grimlock3000
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I am planning to do a small marine tank soon and decided I would get my freshwater tanks squared away first. I decided to move one of the two algae eating fish from my 10g tank into my 26g tank. The Pleco in the 26g just does not eat algae. He would try chewing up the filter tube for food instead of eating algae off the glass. Anyway, the two algae eaters in the 10g are an Oto, which loves algae, but eats it slow, and a baby Clown Pleco, which eats anything (algae, wood, flakes...). I decided what the heck, I can try them both. While I was at it, my wife really wanted the 4 Neons in the 26g tank, which seemed like an OK request and she has been asking for weeks now. That was going to leave one Betta, and one female Guppy in the 10. Pretty boring. I moved the female Guppy without a problem, only one of the males in the 26g is a real Guppy. The other is a Feeder Guppy that never got eaten and never grew past 3/4 inch long. Anyway, then it was just the Betta in the 10g. Well, what the heck, might as well go all the way, and put the Betta in the 26g too.
This whole process took place pretty quickly, and was really uneventful. The Betta does his Betta things (sitting around, doing nothing), the Neons make a little school, and the two algae eater chomp away. The tank is overstocked now (23 fish), so I am keeping a really close eye on it. I still have the 10g tank running, and I am going to toss in bits of food to keep it cycled for a while.
Now, what really kills me is that I have NOTHING in my 10g tank. That was my first tank, and this is the first time it has ever had no fish in it. It is just lonely, makes me sad to walk by it. The 26g makes me sad too, because I have such a messed of mixture of fish. They all get along, but I would never put them all in the same tank if I had to do it over again... So I pretty much feel like I screwed up both tanks.
This whole process took place pretty quickly, and was really uneventful. The Betta does his Betta things (sitting around, doing nothing), the Neons make a little school, and the two algae eater chomp away. The tank is overstocked now (23 fish), so I am keeping a really close eye on it. I still have the 10g tank running, and I am going to toss in bits of food to keep it cycled for a while.
Now, what really kills me is that I have NOTHING in my 10g tank. That was my first tank, and this is the first time it has ever had no fish in it. It is just lonely, makes me sad to walk by it. The 26g makes me sad too, because I have such a messed of mixture of fish. They all get along, but I would never put them all in the same tank if I had to do it over again... So I pretty much feel like I screwed up both tanks.