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01-05-13, 06:21 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
I meant end game would be a dozen and 3 or so loaches. I'd just have the loaches in first for awhile.
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01-05-13, 06:58 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
look into german blue rams, they dont get large so you could easily house a few in a ten gallon and have very nice colors. i have a male and female in a 6 gallon tank along with a couple corys.
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01-05-13, 07:55 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
Well I have the tank, substrate, and fake plants. If all the sand settles tonight I'll take a photo. No fish yet
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01-05-13, 07:59 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
We'll be waiting! ;D
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01-05-13, 08:17 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
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Originally Posted by alessia55
Well I have the tank, substrate, and fake plants. If all the sand settles tonight I'll take a photo. No fish yet ![Smilie](http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
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You need to get your tank cycles before adding fish, not just set up. The problem with neons is that they succumb to new tank syndrome easily. I wrote a caresheet on owning a fish tank once. I'll see if I can find it and post it. It might help.
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01-05-13, 09:17 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
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You need to get your tank cycles before adding fish, not just set up. The problem with neons is that they succumb to new tank syndrome easily. I wrote a caresheet on owning a fish tank once. I'll see if I can find it and post it. It might help.
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Yeah just run it for 5 - 7 days without any fish in it.
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01-05-13, 09:26 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
I won't be putting any fish in it until the end of the month.
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01-05-13, 09:47 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
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I won't be putting any fish in it until the end of the month.
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That sounds like a good plan, and it will give you time to plan out what you want to do.
Here's a link explaining the nitrogen cycle, if you're still not sure what it is: The Aquarium Nitrogen Cycle
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01-10-13, 01:43 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
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Yeah just run it for 5 - 7 days without any fish in it.
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You would need to full on cycle the tank which involves a lot more that just running the tank for 5-7 days with no fish in it.
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01-10-13, 02:59 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
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You would need to full on cycle the tank which involves a lot more that just running the tank for 5-7 days with no fish in it.
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Correct. It'll take a few weeks for me to run a full cycle before the fish get put in
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01-13-13, 02:31 PM
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Re: fish for beginner
The hardiest fish I have kept - black neon tetras, cherry barbs, tiger barbs, zebra danios, black tetras. Plain guppies (not the long tailed ones), black sharks, platys. Keep all of these in groups of 5 or more, except the black shark.
Some of the small catfish also do well. If you want a larger catfish, the Rafael catfish. But then you need more than a 10 gallon.
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