LondonGman
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi all,
This is my first post here. This site has been in my favourites bookmarks ever since I found it 3 months ago when I got my first fish tank. With the books I have, this site has bees a great source of information. So I first want to thank everyone, those asking the questions and those answering. So I thought I will share my tank details with you and see if anyone can offer any information on anything.
I have a 30inch wide, 12 inch deep 18inch high tank with under-gravel filtration powered by an Interpet Aqua-air AP2 air pump. I calculated that I have about 90liters of water in the tank so I change 10litres a week. I use tap water which is treated with Stress Coat and I treat the tank once a week with Stress Zymes which apparently has” 300 million live bacteria per teaspoonful”. I do not know if that is true as I stopped counting at 3,876,908 bacteria (kidding).
I have 11 Cardinal Tetras, 4 red Guppies a male and female Dwarf Gourami, one male black Molly, one Albino Peppered Corydoras. This evening I bought a Bristlenose Pleco to deal with the algae on the inside glass of the tank. I have one sad looking plant and the rest are plastic. I also use Interpet Liquisil General Tonic. I use all water products according to the instructions.
Now I would like to have a stress free and happy fish tank with a low casualty rate. I have generally browsed thru the threads hear but the questions I have for anyone who can help me is
Have I reached the limit of tank in terms of the amount of fish I can keep? A book says I can go up to 22 2inch fishes
It seems that the under-gravel filtration is controversial? What is the consensus here?
I hate changing water using a 10 litre bucket and hose. In the 21st century there must be a powered alternative.
I partial hoover and churn around the gravel that I can reach with the weekly water change. Is this Ok?
I use a timer to put the aquarium lights on from 7am to 12midnight. Is this OK.
How do I get rid of the fine particles in the water.
Is there anything else you think I or any other newbie that may be reading this should know?
This is my first post here. This site has been in my favourites bookmarks ever since I found it 3 months ago when I got my first fish tank. With the books I have, this site has bees a great source of information. So I first want to thank everyone, those asking the questions and those answering. So I thought I will share my tank details with you and see if anyone can offer any information on anything.
I have a 30inch wide, 12 inch deep 18inch high tank with under-gravel filtration powered by an Interpet Aqua-air AP2 air pump. I calculated that I have about 90liters of water in the tank so I change 10litres a week. I use tap water which is treated with Stress Coat and I treat the tank once a week with Stress Zymes which apparently has” 300 million live bacteria per teaspoonful”. I do not know if that is true as I stopped counting at 3,876,908 bacteria (kidding).
I have 11 Cardinal Tetras, 4 red Guppies a male and female Dwarf Gourami, one male black Molly, one Albino Peppered Corydoras. This evening I bought a Bristlenose Pleco to deal with the algae on the inside glass of the tank. I have one sad looking plant and the rest are plastic. I also use Interpet Liquisil General Tonic. I use all water products according to the instructions.
Now I would like to have a stress free and happy fish tank with a low casualty rate. I have generally browsed thru the threads hear but the questions I have for anyone who can help me is
Have I reached the limit of tank in terms of the amount of fish I can keep? A book says I can go up to 22 2inch fishes
It seems that the under-gravel filtration is controversial? What is the consensus here?
I hate changing water using a 10 litre bucket and hose. In the 21st century there must be a powered alternative.
I partial hoover and churn around the gravel that I can reach with the weekly water change. Is this Ok?
I use a timer to put the aquarium lights on from 7am to 12midnight. Is this OK.
How do I get rid of the fine particles in the water.
Is there anything else you think I or any other newbie that may be reading this should know?