Hello everyone,
Looks like I've found a great community here to share my new hobby love of Aquarium fish!
I got a whole bunch of fish in my wonderful 30 gallon tank. Lets see If I can remember all of them:
1x blue gouryami
1x gold gouryami
1x Neon
2x transparent tetras
3x Plecos
2x some type of bottom feeders (one got huge compared to the other and is very aggressive, kind of golden brown with black)
2x bloodfin tetras
4x red barbosas
1x female gummy (rest died)
4x tiger barbs (1 died)
1x rainbow shark
1x mystery snail
1x zebra snail
2x dwarf frogs
1x columbian tetra
wow that was a nice challenge to get that down. So they are all very happy it seems even through there are a few 'aggressive' types in there! I heard the blue gouryami is often very violent, but this one is gentle and nice.
The only really aggressive fish surprisingly is this one bottom feeder/cleaner/sucker that just got massive so fast. He was aggressive and ate everything and left nothing for the other one of this species. The other one is now months later only starting to grow a bit, as I throw toooo much food down there so he has a great chance of getting it.
Some of the things listed above were only recently added in the last 6 weeks. I did a big water change and suction tube thing to remove tons of junk from the bottom.
One issue I have that I do not know what to do, is there is a thick slimy guck forming over some of the plastic plants, and it seems over everything now is this slimy layer which debris loves to stick to. It makes everything look kind of covered in dust and dirt its pretty gross.
I am wondering what is it? Is it slime from the snails accumulating? Or is it some type of early stage fungus issue? Or is it algae?
I use generally tap water and had some water conditioner but ran out. Now its just basically tap water and I threw in a little of this freshwater specialized salt which protects the fish somehow..
Any ideas would be great and I really want to add some live plants but the guy at PJ's pet store who seems to know what he is talking about, said its a lot of work and makes the tank dirty fast.
Where in Toronto btw can I find the most exotic looking fresh water fish and also at a decent price anyone know?
thanks!
Looks like I've found a great community here to share my new hobby love of Aquarium fish!
I got a whole bunch of fish in my wonderful 30 gallon tank. Lets see If I can remember all of them:
1x blue gouryami
1x gold gouryami
1x Neon
2x transparent tetras
3x Plecos
2x some type of bottom feeders (one got huge compared to the other and is very aggressive, kind of golden brown with black)
2x bloodfin tetras
4x red barbosas
1x female gummy (rest died)
4x tiger barbs (1 died)
1x rainbow shark
1x mystery snail
1x zebra snail
2x dwarf frogs
1x columbian tetra
wow that was a nice challenge to get that down. So they are all very happy it seems even through there are a few 'aggressive' types in there! I heard the blue gouryami is often very violent, but this one is gentle and nice.
The only really aggressive fish surprisingly is this one bottom feeder/cleaner/sucker that just got massive so fast. He was aggressive and ate everything and left nothing for the other one of this species. The other one is now months later only starting to grow a bit, as I throw toooo much food down there so he has a great chance of getting it.
Some of the things listed above were only recently added in the last 6 weeks. I did a big water change and suction tube thing to remove tons of junk from the bottom.
One issue I have that I do not know what to do, is there is a thick slimy guck forming over some of the plastic plants, and it seems over everything now is this slimy layer which debris loves to stick to. It makes everything look kind of covered in dust and dirt its pretty gross.
I am wondering what is it? Is it slime from the snails accumulating? Or is it some type of early stage fungus issue? Or is it algae?
I use generally tap water and had some water conditioner but ran out. Now its just basically tap water and I threw in a little of this freshwater specialized salt which protects the fish somehow..
Any ideas would be great and I really want to add some live plants but the guy at PJ's pet store who seems to know what he is talking about, said its a lot of work and makes the tank dirty fast.
Where in Toronto btw can I find the most exotic looking fresh water fish and also at a decent price anyone know?
thanks!