Fish Tanks

Originally posted by willatkins
Does that mean that girlfriends without names will last longer???

depends on how long they can hold their breath while in that tank.

Originally posted by willatkins
No names. Check.
Generic fish. Check.

Does that mean that girlfriends without names will last longer???

Hello,

As a fellow fish tank owner I would suggest the following:

1) You need to get the water right before you put any fish in. Generally fish do not like tap water. Consult a book on this as I am not sure of how long it takes the water to set in the US. Alternatively, if you have a mate with a tank, borroy 40% or so of his water and you will be ready to go straight away.

2) Do not add more than a couple of fish at a time as this will cause a nitrate peak in the water and all the fish will die. You may add the fish and all seems OK, but you get 2 nitrate peaks - a small one when you add the fish and then a big one about 2-3 weeks later, this does the damage.

3) Make sure you get fish that get on with each other - they are not nice animals most of the time and just attack each other.

4) Don't over stock the tank.

And thats about it, apart form have fun ;o)

Andrew🙄

make shure to feed them. when i was little i forgot to feed my fish :'(

Originally posted by willatkins
Does that mean that girlfriends without names will last longer???

Originally posted by latex bishop
Hello,

As a fellow fish tank owner I would suggest the following:

1) You need to get the water right before you put any fish in. Generally fish do not like tap water. Consult a book on this as I am not sure of how long it takes the water to set in the US. Alternatively, if you have a mate with a tank, borroy 40% or so of his water and you will be ...[text shortened]... er.

4) Don't over stock the tank.

And thats about it, apart form have fun ;o)

Andrew🙄

I recently purchased a fish tank myself.
the most important thing I was told was the bio filter.. that is get the right bacteria going etc. a full test kit is essential.
start with a few cheap fish and let things develop slowly. putting too many fish in to start will put too much bacteria in if there are not organisims there to deal with it . a few fish craps will create a few fish crap eaters, they in turn will multiply and need more crap to eat.. thats when you add more fish.
as a gereral rule, you max your tank out when you have one fish inch per gallon. ie: in a 20 gal tank you can have 2 10 inch fish or 20 1 inch fish etc...

Originally posted by willatkins
Thanks for the advice! I just have 3 in now. I might add 2 tomorrow. Tap water isn't a problem. Since I live in the sticks, I have well water. I just have to make sure I have filtered it.

Thanks Again!

feed them frozen bloodworms - makes the colours really come out, especially if you've got cichids.but they kinda smell bad

Originally posted by latex bishop
What fish have you got?

Andrew