MisticX
Aquarium Advice Freak
Montreal Canada area new member asks for advice (please feel free to post your opinions or advice)
i will italic what i consider (now) that was a mistake.
i'll post a log of my fish operations
March 30
Buy aquarium (30 gal) (120$ ... whole set)
Fill with water (fresh) (free)
treat water with dechlorinate
setup 1 thermostat @ 26C (free ... came with set)
setup 1 gravier filter (free ... came with set)
sidenote ... no substrat was installed yet
March 31
Setup thermostat @ 25.5C (80$)
buy fish gupy 8x (3 males +5 females)
buy zebra 5x (dunno sexes)
buy tetra neon 5x (2m 3f)
buy tetra black 3x (1m 2f)
buy platy 5x (2m 3f)
insert fish
April 1st
setup filtration pomp (50gal capacity) (70$)
setup air pump + "air shower" (free ... came with kit)
April 5
water becomes milky
buy test no2
buy test PH
buy cycle
use all 3 in recommended terms
ph normal, no2 OFF CHART (ye about twice darker then the 3.6 on the scale)
April 6
PWC 90%
ph 0, no2 0.3, added cycle
April 7
buy moly black (1m 2f)
water stays stable a biiit milky
April 8-12
started losing fish, gupy's, tetra neon black ...
most of them got caught in the water filter pump. since i turn off the filter at night)
April 12
buy gravel
wash rinse and re-rinse gravel
insert gravel
water becomes instantly milky-sandy
PWC 30%
April 13-16
again many fish die.
NO2 rock the sky even though i add cycle daily,
April 19
insert plants
ph stable, no2 stable at (estimated) 4.8
April 22
buy a water changing system (80$)
PWC 75%
April 22&23
PWC 75%
April 24-26
ph stable, no2 stable 4.8
pwc daily 30%
fish have very usual reproduction sessions (aproximate ... a LOT)
Aprill 27
wake up in the morning to find 2 black swimming worms in my tank
upon closer inspection i find a 3rd
upon even closer inspection i decide theyr not worms but fish 8-O
the 2 black moly females that i was betting will die due suspect "sit on the gravel" have just reduced weight ...
wake up wife to show her my 3 new addons ))
have blinking ideea ... check water filter
find 4th, ;( not moving ... i get it out and put it in the net so i inspect it closer, 4th starts moving
later during day i find a 5th newborn ... they are all 5 in a coca-cola bottle with a air hose and a thermostat in it.
... more to come ....
wake up in the morning
i will italic what i consider (now) that was a mistake.
i'll post a log of my fish operations
March 30
Buy aquarium (30 gal) (120$ ... whole set)
Fill with water (fresh) (free)
treat water with dechlorinate
setup 1 thermostat @ 26C (free ... came with set)
setup 1 gravier filter (free ... came with set)
sidenote ... no substrat was installed yet
March 31
Setup thermostat @ 25.5C (80$)
buy fish gupy 8x (3 males +5 females)
buy zebra 5x (dunno sexes)
buy tetra neon 5x (2m 3f)
buy tetra black 3x (1m 2f)
buy platy 5x (2m 3f)
insert fish
April 1st
setup filtration pomp (50gal capacity) (70$)
setup air pump + "air shower" (free ... came with kit)
April 5
water becomes milky
buy test no2
buy test PH
buy cycle
use all 3 in recommended terms
ph normal, no2 OFF CHART (ye about twice darker then the 3.6 on the scale)
April 6
PWC 90%
ph 0, no2 0.3, added cycle
April 7
buy moly black (1m 2f)
water stays stable a biiit milky
April 8-12
started losing fish, gupy's, tetra neon black ...
most of them got caught in the water filter pump. since i turn off the filter at night)
April 12
buy gravel
wash rinse and re-rinse gravel
insert gravel
water becomes instantly milky-sandy
PWC 30%
April 13-16
again many fish die.
NO2 rock the sky even though i add cycle daily,
April 19
insert plants
ph stable, no2 stable at (estimated) 4.8
April 22
buy a water changing system (80$)
PWC 75%
April 22&23
PWC 75%
April 24-26
ph stable, no2 stable 4.8
pwc daily 30%
fish have very usual reproduction sessions (aproximate ... a LOT)
Aprill 27
wake up in the morning to find 2 black swimming worms in my tank
upon closer inspection i find a 3rd
upon even closer inspection i decide theyr not worms but fish 8-O
the 2 black moly females that i was betting will die due suspect "sit on the gravel" have just reduced weight ...
wake up wife to show her my 3 new addons ))
have blinking ideea ... check water filter
find 4th, ;( not moving ... i get it out and put it in the net so i inspect it closer, 4th starts moving
later during day i find a 5th newborn ... they are all 5 in a coca-cola bottle with a air hose and a thermostat in it.
... more to come ....
wake up in the morning