foxgirl158
Fishaholic
Hello!
My platies recently had fry, the first fry I've raised. As a result, I feel attached to them and I don't want to give them back to the fish store, so I'm trying to find homes for them with people I know. I think I've convinced my school librarian to set up a tank in the library, as long as I can figure out what to do with the fish/tank over breaks and take care of the tank myself. I've decided a 10 gallon would be easy to mostly drain and move to my house over long breaks (summer, spring, winter, ect), so I have some questions that I hope y'all can help with
1: how many platies will I be able to fit in a 10g? (With a nerite snail or two)
2: I'm undecided if I want/can do plants in this tank, I have a feeling it would be better to try it with a tank at my house before trying to wrangle plants at a tank that I donāt have access to all the time. If I do try to do plants, what plants would be good for a beginner?
3: whatās the cheapest ammonia I can buy? I still need to talk to the librarian about this, but Iāve found a second hand tank for $40 with three heaters (still need to ask if they all work), filter, two and a half boxes of filter pads, fish net, API tropical flakes, substrate vacuum, glass cleaner brush, half a bag of substrate that I may or may not use, and SpongeBob decor which I definitely wonāt use, but will keep in case I need a hidey hole for fish in the future. If I need to buy this with my money, along with decor, substrate, and a test kit, thatās going to get kinda pricy. Iām hoping that sheāll split the cost with me, but weāll see.
4: whatās some good looking, non tacky substrate that would work with platies? Just plain sand? How much?
5: what do cherry or some other common hardy shrimp types require? Would the platies eat them? Iāve considered shrimp, but my goldfish would just eat them, so it might be cool to have a few in this tank.
Iām hoping that Iāll be able to do this, because I think it would be so cool to just walk into the library and see fish that I raised living their best lives. I know that was a lot of questions, sorry! I have read the fishless cycling thread and am pretty sure I understand what to do.
TIA!
My platies recently had fry, the first fry I've raised. As a result, I feel attached to them and I don't want to give them back to the fish store, so I'm trying to find homes for them with people I know. I think I've convinced my school librarian to set up a tank in the library, as long as I can figure out what to do with the fish/tank over breaks and take care of the tank myself. I've decided a 10 gallon would be easy to mostly drain and move to my house over long breaks (summer, spring, winter, ect), so I have some questions that I hope y'all can help with
1: how many platies will I be able to fit in a 10g? (With a nerite snail or two)
2: I'm undecided if I want/can do plants in this tank, I have a feeling it would be better to try it with a tank at my house before trying to wrangle plants at a tank that I donāt have access to all the time. If I do try to do plants, what plants would be good for a beginner?
3: whatās the cheapest ammonia I can buy? I still need to talk to the librarian about this, but Iāve found a second hand tank for $40 with three heaters (still need to ask if they all work), filter, two and a half boxes of filter pads, fish net, API tropical flakes, substrate vacuum, glass cleaner brush, half a bag of substrate that I may or may not use, and SpongeBob decor which I definitely wonāt use, but will keep in case I need a hidey hole for fish in the future. If I need to buy this with my money, along with decor, substrate, and a test kit, thatās going to get kinda pricy. Iām hoping that sheāll split the cost with me, but weāll see.
4: whatās some good looking, non tacky substrate that would work with platies? Just plain sand? How much?
5: what do cherry or some other common hardy shrimp types require? Would the platies eat them? Iāve considered shrimp, but my goldfish would just eat them, so it might be cool to have a few in this tank.
Iām hoping that Iāll be able to do this, because I think it would be so cool to just walk into the library and see fish that I raised living their best lives. I know that was a lot of questions, sorry! I have read the fishless cycling thread and am pretty sure I understand what to do.
TIA!