Yay for Tropical Fish

[EvilBoris]

After a 4 year gap of not keeping any fish , the other day (admitedly after watching shark tale) I decided to splash out on a new tank, I thought I'd get one of those biorb doo dahs (they are a local company and managed to get one for a snip also , they look damn cool). A week later and I have some fish
I always wanted a tank in my room, but due to the fact it was the size of a matchbox I never could, but recently my sister moved out and I got her old room. huzzah

2 red honey gourami's who are very happy in their new spherical home
and a sliver shark (who unfortunately had died when i got home tonight , he appeared to have a wound to an his eye and seemed to be struggling to get food, he was not swimming much and was floating alot, rest in Peace lil buddy.


Yay for fish

 

[CathyG]

Welcome to the forums! You will find lots of valuable information here

I am sorry to hear about your shark, but since they can grow to a foot in length, and prefer to be kept in schools, your Biorb was no place for him unfortunately. Also, Gourami are known to be aggressive to their own kind unless they have sufficient room and plenty of plants for cover. It may also serve you well to read up on cycling your tank, otherwise you might lose your remaining fish...

 

[EvilBoris]

well , I got a few more fish today

I got 2 peacock gobies, they are sweet

and a red tailed black shark.

they all seem happy, the biorb still looks nice and clean, had to trim some of the plants as they had some brown leaves

 

[The-Wolf]

I'm sorry for your loss; however I'm afraid that if you fail to heed any advice given here then you will very likely lose the rest of your fish.

Do you know anything about the fish you have?
do you know how big they will grow, what their requirements are?
have you read about cycling a tank?

do you even have a water testing kit?

 

[kev_kb]

The red tailed black shark will grow too big for your tank also, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE research fish you buy before you buy them. I would suggest you take the fish back to the store or get another tank. I don't know anything about Gobies, they could well be unsuitable also.

I would also urge you to rethink the Gouramis, I have three in a 20gal and they are pretty active little guys and as already stated they can get aggressive without suitable hiding places.

A Betta may be suitable for the tank if you like those.

 

[Dwarfs]

The gobies should be fine, they only get around 2 inches so they could live in that bowl, unhappily though

 

[c1tyfc]

The red tailed black shark will grow too big for your tank also,

RTBS will grow to max 12cm in a good environmnet. will be OK in tank if not many other fish about.

 

[fufanu360]

lol thats kinda a bad tank to start of with man sorry to burst yow bubble

 

[Kittycat]

I have to agree with the others. If you want to keep that biorb, maybe you can use it for a betta? How much water can it hold?

 

[mwm]

The red tailed black shark will grow too big for your tank also,

RTBS will grow to max 12cm in a good environmnet. will be OK in tank if not many other fish about.

I disagree they are really active mine never stops swimmin in my 20gallon tanks hes always going in and out of the buildings and stuff. How big is that Bio-orb?

 

[jerseyvtr]

biorbs are 5 gallon (uk)

 

[Ben]

man, please listen to us, we dont want to sound mean but its for the good of the fish. rather trade your fish in and get a Betta(siamese fighter). the betta will be happy alone in the bowl,

btw, atleast you never got goldifhs

 

[The-Wolf]

The Bi-orbs are 30ltr, thats 6.599075 uk gallon or 7.925162 US gallons.

The design of the bi-orb reduces the surface area, thus reducing the stocking capacity.
IMHO a betta is the only fish that can be kept happily in a bi-orb.


Evilboris, do not take this as a personal attack, it is not. All of us here are just trying to educate you, so you have a long and happy time as an aquarist. Please take the advice as you see fit, but we are only trying to help you.

 

[bunjiweb]

Guys, why do we bother with people like this?

An RTBS Is not suitable in any tank under 20 gallons at an absolute minimum.

Your BiOrb should only be home to small characins, dwarf gouramis (sparkling etc) or bettas.

I suggest you take peoples advice quickly.......

Ben

 

[-cAtFiSh-]

i completely agree with what is being said. definately replace the gouramis with a betta