Dave9365
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
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- Aug 6, 2012
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Hi all
My names Dave. I am very new to the 'fish world' and have made some pretty huge mistakes already but very willing to learn. I recently purchased a 28liter (about 6 Gallons) tank from a car boot sale, which came with an Aquastart 100 series internal filter. I set it up as a coldwater tank and left it for only 1 day before going out and purchasing some fish. (I had no idea about 'cycling' and rushed into it :-( I have;
4 white cloud mountain minnows. 2cm in length
2 Goldfish (unsure what breed, going back to the shop today to find out) 1.5" in length
2 Golden agae eaters. 1.5" in length
The woman at the shop said they'd be fine in a tank together and I was none the wiser :-(
The fish have been in they're for 48 hrs and seem to be fine at the moment. I know my tank is way too small for 1 goldfish never mind 2 + the algae eaters which I now know can grow to be massive. I am going to take the goldfish and algae eaters back to the shop a.s.a.p and just do a 'fishincycle' with the mountain minnows. I did a 25% water change 24hrs after putting them in there and will do another one today, maybe even a 50% change depending on the results I get when I buy an API test kit later on. My neighbour had some spare Tetra 5in1 test strips so I did a test this morning and the results were as follows:
PH: 8.0
KH: 6.0
GH: >10
Nitrite: 10
Nitrate: 25
Haven't been able to test for ammonia as of yet but that's why I did the water change yesterday and will do another one today.
Sorry for the VERY long intro but want to do this properly and feel guilty for not doing my research before adding live fish to my tank. Any advise would be very much appreciated
Thanks in advance
Dave
My names Dave. I am very new to the 'fish world' and have made some pretty huge mistakes already but very willing to learn. I recently purchased a 28liter (about 6 Gallons) tank from a car boot sale, which came with an Aquastart 100 series internal filter. I set it up as a coldwater tank and left it for only 1 day before going out and purchasing some fish. (I had no idea about 'cycling' and rushed into it :-( I have;
4 white cloud mountain minnows. 2cm in length
2 Goldfish (unsure what breed, going back to the shop today to find out) 1.5" in length
2 Golden agae eaters. 1.5" in length
The woman at the shop said they'd be fine in a tank together and I was none the wiser :-(
The fish have been in they're for 48 hrs and seem to be fine at the moment. I know my tank is way too small for 1 goldfish never mind 2 + the algae eaters which I now know can grow to be massive. I am going to take the goldfish and algae eaters back to the shop a.s.a.p and just do a 'fishincycle' with the mountain minnows. I did a 25% water change 24hrs after putting them in there and will do another one today, maybe even a 50% change depending on the results I get when I buy an API test kit later on. My neighbour had some spare Tetra 5in1 test strips so I did a test this morning and the results were as follows:
PH: 8.0
KH: 6.0
GH: >10
Nitrite: 10
Nitrate: 25
Haven't been able to test for ammonia as of yet but that's why I did the water change yesterday and will do another one today.
Sorry for the VERY long intro but want to do this properly and feel guilty for not doing my research before adding live fish to my tank. Any advise would be very much appreciated
Thanks in advance
Dave