Recent content by Aquarist Newbie

Anyone know where I can find a stand that it low to the ground and sits on or near the floor? I know about the wrought iron double deckers, but they are perimeter supporting stands, I want one that is like a table top that supports the entire length of the tank. Thanks in advance ...

Thanks for the reply. Just want to find a good home for them if I decide I can't keep 'em. I think the Petco put up this guy to hand out pairs of fish in a cup to passerbys in the hope of generating business for products and supplies. They offered to take them back, but that's when I should...

Even More ... Here's the dilemma. Although they are young and small, I understand that they can grow into sizable fish. I am told they require a minimum 29-55gal environment or more. For now, I may be able to get away with a 20gal Long tank: 30x12.5x12. Problem is, I still can't figure out...

More ... I should also add that after carefully considering everything based on my own limited research after accepting them, because of my space and budget limitations, I am for the moment resigned to the strong possibility that I may have to give them up and exit my nascent fish keeping...

Thanks for getting back to me SKB. I appreciate the replies. They look to be a pair of inch and a half long Comets. Maybe one is a Sarasa Comet. The other could be a Common, but I think it's a regular Comet. I subscribe to the "no creature left behind" philosophy, but when I adopt a...

Follow Up I don't know how to upload an image except to the album. So please go there to have a look at the ideal tank interior that I'd like to setup. Thanks.

Hi, Y'all: I live by the Pacific Ocean and figure it's time to 'bone up' on stuff about caring for fish. Someone 'gifted' me with a pair of goldfish in a cup outside of a Petco and I didn't have the heart to give them back or abandon them to an uncertain fate at the store. I wasn't sure...