fish for beginner - Page 5

**Aaron_S** · 01-05-13, 06:21 PM

I meant end game would be a dozen and 3 or so loaches. I'd just have the loaches in first for awhile.

Reptaholic · 01-05-13, 06:58 PM

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.

alessia55 · 01-05-13, 07:55 PM

Well I have the tank, substrate, and fake plants. If all the sand settles tonight I'll take a photo. No fish yet

EmilyS · 01-05-13, 07:59 PM

We'll be waiting! ;D

Wildside · 01-05-13, 08:17 PM

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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

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.

**Aaron_S** · 01-05-13, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Wildside

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.

Yeah just run it for 5 - 7 days without any fish in it.

alessia55 · 01-05-13, 09:26 PM

I won't be putting any fish in it until the end of the month.

EmilyS · 01-05-13, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by alessia55

I won't be putting any fish in it until the end of the month.

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

beardeds4life · 01-10-13, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Yeah just run it for 5 - 7 days without any fish in it.

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.

alessia55 · 01-10-13, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by beardeds4life

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.

Correct. It'll take a few weeks for me to run a full cycle before the fish get put in

Deva · 01-13-13, 02:31 PM

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.