Hello everyone. I'm sorry I haven't made an introduction at first.
I think some people know I'm from Leeds. My parents decided to buy a 60 litres aquarium a couple of months ago with some goldfish. Unfortunately, due to lack of my knowledge in regards to fish keeping, I had troubles looking after them. Since I'm a student who is currently unemployed, I couldn't fund much except unless it is important (then I have to nag my parents
). Anyway, after all my goldfish died, our aquarium was left and never touched for about a couple of months.
Two weeks ago, I decided to liven up my aquarium. After spending a couple of days in front of my laptop, researching about fish keeping and planting, I set up a tropical fish aquarium. I have cycled it for a week. Cycling involves using our Stingray Filter, setting the temperature of the heater to 24C, adding nitrifying bacteria and chlorine remover.
I first added 5 Neon Tetras in the aquarium and left it on the second week. Just yesterday, we bought 5 Harlequin Rasboras and 2 Julii Cories. I've read that it's better to add a few fish at a time to prevent ammonia spikes, which is harmful for the fish. We also got 4 broad-leaf plants!
According to some website which I've read, having 3-4 Cories is a must, but the staff in Paws for Thought said they will do fine. I'm scared adding a bit more due to the fact that I might over-populate my tank (Any ideas?) or buy 2 more so they would be much "happier".
Also, I'm glad none of my Neon Tetras died when I added a bit of table salt (1 tablespoon/gallon) since I thought I could perhaps kill some pathogens which might infect the fish. Although, as usual, I was being stupid, since I will have to keep on changing water! Anyways, I already diluted the aquarium once (about 30%). I made a really hard decision when deciding whether or not I should add the table salt, since some website stated that the amount of iodine is insufficient to cause harm to the fish. I decided to add the salt since my only one tiger barb is dying the next day! I wasn't aware they must be in school, so I thought it could be the stress or something else which I didn't know about
... Sadly, he died the following morning.
Thanks for reading this! Sorry to the people who read my first post I didn't intend to break the rules! I was being stupid for skipping the rules section~
By the way, is there a way so I could get an email if someone replied to me Since I'm either on alt tab, or staring at the aquarium! Thanks~
I think some people know I'm from Leeds. My parents decided to buy a 60 litres aquarium a couple of months ago with some goldfish. Unfortunately, due to lack of my knowledge in regards to fish keeping, I had troubles looking after them. Since I'm a student who is currently unemployed, I couldn't fund much except unless it is important (then I have to nag my parents
). Anyway, after all my goldfish died, our aquarium was left and never touched for about a couple of months.Two weeks ago, I decided to liven up my aquarium. After spending a couple of days in front of my laptop, researching about fish keeping and planting, I set up a tropical fish aquarium. I have cycled it for a week. Cycling involves using our Stingray Filter, setting the temperature of the heater to 24C, adding nitrifying bacteria and chlorine remover.
I first added 5 Neon Tetras in the aquarium and left it on the second week. Just yesterday, we bought 5 Harlequin Rasboras and 2 Julii Cories. I've read that it's better to add a few fish at a time to prevent ammonia spikes, which is harmful for the fish. We also got 4 broad-leaf plants!
According to some website which I've read, having 3-4 Cories is a must, but the staff in Paws for Thought said they will do fine. I'm scared adding a bit more due to the fact that I might over-populate my tank (Any ideas?) or buy 2 more so they would be much "happier".
Also, I'm glad none of my Neon Tetras died when I added a bit of table salt (1 tablespoon/gallon) since I thought I could perhaps kill some pathogens which might infect the fish. Although, as usual, I was being stupid, since I will have to keep on changing water! Anyways, I already diluted the aquarium once (about 30%). I made a really hard decision when deciding whether or not I should add the table salt, since some website stated that the amount of iodine is insufficient to cause harm to the fish. I decided to add the salt since my only one tiger barb is dying the next day! I wasn't aware they must be in school, so I thought it could be the stress or something else which I didn't know about
... Sadly, he died the following morning.Thanks for reading this! Sorry to the people who read my first post
I didn't intend to break the rules! I was being stupid for skipping the rules section~By the way, is there a way so I could get an email if someone replied to me
Since I'm either on alt tab, or staring at the aquarium! Thanks~
