Rocket2001
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hello All,
I started my new tank on Aug. 1st
Its a 29gal freshwater community
I have:
a Fluval 303 canister
a Visa-Therm 150 watt heater
Its populated by:
6 Zebra Danios
5 Bloodfined Tetras
1 Male pineapple Swordtail
1 Sunset Wag Platy
1 Silver Lyretail Molly
1 Black Lyretail Molly
1 Redtailed Shark
1 Spotted Pitcus Catfish
it is planted with:
2 med. plants
2 Lg. plants
4 x-sm. plants
(all artificial)
Decorations include:
2 small ancient greek ruins
1 Lg. centerpiece ancient greek ruins
(when i figure out how to post picture I upload one)
I use Nutrafin "Cycle" additive weekly and I feed the fish Wardley's Total Tropical Gourmet Flake Blend
They are fed once daily and I skip Sat. feeding
water conditions are checked twice weekly at local Petco (all is well) so far
(in the near future i will invest in a home test kit)
I am aware thet the Pitcus Cat may give me problems in the future but i hope by then I'll have a bigger tank to move him to. for now he's found a quiet spot nestled under one of the larger plants. And my RTS had claimed his territory in and around the Lg Greek columns in the middle of the tank. He defends his area "gently" for now.
Also I had two Blk Skirt Tetras before i added the Bloodfins but they got too agressive with the Wht Molly banging him against the glass, so i evicted them and replaced them with the Bloodfins. Also I had a mide bout of Ich with th BST before I evicted them and treated with Maracide. no problems now.
I wanted to get some feedback from the seasoned pros:
How's the set up look?
How's my population?
What am i doing wrong?
What should i beware of?
Is my tank full or can more fish be added like a dwarf ram cichlidid or something?
I started my new tank on Aug. 1st
Its a 29gal freshwater community
I have:
a Fluval 303 canister
a Visa-Therm 150 watt heater
Its populated by:
6 Zebra Danios
5 Bloodfined Tetras
1 Male pineapple Swordtail
1 Sunset Wag Platy
1 Silver Lyretail Molly
1 Black Lyretail Molly
1 Redtailed Shark
1 Spotted Pitcus Catfish
it is planted with:
2 med. plants
2 Lg. plants
4 x-sm. plants
(all artificial)
Decorations include:
2 small ancient greek ruins
1 Lg. centerpiece ancient greek ruins
(when i figure out how to post picture I upload one)
I use Nutrafin "Cycle" additive weekly and I feed the fish Wardley's Total Tropical Gourmet Flake Blend
They are fed once daily and I skip Sat. feeding
water conditions are checked twice weekly at local Petco (all is well) so far
(in the near future i will invest in a home test kit)
I am aware thet the Pitcus Cat may give me problems in the future but i hope by then I'll have a bigger tank to move him to. for now he's found a quiet spot nestled under one of the larger plants. And my RTS had claimed his territory in and around the Lg Greek columns in the middle of the tank. He defends his area "gently" for now.
Also I had two Blk Skirt Tetras before i added the Bloodfins but they got too agressive with the Wht Molly banging him against the glass, so i evicted them and replaced them with the Bloodfins. Also I had a mide bout of Ich with th BST before I evicted them and treated with Maracide. no problems now.
I wanted to get some feedback from the seasoned pros:
How's the set up look?
How's my population?
What am i doing wrong?
What should i beware of?
Is my tank full or can more fish be added like a dwarf ram cichlidid or something?