My Fish Think Im Food ....

[danb]

Hi, im just after a little help again please ...

Okay so i had my tank setup and a week ago i put in:
7 neon tetra's
6 glowlight tetras
2 black widow tetras
6 zebra danios

Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate are at 0 and ph @ 6.8. I came to do a water change today and i couldnt even get down to the gravel with the pump as all the fish started swimming around my hand and started to try and eat my hand/arm etc. Whats going to be the best way of me doing this? Its a 240Litre tank with temperature at around 28oC.

 

[razer121]

lol, i dont think you need to worry about it really, does it hurt? it shouldnt do...erm how often are you feeding them?

 

[danb]

lol, i dont think you need to worry about it really, does it hurt? it shouldnt do...erm how often are you feeding them?

Lol no it doesnt hurt at all, just makes me jump a little when i have 21 fish suckin onto me. I feed them once a day at around 6 oclock and they dont get fed at all on sunday...

 

[bae1994]

then i wouldnt worry to much as it shouldnt hurt them or you unless your arm has muck or soap on it

 

[sami the cichlid]

u shud feed them every day, and i think its funny/cute when the fish pick on my hand! but i wouldn't try it with my larger tank..........

 

[danb]

okay, ill see how i get on next week.

I have just bogwood in the tank currently. Its started to get a green coat on it, is this okay? Its like mould, the fish havent really been in th tank that long to create that much algae. Also its turning the water a tint of brown, this wont harm the fish ? I had some plants in it that i got from pets at home but they just died within a week... Any suggestions as to what plants i should get ? can i buy them online?

Thanks again for the replies.

 

[OldMan47]

I am assuming that you cycled your new tank using filter media from your goldfish tank, otherwise the more important thing to do is to make sure your ammonia and nitrites are well controlled for a fish-in cycle. In the case that you are cycled, you could use some low light plants like java fern, Anubias nana, cryptocoryne or even java moss to start to populate the plants in a typical low light tank. Unless you have added considerably to the normal lighting, you have only enough light for low light plants and the higher light ones in most pet shops will not do very well. Small amounts of algae should be no real problem. As your new plants start to thrive, the algae will not compete well and should stop or at least slow in its growth.

 

[mattlee]

the bogwood will leak tannins into the water this is perfectly healthy for your fish. if you dont like the browny colour then remove the wood and boil it a few times or leave it to soak in hot water until the water is clear, this could take a while depending on the size of the wood.
is the tank getting sunlight? if so this my be why the wood has algae on it, it happened to 1 of my tanks as its in the conservtory and gets quite a lot of natural light, adding live plants will help as they will use up the nitrates in the water and help prevent the algae growth.
a lot of lfs sell plants that are not even aquatic plants believe it or not! any plant with white on it isnt a proper aquatic plant and i think red plants need loads of light due to there darker colour, something to do with photosynthesis.... im sure someone will correct me on this if im wrong.
i have added 10 mossballs and a big bunch of amazon frogbit (floating plant) and put a piece of black card on 1 end of the tank to stop some light. doing this has helped me with algae and after christmas i want to set it up fully planted.

 

[Haych]

the feeding cycle is no issue, if fish seem ok and arent skinny dont worry!

6 days on one off isnt that bad. fish can go every other day....