NEW TANK!!!

[vmong]

hi all,
nah im not new but im fairly new to the fish keeping as i have only had them for about 9 months, but i had a 24x12x12 tank but i now intend to upgrade to the tank that i was gonna give away but no one took it so i am gonna use it!!! all i had to do was buy a stand, welll i peeled off the old silicone stuff and redid it myself and it should be ok, has anyone had any expierences with it??? what did you do? anyway all i have in my tank is 3 goldfish, the infamous RTBS, sailfin pleco and 6 tiger bards what can i put in my new 36x12x15 with a 104 litres what else can i put into it!!!
i have not got many decors only a bit of wood in a nice gun shape and a couple ceramic pots. any advice on the things that i can put in there???
i will soon geta light as i havent even filled my new tank!!! can anyone help me in terms of describing the process???

well any advice will be valued thanks in advance for those who reply

 

[KnuckleHead]

You may want to test the tank before setting it up. Fill it up and wait a week to see if its fully sealed. Its better to be safe then sorry. I would do a school of rainbows with panda cories.

 

[The-Wolf]

how big are the goldfish?
they can get to 15"+ and live for 20+years
can you re-locate them to a pond?

 

[vmong]

how big are the goldfish?
they can get to 15"+ and live for 20+years
can you re-locate them to a pond?

nah i dont intend to get or make a pond purely because it will cost a bomb, my prents cant afford it, my dad wont allow it and i dont really like goldfish i only have them because i dont ahve the heart to get rid of them as they were my first fish!!!
had anyone ever had an incident where their tank leaked due to the researling?

 

[Nauplii]

you should have some of my sailfin mollie babies they are so cute....hey its me.... good luck with the tank

 

[Nauplii]

oh also sorry that i couldnt have the tank, my rents didnt want a bigger one! hmph

 

[Nauplii]

or you cud have some marble mollie babies, or any others

 

[vmong]

yeah man its totally fine, i might not get fish too soon as i wans to build up the bacteria etc and let my fishies get used to the new surroundings and im trying to persuade my parents to get me a new stand i reckon my one is gonna give way if i use it for the 105 litres!!!
right now i have filled it up and its in my shed in the back garden i have added gravel which is new) and gravel from my existing tanks to build up bacteria and i have cleaned the filter meida and added that dirty water to the tank, it now looks terrible but its ammonia right!!! i will clean it almost entirely when i move it to my house as it well heavey,
by the way will algae grow in the tank as i intend to leave it there for a few weeks??? i heard that algae will speed thing sup as its a plant!

 

[The-Wolf]

please see this pinned topic on goldfish in tanks
pinned topic

 

[Nauplii]

er...dont no bout the algea but how bout those fish? if i get a pair of fighting you cud have one if you wanted but the lil sailfins are still growing so......your welcome to some if you want

 

[bshockstubb]

I say keep the goldfish to cycle with, then give them away somehow or get rid of them. Keep the tiger Barbs(but be warned they do nip tails) and probably get a school of Rainbows, or some more hardy and "aggresive" community fish so they could get along with the tiger barbs.

 

[vmong]

i have never had anyother fish than tiger barbs and RTBS i wouldnt mind getting others!!! i wouldnt mind some of the ones foxsvillain was offering but i would have to travel half way across london and i think it would be hard considering i dont really know the routes and i done drive a car lol my parents also sont drive me as they dont even like the hobby and always say im wasting money but if you like it then its not a waste.

foxsvillain you RTBS look really healthy in the poics you took with your webcam how do you do that lol i mean my one isnt alwasy black it changes its colour sometimes whioch is scary as i think that it might be ill but then sometimes it changes back.
what foods do you feed it? i only feed the flakes!!!

 

[Nauplii]

that was my ruby shark cos i couldnt catch my rtbs to get a pic.
i feed em shrimp, water fleas and bloodworms in a cube.
i reckommend buyin a small packet of live brine shrimp or bloodworms for them... all ya do is empty em into the tank and watch