I was given a freshwater tank and after reading this forum's beginner resources section, I'm realizing there are many problems.
It's a 5.5 gallon tank, and when I got it, it was about 1/6 full of water and a golden algae eater in it. There was a filter in a box that doesn't work. The water was filled with algae and there is a lot of calcium carbonate build up on the glass. I added dechlorinated water to it, but didn't clean the plastic plants so the algae eater would have something to eat. Now I'm seeing that these aren't a good fish to have, on this page: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/13133-some-newbie-no-nos/
If this fish will hurt other fish.. what should I do with it? Should I spend the money on a filter and a test kit and try to make this a healthy tank while the algae eater is in there?
It's a 5.5 gallon tank, and when I got it, it was about 1/6 full of water and a golden algae eater in it. There was a filter in a box that doesn't work. The water was filled with algae and there is a lot of calcium carbonate build up on the glass. I added dechlorinated water to it, but didn't clean the plastic plants so the algae eater would have something to eat. Now I'm seeing that these aren't a good fish to have, on this page: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/13133-some-newbie-no-nos/
If this fish will hurt other fish.. what should I do with it? Should I spend the money on a filter and a test kit and try to make this a healthy tank while the algae eater is in there?