My New Fish Tank

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:21

I would love marine fish but they are harder to keep happy. Just seeing that tank makes me want to start something again.

Evoss · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:30

Update: Also updated first post.

Right, I have gone and got some fish, I have only purchased 5 so far as so the biological cycle doesn't go haywire.

This is what I got today:

1 Siamese Fighting Fish

x2 Guppies:

x2 Shrimp (These guys are awesome xD)

I will be getting more fish/shrimp on Monday.

Evoss

Deleted member 77746 · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:42

Pictures of them in the tank

How much has it all set you back so far?

churchhawk · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:46

You put a fighting fish in with guppies....oh dear

Evoss · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:55

iDroid84 said:
Pictures of them in the tank

How much has it all set you back so far?

Will post pics on Monday when all are in the tank.

Evoss · 18 Jun 2011 at 15:58

churchhawk said:
You put a fighting fish in with guppies....oh dear

Guppies chosen do not resemble a rival of a betta

4T5 · 18 Jun 2011 at 16:00

Youtube any Fish fights won't ya.

fiveub · 18 Jun 2011 at 16:07

Looks great, I am liking the design of the fish tank.

Can't wait to see it all in action.

dekez · 18 Jun 2011 at 16:08

Nice tank

, glass / ghost shrimp are great, I have 3 of them and they are always interesting to watch. I want to get some cherry shrimp as well soon.

Tom84 · 18 Jun 2011 at 16:36

iDroid84 said:
I would love marine fish but they are harder to keep happy. Just seeing that tank makes me want to start something again.

Nah they're not that hard, we've had our marine tank since October and all the fish we've bought are still going strong, we've had some casualties with some bits of coral and a few shrimps but that's all

DampCat · 18 Jun 2011 at 17:20

Your guppies are going to lose their tailfins. I promise you this.

zpos · 18 Jun 2011 at 18:03

That really is a nice tank. How much did the tank and accessories set you back?

martinbeaver · 18 Jun 2011 at 18:45

are those real plants? If so, will you be adding co2? i never got my plants to survive more than a few weeks before they decayed. One of the reasons i gave up.

MeatLoaf · 18 Jun 2011 at 18:50

Nice tank but i dont think your fighter will like it as they like to come to the surface to gulp air.

Evoss · 18 Jun 2011 at 18:56

zpos said:
That really is a nice tank. How much did the tank and accessories set you back?

In total it has been £60 (plants, ground stones heater etc...) the tank is a return tank (Still came to me like new) maybe they picked the wrong one off the shelf xD

martinbeaver said:
are those real plants?

Yes they are real, I haven't thought of adding CO2, cheers will look into it.

MeatLoaf said:
Nice tank but i dont think your fighter will like it as they like to come to the surface to gulp air.

There is an opening in the top middle, just not visible as it is covered.

jamief · 18 Jun 2011 at 19:07

MeatLoaf said:
Nice tank but i dont think your fighter will like it as they like to come to the surface to gulp air.

They can still gulp air at the surface.

jamief · 18 Jun 2011 at 19:09

zpos said:
That really is a nice tank. How much did the tank and accessories set you back?

You can get the tank for ~£73.

churchhawk · 18 Jun 2011 at 19:39

Evoss said:
Guppies chosen do not resemble a rival of a Betta

Doesn't matter imo, any guppies with long tail fins will be chased by the Betta day in day out. Can you imagine the stress that puts on the fish and you yourself will also be stresed out seeing this behaviour in your tank.

Betta fish should be kept alone, i know some people say they can be kept in a community tank but that is very rare.

Good luck and just keep a watch out, if your Betta doesn't like the guppies their fins will be shredded in no time.

Evoss · 18 Jun 2011 at 19:42

churchhawk said:
Doesn't matter imo, any guppies with along tail fin will be chased by the Betta day in day out. Can you imagine the stress that puts on the fish and you yourself will also be stresed out seeing this behaviour in your tank.

Betta fish should be kept alone, i know some people say they can be kept in a community tank but that is very rare.

Good luck and just keep a watch out, if your Betta doesn't like the guppies their fins will be shredded in no time.

Cheers for the post. The guppies I have atm don't have that great deal of a long tail. Usually the Guppies bob around the centre of the tank and the Betta is usually at ground level.

When the two species meet they usually just go past each other so far, no conflicts as of yet.

BDEE · 18 Jun 2011 at 20:59

I agree the guppies will have trouble off the fighter - That is if ANY of the fish actually survive. Fish IN cycling sucks. Should have fishless cycled with ammonia before adding fish. All that bio load into a brand new tank on the second day is going to end up with ammonia and nitrite spikes. At the very least the fish will be ill / distressed, at worst dead. Unless you are doing 50% water changes every 4 hours.

Good luck.