empty 10 gallon?

[goldfishattack]

Because I had bad expeience in the past. I had 2 babie red belly piranhas and they had their tank all set up nice, but all the s.h.i.t they eat keept falling bellow the gravel, so once a month I had to syphon out 1/3 of the water, and I went through 3 batches of piranhas this way, I think they were just a to strese full of a fish! I want to be able to go month or to without changeing their water, you see?

 

[Auratus]

Not to be rude but if your not willing to do the matenance on the tank maybe you shouldn't have one. And fish in the stores are in there temporary. They are supposed to be sold to loving homes with GRAVEL and stuff. Those fish dont live their whole lives in that tank just a few days/weeks. Why have a tank if your not willing to clean it or anything?

 

[MAM]

even without gravel, you will have to do water changes and vacuum up stuff from the floor of the tank, otherwise your water will become toxic. i know some fish breeders use glass tanks with no gravel, but as was said, thats not meant to be a long term home. gravel is where much of your beneficial bacteria lives, essential to good tank health and maintanence. if you only change your water and vacuum once a month, don't expect your fish to live very long. do a little more research online, get some more opinions, as this is just my personal opinion.

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

Month or two of no water changes + no gravel = dead fish

I'm sorry, but you realy need to think about your fish here.
Fish are not "idiot proof" pets and do need maintenance, their not like a bunch of swimming cactus! they need constant water changes and attention. in the wild, fish would live in Millions and millions of gallons of water, but because of us, they are kept in small enviroments that could never equal what they live in in the wild. In the wild, fish never have to live swimming in theire own feces for days on end, swimming in tight frightened schools.
sorry just a little venting.

But seriously, they need attention. and in a 10 gallon tank, you'll need to doweekly water changes and you will need to go slow.....
fish aren't the TV popularised bowl dellers that live a few weeks to be replaced, a common goldfish could live over 10 years and grow over a foot long.

and please don't tell me you kept you piranahs in your 10 gallon.

 

[rsz]

why not have this blue background of yours, some of that neon blue gravel as substrate (horrible stuff imo , but it would go with your 'theme') and some rocks piled up in the middle?? maybe your lfs stocks blue bridges or something . then you can have an abnormal coloured tank and happier fish...

 

[david27]

Simple fact you feed fish they crap in the water, that pollutes it and if you don't give them clean water they DIE. As you can see from my sig i have 4 tanks. it takes about an hour to each one. The 2 large tanks get a 25% water once a week and the smaller ones 25% a fortnight. If you can't spare the 1 hour a fortnight don't buy any fish. Your RBP died from poor water and that comes from poor maintainence. As for decor if you don't have any your fish will be stressed and stress kills fish.

PLEASE PLEASE do reconsider, fish can't choose their homes so we are obliged to look after them as best we can.

sorry if this blunt, but it will save you from wasting your money on fish that will likely die.

David

 

[FrankSlapperinni]

you should really get a book about fishkeeping (and make sure its not made by Tetra)
I was reeding your previous posts and you thought it was apropriet to keep 16 fish, 15 guppys and 1 cory


in a 5 gallon!

this is propsterous stocking and I could only hope you've wisened up since then to know fish's limitations

 

[BettaBoyz]

as everyone else said, gravel actually keeps the tank cleaner! it hides fallen food, fish-poo, and good bacteria. it holds down decor and plants, it gives fish something to look at, dig through, and turn over! gravel is good stuff!

on that note, why not do as RSZ said and get a color-coordinated tank? blue background, blue gravel. Wal-Mart sells these neat clay-rock formations in blue and white, a pair of those in the center for decoration would be nice. you could get some of that crinkly, transparent craft paper, chop it up and tape the bits over the light-hood to create a neat colored effect on the water, and even color-code your fish! get a trio of neat Blue Mirror Platties, six Neon Tetras, and a few Ghost Shrimp, or a single Three-Spot Gourami and four little Dwarf or Albino Cories.

think about this, without gravel you: 1) cut stocking levels, drastically! 2) have to do more water changes 3) can't hide bottom-of-the-tank ickies and 4) haven't got anything for your fish to explore and dig through.

but really, if you're not willing to take on the real responsibility that is the fish-keeping hobby, you'd best go over there and start collecting stamps or bottle caps.

 

[Auratus]

I think this person is just jerking our chain. There is no way ANY person could be this stupid about fish. I also read that five gallon post and that is totally idiotic!!! This person is either ten years old or mentaly retarted.

 

[akhtar]

see i guessed!

hey i guess u should do what u think is right,
if u have a feeling its gonna be great go for it!

uv got my luck!

hope it turns out great, and remember show us the tank1

 

[akhtar]

u guys are sooooooooooooooooooo rude, how can u be so horrible?

thats his opinion, u may not like it, doesnt mean u should be mean to him...

u maybe rihght but dont be mean please, hes not being horrible to u!

 

[goldfishattack]

Yeah! Listen to akhtar, I never been rude to you guys, but if you think I can't do it, that just makes me want to keep doin' my idea so I can prove you guys wrong. And if I lost all hope in the process, I always have two tan bags of rocks a fake plant and a wood decoration piece. But I'm not givin' up yet!!!

 

[david27]

We're not being rude, Goldfish posted into a forum, by which I assume that he wants other people to post with comments, thats how it works here isn't it. A majority of people think that he is going in the wrong direction to the detriment of HIS fish. There is no easy way of putting across what I for one believe to be a poor way to keep fish. But if he wants to go ahead then I can't stop him and if his fish should die like his previous batches of RBP then it HIS money he's wasted, its just a shame that the fish don't get to choose which tank they live in.


David

 

[Nix]

poor.. poor.. fishies

 

[goldfishattack]

Theres no way I'm loosing any more fish, I know it sounds like I might with my set up, but I'm not gonna let that happen.