Saltwater & Reef

machinehead13 · 04-22-2013, 10:58 PM

Hello everyone,

I just recently set up a new 10 gallon tank as my infant daughter loves to watch the fish swim! Since I am completely new to this, I figured joining a community like Aquarium Advice would be a good idea

So far I have 2 Platy, and 3 Neon Tetra with plans to add more Tetra in a week or so.

-Kyle (machinehead13)

Taiken5968 · 04-22-2013, 11:05 PM

Good luck. I don't know how much you know about fish keeping, but be sure to do the 15 to 25% water changes on w a week, treat new tap water, and test the water now and again.

I'm fairly new my self. I started about 9 months ago. There were a lot of things I didn't know starting out.

machinehead13 · 04-22-2013, 11:15 PM

Thanks for the advice Taiken! I knew nothing before setting up the tank, so I did a fair bit of research. I was able to cycle the tank ok with the 2 platies (doing daily 25% water changes for the first few days), and I've got a water conditioner to remove the chlorine.

So far so good... well the fish seem happy enough anyways

SKB · 04-23-2013, 12:16 AM

to the forum! Sounds like you've got a good stock going! The only thing I would suggest (if u haven't already) would be purchasing a API freshwater master test kit. That'll keep it so you know when to do water changes and vacs.