Hello,
First off, I'd like to thank all of you for the great site and information. I have learned so much just browsing.
Ok, my aquarium fetish all started when my girlfriend and I went fishing and we found a small turtle. She wanted it as a pet, I agreed. We had the turtle for awhile and I felt bad because all we had it in was a 10 gallon. So for my birthday, my girlfriend bought me a 75 gallon. I was very excited and decided to use it for a fish tank instead. I ended up getting a 30 gallon tank for the turtle and then added a few friends for it.
Now when I was planning my fish tank. I decided I wanted it like a freshwater lake. With crayfish, snails, bass, walleye, and catfish. Well I started buying equipment. I have a fluval 404 for filtration. I have a heater which I was told is big enough for my tank and a bubble stick thing. Along with all the other basic stuff.
I put in the well rinsed gravel and let it cycle for a few days and then started buying some fish. I started with the catfish, and lm bass, snails, prawn, crayfish and an ugly albino frog. Everything has done really well since I put them in. Now I wasn't able to find any other freashwater game fish that I wanted so I wanted to pick up some Peacock Bass. I got two that were the same size as my lm bass so that they wouldn't get eaten. They were doing well for a few days and they got ick. I have treated the tank and in the process of, one of the peacocks died. The otherone made it, but does not seem to eat as much as it did when I first got it.
I change the water every week (30%). I change the filter media once a month. What am I doing wrong? I did a ph balance the first time I filled the tank. I have taken readings every now and then and it seems fine. Do I need to do that every time I change the water?
Any info will help. I am ready to give up on exotics and just stick with my main game plan.
Thanks,
Nick
First off, I'd like to thank all of you for the great site and information. I have learned so much just browsing.
Ok, my aquarium fetish all started when my girlfriend and I went fishing and we found a small turtle. She wanted it as a pet, I agreed. We had the turtle for awhile and I felt bad because all we had it in was a 10 gallon. So for my birthday, my girlfriend bought me a 75 gallon. I was very excited and decided to use it for a fish tank instead. I ended up getting a 30 gallon tank for the turtle and then added a few friends for it.
Now when I was planning my fish tank. I decided I wanted it like a freshwater lake. With crayfish, snails, bass, walleye, and catfish. Well I started buying equipment. I have a fluval 404 for filtration. I have a heater which I was told is big enough for my tank and a bubble stick thing. Along with all the other basic stuff.
I put in the well rinsed gravel and let it cycle for a few days and then started buying some fish. I started with the catfish, and lm bass, snails, prawn, crayfish and an ugly albino frog. Everything has done really well since I put them in. Now I wasn't able to find any other freashwater game fish that I wanted so I wanted to pick up some Peacock Bass. I got two that were the same size as my lm bass so that they wouldn't get eaten. They were doing well for a few days and they got ick. I have treated the tank and in the process of, one of the peacocks died. The otherone made it, but does not seem to eat as much as it did when I first got it.
I change the water every week (30%). I change the filter media once a month. What am I doing wrong? I did a ph balance the first time I filled the tank. I have taken readings every now and then and it seems fine. Do I need to do that every time I change the water?
Any info will help. I am ready to give up on exotics and just stick with my main game plan.
Thanks,
Nick