really, really -- really -- seem to only eat algea, in my experience and in everything I've read, and I doubt a 1.6 G would grow enough algae to sustain even one, unless the 'tank' was in a sunny window A horned nerite might be ok because they are much smaller.
Maybe plants and small/dwarf shrimp like Red Cherry Shrimp -- with a filter -- but I don't know much about shrimp.