Another Newbie :)

[newbiegrant]

well im grant, from carmarthen in south wales.
just properly started fish keeping, got 2 little 20 litre tanks, 1with 2 gold fish i won at a fair, and the other has a few platty's and a loach.
just set up a 3foot aquarium, got 9 guppies (6 females and 3 males), 2 small plek's and 3 other catfish i cant remember the name of, tiger something ? help with demolishing snails etc lol
cant wait to start breeding guppies, would love to try and help supply the local shops with young guppies
any help or advice taken in
thanks
grant

 

[rob158]

to the forum,

 

[peter shogun]

the 3 cats arnt tiger shovel nose are thay ?
if so you going to need a monster tank

 

[fluttermoth]

Hi grant and welcome to the forum.

I do have two pieces of advice. The first is; your goldfish need a bigger tank. The recommendation for fancy goldfish (that is, the fantailed ones with a short, fat body) is 100l minimum for the first fish with an additional 40l for each extra fish. 'Normal' goldfish really need to be in ponds, not tanks; sorry.

The second is; many, many local shops won't take home-bred guppies; you may be lucky, but I wouldn't count on it (unless you're breeding a rare strain).

 

[Skins]

Hello Grant and welcome to the forum.

Keith.

 

[newbiegrant]

Hi grant and welcome to the forum.

I do have two pieces of advice. The first is; your goldfish need a bigger tank. The recommendation for fancy goldfish (that is, the fantailed ones with a short, fat body) is 100l minimum for the first fish with an additional 40l for each extra fish. 'Normal' goldfish really need to be in ponds, not tanks; sorry.

The second is; many, many local shops won't take home-bred guppies; you may be lucky, but I wouldn't count on it (unless you're breeding a rare strain).

thanks for the welcomes guys
a new petshop has said they will take any surplus guppies i breed already
also i know the goldfish need to be in a pond but i dont have a garden and allmy family have or do keepfish and my mums gold fish are quite happy in there fully filtered fully lit tank.
everyone has there opinion on different things, i also keep birds and there are different ways of keeping all kinds of animals, each to there own

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

Hi grant and welcome to the forum.

I do have two pieces of advice. The first is; your goldfish need a bigger tank. The recommendation for fancy goldfish (that is, the fantailed ones with a short, fat body) is 100l minimum for the first fish with an additional 40l for each extra fish. 'Normal' goldfish really need to be in ponds, not tanks; sorry.

The second is; many, many local shops won't take home-bred guppies; you may be lucky, but I wouldn't count on it (unless you're breeding a rare strain).

thanks for the welcomes guys
a new petshop has said they will take any surplus guppies i breed already
also i know the goldfish need to be in a pond but i dont have a garden and allmy family have or do keepfish and my mums gold fish are quite happy in there fully filtered fully lit tank.
everyone has there opinion on different things, i also keep birds and there are different ways of keeping all kinds of animals, each to there own

welcome im from pembrokeshire south wales so nice to see some more people from the south wales area joining what petshops do u go to in your area?

 

[newbiegrant]

ooo, love prembroke !
only got pets at home , and 2 little shops one which is new and going to be selling common fish, birds and hampsters
also there is an aquatics centre in cross hands in the leekes shopping centre where i got my fish and plants from, great place, every tank individually filtered,very helpful staff too.
know a nice little shop in milford haven, pets ahead, know alot of the staff there as friends, they always have great fish there, in nice setups, also very helpful staff very knolegable

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

<br />ooo, love prembroke ! <br />only got pets at home <img src='http/www.fishforums.net/public/style_emoticons/default/confused.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />, and 2 little shops one which is new and going to be selling common fish, birds and hampsters <br />also there is an aquatics centre in cross hands in the leekes shopping centre <img src='http/www.fishforums.net/public/style_emoticons/default/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> where i got my fish and plants from, great place, every tank individually filtered,very helpful staff too.<br />know a nice little shop in milford haven, pets ahead, know alot of the staff there as friends, they always have great fish there, in nice setups, also very helpful staff very knolegable<br />

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i live in milford haven i like pets ahead also... my favourite is the garden center in manorbier called greenacres! awesome variety of fish there

 

[newbiegrant]

not been down milford for ages lol.
heard of tht place, but never been, will have to go check it out

 

[Curiosity101]

everyone has there opinion on different things, i also keep birds and there are different ways of keeping all kinds of animals, each to there own

This is true to an extent. But particularly with regards to goldfish, there ARE minimum requirements to give the fish a chance to grow to the right size and live to the correct age.
Goldfish are one of the few fish that have been proven to be stunted, often commons are stunted if not kept in pretty large tanks at the very min.

 

[FishAreFriendsNotFood10]

not been down milford for ages lol.
heard of tht place, but never been, will have to go check it out

defo check it out they special order fish in for me aswell! tanks always look so clean and the fish always look healthy and happy

 

[Carlovel1]

Welcome to the forum

 

[mepiscool]

hey mate nice to see some one close to home as i live in llanelli welcome!

 

[fishmad135]

Welcome to the forum