TheChad
Aquarium Advice FINatic
Hi,
I have had a reef tank for about 6 years or so now, but my 6 year old daughter wanted a pet and a fishtank is all I could talk the wife into!
I was going to get her a Nano Reef, but they were too expensive and I found out how inexpensive freshwater fish were comparted to saltwater and thought it would be a much better idea to start her out with fresh water!
So I picked up a Marineland 20g tank with LED hood & Bio Wheel filter, it also came with a 100w heater.
So I filled the tank with 20g of RO/DI water, I asked the people at petsmart if I needed to do any kind of cycle or anything with fresh water and they said no just add some of the tank starter bacteria and I could add fish right away.
Though I wasn't 100% sure about that, I figured the fish were cheap so why not.
Anyway we started the tank out with:
1. Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami
2. Platinum Lyretail Molly
3. Gold Dust Molly
4. Penguin Tetra (I think? Real small, twiches when it swims)
5. Dwarf African Frog
6. Ghost (Glass) Shrimp
She wanted to add one of the sucker type fish, but I told her to wait untill the tank had some algae for it to eat.
Anyway, the Power Blue Dward Gourami doesn't swim much, he basically sits at the top corner of the tank, he's alive but just inactive.
A few days after we put the fish in, we found a bunch of little baby fish, Is this common in freshwater? I am going to assume they will probably all get eatin before they mature?
What tempature should the tank be set to? They told me between 72 and 84 degrees, I went with 78.
Is there anything else I need to know about freshwater/fish/etc?
Thanks,
-TheChad
I have had a reef tank for about 6 years or so now, but my 6 year old daughter wanted a pet and a fishtank is all I could talk the wife into!
I was going to get her a Nano Reef, but they were too expensive and I found out how inexpensive freshwater fish were comparted to saltwater and thought it would be a much better idea to start her out with fresh water!
So I picked up a Marineland 20g tank with LED hood & Bio Wheel filter, it also came with a 100w heater.
So I filled the tank with 20g of RO/DI water, I asked the people at petsmart if I needed to do any kind of cycle or anything with fresh water and they said no just add some of the tank starter bacteria and I could add fish right away.
Though I wasn't 100% sure about that, I figured the fish were cheap so why not.
Anyway we started the tank out with:
1. Powder Blue Dwarf Gourami
2. Platinum Lyretail Molly
3. Gold Dust Molly
4. Penguin Tetra (I think? Real small, twiches when it swims)
5. Dwarf African Frog
6. Ghost (Glass) Shrimp
She wanted to add one of the sucker type fish, but I told her to wait untill the tank had some algae for it to eat.
Anyway, the Power Blue Dward Gourami doesn't swim much, he basically sits at the top corner of the tank, he's alive but just inactive.
A few days after we put the fish in, we found a bunch of little baby fish, Is this common in freshwater? I am going to assume they will probably all get eatin before they mature?
What tempature should the tank be set to? They told me between 72 and 84 degrees, I went with 78.
Is there anything else I need to know about freshwater/fish/etc?
Thanks,
-TheChad