Request For Some Advice

[Karliki]

Hello Everyone,

About 3 weeks ago I purchased a 25 liter tank, thinking that starting off small would be the easiest way to go. However, after doing some reading on the net I realised that the bigger the tank the easy everything is too handle. In the tank at the moment I have 2 guppies, 2 platties and 7 cardinal tetra, with 2 live plants. I test the water every day for amonia and Ph and so far everything is looking good with my ph at around 7 and the ammonia level at 0.6. I also test for nitrate every few days and everything is ok there too.

Anyway, my questions are these. Should I upgrade my tank to something bigger now or does everything look ok. There are two possible tanks that I wouldn't mind upgrading to, those being the Juwell Rekord 96 (96litres) or the Juwell Rekord 120 (120 litres). Are these good tanks? If I do upgrade I would also like to get some algae eaters (when there is enough algae in the tank), can anybody recommend a sociable algae eater that will get on with the other fish I already have. And also what other fish would you recommend (that are sociable) to add the tank if I upgrade.

Thanks to all those who take the time to read and answer.

 

[SJ2K]

Ok firstly sounds like your doing a fish-in cycle a bit more work but not impossible by any means. Your ammonia is too high at the moment, you'll need to water change any time your ammonia or nitrite goes above .25 max. Id recommend getting this tank cycled and stable before moving on good luck

 

[Underwurlde]

The Jewel series tanks are OK. I have a small Rekord 60 and you are right, the smaller the tank, the less forgiving.

As far as these tanks are concerned, I would say they are let down by the internal filters that come with them, I'd say they are 'adequate', but if I were to end up with one myself, the first thing I'd do is rip the internal filter out and replace it by an external one...

Andy

[edit] - oh, the lid - encompass a single bulb fixture (on mine anyway). The actual tube itself gave off such poor colouration I replaced it. If you go planted, you'll need to add another bulb & that means DIY'ing one in. It can be done, but is made all the more awkward because the plastic lid as a sealed area for the ballast electrics that drive the bulbs - pain in the azz & you'd have to hacksaw (and thus ruin) the lid to bits to get into this otherwise useful enclosure.