Complete-Novice
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Aug 6, 2011
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Unencumbered by the Thought Process
HI, I am new, very new to having and maintaining an Aquarium. I read a few small ( How to get Started) books, and then plunged right in . . so to speak. I too have a small Nano tank ( 30 liters about 8 gallons), with about 6 gallons of actual water, after gravel sand and deco.
{Initially I was looking for advice on how many fish I could have in Gallons of water ( in an 8 gallon tank – 30 liters). I did find a thread on that but was old, anyway I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing. }
And before anyone tells me to get a bigger tank , I chose this Nano tank due to my very limited space. ( it is on my work desk ).
In my tank I have 6 Neon , 3 Guppies , 2 ghost shrimp, and two Zebra snails, and three small real plants. Yes I realize that all the experts say I have too many fish, but this is what I wanted, and again, being Unencumbered by the Thought Process, what did I know.
In this 30 liter tank I have two corner filters, and Air Stone bubble maker, and heater. I clean out one filter one week, and the other filter the next week.
I have had this tank, sitting on my work desk, for about 2 months now, and so far I have only lost 1 Neon .
So although I chose a relatively small tank, I thought that if I added extra filtration, an air pump with bubble maker, and changed 1 gallon of water every other day, that it could handle the amount of fish I had placed in it. So far. . .. that seems to be true, but then again, I am Unencumbered by the Thought Process
HI, I am new, very new to having and maintaining an Aquarium. I read a few small ( How to get Started) books, and then plunged right in . . so to speak. I too have a small Nano tank ( 30 liters about 8 gallons), with about 6 gallons of actual water, after gravel sand and deco.
{Initially I was looking for advice on how many fish I could have in Gallons of water ( in an 8 gallon tank – 30 liters). I did find a thread on that but was old, anyway I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing. }
And before anyone tells me to get a bigger tank , I chose this Nano tank due to my very limited space. ( it is on my work desk ).
In my tank I have 6 Neon , 3 Guppies , 2 ghost shrimp, and two Zebra snails, and three small real plants. Yes I realize that all the experts say I have too many fish, but this is what I wanted, and again, being Unencumbered by the Thought Process, what did I know.
In this 30 liter tank I have two corner filters, and Air Stone bubble maker, and heater. I clean out one filter one week, and the other filter the next week.
I have had this tank, sitting on my work desk, for about 2 months now, and so far I have only lost 1 Neon .
So although I chose a relatively small tank, I thought that if I added extra filtration, an air pump with bubble maker, and changed 1 gallon of water every other day, that it could handle the amount of fish I had placed in it. So far. . .. that seems to be true, but then again, I am Unencumbered by the Thought Process