Hiyas!

[damianstar]

Hi All!

Whilst I'm not new to forums, I'm certainly new to this one!

I have a couple of tanks, 13.5 Gallon Freshwater, housing a nice size goldfish... kids won at the fun fair couple of years ago and going strong! A Samurai Fighting Fish - Rescued from one of those cup things, been perfectly happy there for a while now, despite being told otherwise! And some small red tail fish the kids got a while ago, haven't a clue what they called, long forgot!

Also got a 4 Gallon Tropical Tank housing some nice Dwarf Gourami

My only major problem has been the children contaminating the water! (bunch of 5 year olds) They do love to help, but can get over excited!

 

[tyron]

Hi All!

Whilst I'm not new to forums, I'm certainly new to this one!

I have a couple of tanks, 13.5 Gallon Freshwater, housing a nice size goldfish... kids won at the fun fair couple of years ago and going strong! A Samurai Fighting Fish - Rescued from one of those cup things, been perfectly happy there for a while now, despite being told otherwise! And some small red tail fish the kids got a while ago, haven't a clue what they called, long forgot!

Also got a 4 Gallon Tropical Tank housing some nice Dwarf Gourami

My only major problem has been the children contaminating the water! (bunch of 5 year olds) They do love to help, but can get over excited!

LOL, i know what u mean do u have a redtail catfish?

 

[damianstar]

No, only started the tropical tank not too long ago.

My plan was to first get the large freshwater tank going, mainly to make sure I knew what I was doing, and to get the kids used to "not giving the fish a car to play with!"

Then move onto a tropical setup, I'd love to eventually have a cracking marine setup with clown fish and things like that.. yeah yeah.. Finding Nemo an' all that.. LOL

 

[tyron]

lol kool so wt fish u want when u get tropical

 

[damianstar]

We've got the 3Gallon tropical now, which has been setup for about 3 weeks now, it's got 3 Dwarf Gourami's in it, the pic to the left.

What setup do you have?

 

[cichlid-mad]

kool but aint a 3 gallon abit small for 3 dwarf gouramis

 

[damianstar]

It's one of those BioGlobe things, the Dwarf Gourami are quite a small fish, and I really haven't put much eye candy in there, I was told there would be plenty of room, they are the only fish in there. I've been going to this aquarium for a number of years, so do trust their advice, they do seem to care for the fish they sell, unlike a lot of places where they just want to make a sale.

If it looks like things a getting cramped then I'll most certainly get a bigger tank.

 

[cichlid-mad]

Actully it would be ok because they only get to 2" but i still recomend u to get a bigger tank that aint circle lol

 

[damianstar]

Noted Thanks for the tip!

Didn't want to go crazy on my first tropical set up, heard of so many ppl "diving" in feet first only to lose all their fish

 

[cichlid-mad]

lol yh .. if u need to know anything just let me no

 

[damianstar]

Cool thanks, do you know much about marine setups?

I'm not doing it just yet, want to get a good idea of what is involved before I go down that route.. thnx

 

[cichlid-mad]

no sorry only tropical and cichlids

 

[damianstar]

no sorry only tropical and cichlids

"cichlids"? What are those?

 

[cichlid-mad]

Do u no what " oscars " are

 

[damianstar]

No lol