Sands_88
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am just about to go and possibly buy a larger tank which is being sold as a complete set up by an old lady who can't with it anymore.
Luckily the fish she has in it already (neons, clown loaches cories and a few others) are exactly what I'm after, and if there's enough space, I will add my glowlights and cories)
The main things I need to know are:
Are there specific things I need to look out for when I go and look at the tank? I'm going to assume it is watertight as it has fish in - but are there any tell tale signs if they've just topped the water up before I get there?
What is the easiest way of taking it all apart and transporting it? Take fish out, bag them, then take tank off, take apart stand and put in car? I'm a little worried my sister and I won't be able to carry the tank - how heavy is a 3.5ft tank? How long can the fish last in bags? I don't want them to die while we're faffing about trying to fit the stand in the car!
The other thing that concerns me is that the lady says that currently there is a lot of hair algae. A bit of research and this appears to be very difficult to get rid of! I'm assuming that the 100% water change ;m going to have to do will help, and I will manually take off what I can, but are there any other ideas?
I'll be saving a good £400 quid I reckon on this tank as it has absolutely everything including fish - but I don't particularly want to
a) kill all the fish transporting them or
b) have a new to me tank that has hair algae forever...!
Thanks everyone! Sorry for all the millions of questions!!
Luckily the fish she has in it already (neons, clown loaches cories and a few others) are exactly what I'm after, and if there's enough space, I will add my glowlights and cories)
The main things I need to know are:
Are there specific things I need to look out for when I go and look at the tank? I'm going to assume it is watertight as it has fish in - but are there any tell tale signs if they've just topped the water up before I get there?
What is the easiest way of taking it all apart and transporting it? Take fish out, bag them, then take tank off, take apart stand and put in car? I'm a little worried my sister and I won't be able to carry the tank - how heavy is a 3.5ft tank? How long can the fish last in bags? I don't want them to die while we're faffing about trying to fit the stand in the car!
The other thing that concerns me is that the lady says that currently there is a lot of hair algae. A bit of research and this appears to be very difficult to get rid of! I'm assuming that the 100% water change ;m going to have to do will help, and I will manually take off what I can, but are there any other ideas?
I'll be saving a good £400 quid I reckon on this tank as it has absolutely everything including fish - but I don't particularly want to
a) kill all the fish transporting them or
b) have a new to me tank that has hair algae forever...!
Thanks everyone! Sorry for all the millions of questions!!