gavinlewarne
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im relatively new to fishkeeping. I inhereted an 80litre tank a couple of years ago with some very black water and a few "unknown" fish - mostly because people were putting food into the tank but it was too black to see what they were feeding.
After some TLC of mine and the use of a cheap book, i goot the tank reasonably clean. Discovered its inhabitants were:
3x Red tail sharks (9,8 and 6 inches)
1x albino rainbow shark
1x clown loach
I was so chuffed i could see them and they seemed lovely and happy i named them all.
After a few months i started experimenting with some new comers, so i got 4 red eye tetras. Nicknamed "the 4 amigos" they dart about and generally seem to get on each others nerves but seem happy enough.
after a few more months i got some neons and left it at that.
About a year later the tank suffered an outbreak of whitespot but i didnt know what i was looking at until it was too late. Sadly george (albino rainbow shark), zee (clown laoch) and one red eye died.
After a good spruce up of the tank unfortunately i squished another 2 red eyes and only had one left
That was my worst fishy disaster. i was simply distraught. cired for days. I LOVE my fish, but i felt that my inexperience killed them. i really did feel guilty.
So now im 2 more years experienced, and gladly have not had any disease outbreaked again. I now have a lovely new fully enclosed 130l tank, powerhead, 2xt5 tubes, airpump, living plants - the works. My current stocks are:
1x Original RTS (the smallest - babs. Bruno moved to a new home with a friend and muffin commited suicide after a unnoticed jump-out followed by a hoover related incident)
2x Baby leapord plecos (Mr Grumpy and Mr Jolly)
4x Japonica Shrimps (way cool little fellows - seem to eat 24/7)
2x baby albino rainbow sharks (called Mini george in honour of my original and bert!)
9x mixed neon / cardinal tetras
3x red-eyes (now called the 3 amigos)
2x Silvertips (humphry and bogart)
6x fancy tail guppies (3 blue 3 gold called collectively the "groupies")
2x unknown presumed tetras i got free in a bag of living plants -they got sucked in i think. they look like neons but are longer, have a silver stripe and look like they have their tounge poking out!. mostly brown colour bodies (anyone help me on indetification here?) called Free and B (get it?)
1x male siamese betta
it may seem like a lot of fish, but they seem happy enough and the tank is nice and stable. lots of room for swimming and stable water conditions.
is it bad to name them, especially as it seems i get too attached and feel very sad when they occasionally die
Anyway, if anyone has any feedback on my choices of fish, setup or anything useful i should know about any of my fish i would love to know. Also, if the consesus is i have too many / incompatible fish i have the option of moving them to a friends nearly empty tank, so no nastiness required. and lastly, Hello everybody! nice to be here!
After some TLC of mine and the use of a cheap book, i goot the tank reasonably clean. Discovered its inhabitants were:
3x Red tail sharks (9,8 and 6 inches)
1x albino rainbow shark
1x clown loach
I was so chuffed i could see them and they seemed lovely and happy i named them all.
After a few months i started experimenting with some new comers, so i got 4 red eye tetras. Nicknamed "the 4 amigos" they dart about and generally seem to get on each others nerves but seem happy enough.
after a few more months i got some neons and left it at that.
About a year later the tank suffered an outbreak of whitespot but i didnt know what i was looking at until it was too late. Sadly george (albino rainbow shark), zee (clown laoch) and one red eye died.
After a good spruce up of the tank unfortunately i squished another 2 red eyes and only had one left
That was my worst fishy disaster. i was simply distraught. cired for days. I LOVE my fish, but i felt that my inexperience killed them. i really did feel guilty.
So now im 2 more years experienced, and gladly have not had any disease outbreaked again. I now have a lovely new fully enclosed 130l tank, powerhead, 2xt5 tubes, airpump, living plants - the works. My current stocks are:
1x Original RTS (the smallest - babs. Bruno moved to a new home with a friend and muffin commited suicide after a unnoticed jump-out followed by a hoover related incident)
2x Baby leapord plecos (Mr Grumpy and Mr Jolly)
4x Japonica Shrimps (way cool little fellows - seem to eat 24/7)
2x baby albino rainbow sharks (called Mini george in honour of my original and bert!)
9x mixed neon / cardinal tetras
3x red-eyes (now called the 3 amigos)
2x Silvertips (humphry and bogart)
6x fancy tail guppies (3 blue 3 gold called collectively the "groupies")
2x unknown presumed tetras i got free in a bag of living plants -they got sucked in i think. they look like neons but are longer, have a silver stripe and look like they have their tounge poking out!. mostly brown colour bodies (anyone help me on indetification here?) called Free and B (get it?)
1x male siamese betta
it may seem like a lot of fish, but they seem happy enough and the tank is nice and stable. lots of room for swimming and stable water conditions.
is it bad to name them, especially as it seems i get too attached and feel very sad when they occasionally die
Anyway, if anyone has any feedback on my choices of fish, setup or anything useful i should know about any of my fish i would love to know. Also, if the consesus is i have too many / incompatible fish i have the option of moving them to a friends nearly empty tank, so no nastiness required. and lastly, Hello everybody! nice to be here!
