Rose and Jeff
New Member
Well, let me start off by saying hello
And, I just want some advice on my tanks.
Everything I know about my fish tanks and fish I learned from research.
But, sometimes it's nice to ask someone who also fancy's in your hobbies.
I have two ten gallon fish tanks, two 1.5 gallon fish tanks, and a 55 gallon tank.
Both 1.5 Gallons house male beta's. A crown-tail and a normal male beta (I don't know what he'd be called.)
I'm content on everything I know with them, since it's been over a year with them and they still seem happy. Except.. My crown-tail sleeps.. A lot. He just lays down on his rocks or his plant and sleeps. It used to worry me, but now I'm used to it. Is this normal? He's healthy, he shows no sign of illness or anything.. But, maybe he's just getting old? He's got some white on his face now, I just, I don't know. Maybe I'm just worried and overreacting. Onto the larger tanks..
One ten gallon is home to a common goldfish, a fancy tail goldfish, and a pleco. It's cute to see how bonded the two goldfish are.
I don't need to know anything about their tank, they've been happy and healthy for about two years now and are probably the most active fish I have.
The other ten gallon is currently housing 3 ( plus 13) mollies.. I DO need some advice on these guys. I bought these yesterday and I am already out of ideas. One of the mollies gave birth late last night. And, through our efforts, we scooped up about fourteen little fry to be saved in a little breeder.. But, the question is.. What do I do with all these fry? And the other female molly looks pregnant, how should I handle this? Should I simply just let her have her fry and let the strong survive? And at this, should I instead make this ten gallon a fry tank and simply get rid of the babies as they get older and stronger? And.. Would moving the mollies from their current ten gallon to the 55gallon be too much? And would the other fish accept them, or bully them since they are marked as "semi-aggressive"..?
Now, onto the tank I really need your advice with..
My 55gallon. I technically set this up in my soon-to-be-born daughter's nursery. I had some issues with some fish I had previously bought, but that all cleared up and now I am re-starting with this tank..
It's currently home to two spotted pufferfish (despite what I hear, I don't see them as aggressive, these two I just bought do fine with my other fish. And the two I had recently that died, sadly, we're the biggest sweethearts I had owned.. They even got bullied by a molly), two blue gouramis, and two golden gouramis. (The only male is the blue gourami).. One pleco, and one ghost shrimp (there were more, but... The pufferfish decided they looked better as a snack).
But, what I am getting at with this tank is.. It looks.. Inactive. All the fish just sorta sit in their little spots, it's very rare that they actually swim around. I'd like to make the tank look more a live. How could I do that? What other fish could I get to make this happen?
I was thinking of getting tiger barbs and ruby barbs to make a school, but would that be a safe addition? And would they bring life to the tank? I was also thinking of getting a red-tailed shark to add to the tank, since my fiance seems so amazed by them.
And, I did like the dwarf gourami's, until I read on here that you can't mix them. Which is another question.. Am I endangering my fish by mixing the golden and the blue?
Any help would be loved
Oh, and would there be any other type of fish I could add to this tank without endangering them or the current residents?
Oh! And, whats the best way to add plants? I think if I added more plants it would increase the lively-ness in the tank and make it look a whole lot better.. but, at the same time I don't want to add too many and make it a dull swimming space.
I know, I wrote an entire book. I just want to do this right
--- Our water conditions are fine ---
http
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