Chris7
Fish Fanatic
Hello people.
I have just purchased a tank with everything in it. It has 4 fish (what type i do not no).
The reason i have come here is to get help and advice and then hopefully pass things on to help others in the future.
My story: My little boy had a sponge bob square pants fish tank with 1 goldfish. The pump broke on it around 7 weeks ago and i never got a new one, Recently the tank became green and murky, I took the water out and cleaned the tank 3 or 4 times but it just kept getting dirty every week or so. I forgot to change it one week and the gold fish died. I presume it was because i did not clean the tank out, My little boy was devastated and blamed me for the fish dying. I felt really bad and planed to buy him another in the future when we got a pump for the little tank.
The day after i was looking on ebay and come across a tank with everything in it. The perfect set up to start off with. Here is the description from ebay:
Hi,
I'm selling my 68L tropical fish tank with 4 fish.
Included is:
-Fish tank
-4 large tropical fish
-Heater
-Fillter
-Stones
-Two bits of wood
-Magnetic glass cleaner
Everthing needed to start up your own tropical fish tank
It was currently on 13pounds, In the end i got it for 20 and it is looking like a bargain. It was 7 miles up the road so easy to pick up, Anyway when i went to pick it up they emptied the water and put the fish into a bowl. I know nothing about fish (hence why i am here) and did the following, Once i got home i set the tank up and filled it with cold water from the tap. I put the heater and pump in and left these on for half a hour as i was due to go to work and knew i could not leave the 4 fish in a small pot until i arrived home later. After 30 mins i put the fish into the tank, They didn't seem too happy and didn't move about much. They were bumping into things and swimming sideways for a while, I panicked and thought the water is too cold. Dipping my fingers in the water and it was very cold, I wasn't sure what the temp was supposed to be as i know nothing about it but i guessed it was way too cold and could maybe numbing the fish so they could not swim properly. I removed 3 or 4 small buckets of water and mixed in some warm water and went off to work. 8 Hours later i expected to maybe find some dead but they were all swimming around well and the tank was much warmer as the heater had now done its job. So this was yesterday and now they seem fine, They are swimming around well and look happy. I am guessing i did the whole setting up of the tank wrong and ask for any help, tips or any pointers on things i did wrong so next time i know what to do. I have read on the forum about testing for stuff and leaving the water in the tank for days before adding the fish, but the tank was running when i picked it up so really it was only like changing the water.
I have a picture of the tank and will add it to this post asap. For 20 pounds i didn't think it was a bad deal at all.
Now i will post in the forum and add pics to get help with this project as i know nothing about how to look after tropical fish, I don't even know what fish i have lol so hopefully people here can help.
Thanks for reading
Chris...
I have just purchased a tank with everything in it. It has 4 fish (what type i do not no).
The reason i have come here is to get help and advice and then hopefully pass things on to help others in the future.
My story: My little boy had a sponge bob square pants fish tank with 1 goldfish. The pump broke on it around 7 weeks ago and i never got a new one, Recently the tank became green and murky, I took the water out and cleaned the tank 3 or 4 times but it just kept getting dirty every week or so. I forgot to change it one week and the gold fish died. I presume it was because i did not clean the tank out, My little boy was devastated and blamed me for the fish dying. I felt really bad and planed to buy him another in the future when we got a pump for the little tank.
The day after i was looking on ebay and come across a tank with everything in it. The perfect set up to start off with. Here is the description from ebay:
Hi,
I'm selling my 68L tropical fish tank with 4 fish.
Included is:
-Fish tank
-4 large tropical fish
-Heater
-Fillter
-Stones
-Two bits of wood
-Magnetic glass cleaner
Everthing needed to start up your own tropical fish tank
It was currently on 13pounds, In the end i got it for 20 and it is looking like a bargain. It was 7 miles up the road so easy to pick up, Anyway when i went to pick it up they emptied the water and put the fish into a bowl. I know nothing about fish (hence why i am here) and did the following, Once i got home i set the tank up and filled it with cold water from the tap. I put the heater and pump in and left these on for half a hour as i was due to go to work and knew i could not leave the 4 fish in a small pot until i arrived home later. After 30 mins i put the fish into the tank, They didn't seem too happy and didn't move about much. They were bumping into things and swimming sideways for a while, I panicked and thought the water is too cold. Dipping my fingers in the water and it was very cold, I wasn't sure what the temp was supposed to be as i know nothing about it but i guessed it was way too cold and could maybe numbing the fish so they could not swim properly. I removed 3 or 4 small buckets of water and mixed in some warm water and went off to work. 8 Hours later i expected to maybe find some dead but they were all swimming around well and the tank was much warmer as the heater had now done its job. So this was yesterday and now they seem fine, They are swimming around well and look happy. I am guessing i did the whole setting up of the tank wrong and ask for any help, tips or any pointers on things i did wrong so next time i know what to do. I have read on the forum about testing for stuff and leaving the water in the tank for days before adding the fish, but the tank was running when i picked it up so really it was only like changing the water.
I have a picture of the tank and will add it to this post asap. For 20 pounds i didn't think it was a bad deal at all.
Now i will post in the forum and add pics to get help with this project as i know nothing about how to look after tropical fish, I don't even know what fish i have lol so hopefully people here can help.
Thanks for reading
Chris...
