Inheritthefish
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and my husband's nickname is "Dad Says Yes!," I inherited a new hobby. This often happens in our house, but seldom with such enjoyable results. Turns out that I LOVE it. We've had a 20 gallon tank with 3 skirted tetra glofish for about a year. Recently, a friend rehomed the last of her fish, a lone cory, with us. After a bit of research into them, I changed out my substrate from gravel to sand, redecorated with rocks and spider wood, and prepared to get the cory schoolmates. Here's where I went wrong-- our local fish store told me I could keep up to 30 fish provided they were small. I took home five corys, three glo skirted tetra and seven danios. Everyone acclimated without incident, but it's clear that we're drastically overstocked. The glofish have all staked out territories and the danios stay in a tight little group. I've been closely monitoring the H2O parameters, and have had the ammonia levels rise to .25 twice in a week, so I've been doing 20% changes almost daily. So far, no one has been nippy, but I need to upgrade asap.
I don't have a huge footprint that a new tank could occupy. I used the calculator, and I think that I can get away with upgrading to 36-40 gallon tank. Am I right, given the activity levels and normal habits of the fish we have? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I'm so glad to join you all!
Jill
I don't have a huge footprint that a new tank could occupy. I used the calculator, and I think that I can get away with upgrading to 36-40 gallon tank. Am I right, given the activity levels and normal habits of the fish we have? Any advice is greatly appreciated.
I'm so glad to join you all!
Jill