Something's Fishy !!

[madmonkeygirl]

Just remember rule of thumb for tanks every inch of fish one gallon of water...and if you have a smaller tank you can do fine with an algea eater but not a i can't spell it starts with a P algea eater lmao..those grow to 24 inches in length not everyone is knowledgable about that.

NA you need to let a fishtank get the levels of amonia and nitrate and PH all that rather than a fish bowl is smaller than a tank thus no need for a filter like a fish tank...i don't know just we tell customers who buy the tanks to set it up and let it run for 48 hours or more and then get fish otherwise the fishies die....GC knows more than i do about this...i'm just a novice...all i have is a Beta thinking of getting the Nemo tank from work to put a few couple goldfish in lmao...

[lashbear]

Originally Posted by madmonkeygirl

Just remember rule of thumb for tanks every inch of fish one gallon of water......all i have is a Beta thinking of getting the Nemo tank from work to put a few couple goldfish in lmao...

So, we can have 3 one inch fish and a .7 inch fish

...the aquarium shop we go to has some beautiful Bettas. But I'm still lured by the shiny Neon Tetras..

[Morrigoon]

Angelfish

[mousepod]

Ok... fine...

[alphabassettgrrl]

Angels can get aggressive. I second the vote for something to clean the tank, plecost or something similar.

I currently have a teeny aquarium, and it has a snail and a dwarf african frog. It had a sucker fish but we just lost the little guy and I need to replace him.

In the past, I've had tinfoil barbs which are shiny and pretty though I don't know how big they get. Oh- make sure you get fish similar in size and temperament. Freshwater shrimps might be fun, but you'll need to make sure your fish are bigger than the shrimps (some of them eat fish, I think). You might want to get a plant or two to give fishies some place to hide, and to aerate the water a bit. They'll need to be trimmed when they get too big, but only once in a while.

Enjoy your new tank!!! Fishies are pretty.

[Not Afraid]

I've been thinking about getting a fresh water tank. I just want a few colorful goldfish though - and an algae eater.

My saltwater tank looked a lot like the Nemo tank. I had a porcupine puffer, a blue tang and a yellow tang (no clown fish, though).

[lashbear]

[quote=Not Afraid;197682]I've been thinking about getting a fresh water tank. I just want a few colorful goldfish though - and an algae eater.

My saltwater tank looked a lot like the Nemo tank. I had a blue tang and a yellow tang[quote]

I chortle when kiddies run around identifying Blue Tangs as Dories.

[Disneyphile]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

I've been thinking about getting a fresh water tank. I just want a few colorful goldfish though - and an algae eater.

I started with just one goldfish and looked what happened. Now, there is no room for any other fish since he grew to freakish behemoth size.

[Eliza Hodgkins 1812]

Originally Posted by lashbear

We've got a fishtank !!

It's only a little 14 Litre (3.7 gallon) tank.

We're getting it all set up - it'll be freshwater, we can heat it if needs be, but what fish should we get ?

I'm thinking a couple of guppies and 5 neon tetras. ?

We can't wait to bring our babies home. What would you suggest (we like colour and shiny when it comes to fish)

Fresh water turtles are fun. Until they eat all of the other fish you bought. Or until you forget to clean the tank, and your entire place starts to smell of sickly, dying, very pissed off fresh water turtle.

[Not Afraid]

DP's goldfish got a WOW!!!! out of me.