Hi Every one im hoping that some kind people may be able to help me.
After a visit to the local pet shop to purchase an £8 bag of cat food i some how managed to walk out the store with a new aquarium, and many bits and bobs quite how this has happended im not too sure, think it may have had something to do with my impulse buying and a girlfriend who kept on pointing to fish saying their pretty can we get some. (just in case your worried that i origionally went there for cat food do not worry though the fish i get will not be the cats dinner !!!)
I have purchased a tetra aqua art aquarium 60L dimentions of 61.5 x 34 x 44.5cm. which comes with EasyCrystal FilterBox and a HT 50 heater (very similar to the heater i use when brewing wine) now that i have my aquarium & £8 bag of cat food i know how im going to fill the cat but not the aquarium,
i have picked up on details re cycling the aquarium and currently a few days into a fishless cycle, i belive all is going ok, i have purchased a API freshwater masterkit to keep check on things and my bedroom is now looking more like a science lab than a bedroom.
Could anyone help to advise what type of fish and possible quantity could be held comfortably in this aquarium, i do know that my girlfriend is insistant on having Neon Tetras which from what i gather are not an ideal 1st fish to put into a newley cycled aquarium, i do know we will be looking to purchase 6 / 7 neons but would much apriciate advise from you guys who have a lot more knowlege and experiance than myself as to what speices would be comfortable in this kind of aquariom with the neons to be aadded at a later stage, and how many fish would be comfortable within the aquarium before i get close to over stocking it ?? i would like to have a few different species of fish but also want to be practical and not over stock or put incompatable fish intogether.
I know this is a tall order to ask but any advise would be much apriciated, i have limited knowlege of fish keeping and the last time i had tropical fish (when i was a little kiddy) i recall many of them dying (i think the ignorance not to cycle an aquarium, 100 % waterchanges fortnightly and filter media change each fortnight by my parents was more than likley the cuase of this. thankfully my parents wont be taking care of this aquarium.
After a visit to the local pet shop to purchase an £8 bag of cat food i some how managed to walk out the store with a new aquarium, and many bits and bobs quite how this has happended im not too sure, think it may have had something to do with my impulse buying and a girlfriend who kept on pointing to fish saying their pretty can we get some. (just in case your worried that i origionally went there for cat food do not worry though the fish i get will not be the cats dinner !!!)
I have purchased a tetra aqua art aquarium 60L dimentions of 61.5 x 34 x 44.5cm. which comes with EasyCrystal FilterBox and a HT 50 heater (very similar to the heater i use when brewing wine) now that i have my aquarium & £8 bag of cat food i know how im going to fill the cat but not the aquarium,
i have picked up on details re cycling the aquarium and currently a few days into a fishless cycle, i belive all is going ok, i have purchased a API freshwater masterkit to keep check on things and my bedroom is now looking more like a science lab than a bedroom.
Could anyone help to advise what type of fish and possible quantity could be held comfortably in this aquarium, i do know that my girlfriend is insistant on having Neon Tetras which from what i gather are not an ideal 1st fish to put into a newley cycled aquarium, i do know we will be looking to purchase 6 / 7 neons but would much apriciate advise from you guys who have a lot more knowlege and experiance than myself as to what speices would be comfortable in this kind of aquariom with the neons to be aadded at a later stage, and how many fish would be comfortable within the aquarium before i get close to over stocking it ?? i would like to have a few different species of fish but also want to be practical and not over stock or put incompatable fish intogether.
I know this is a tall order to ask but any advise would be much apriciated, i have limited knowlege of fish keeping and the last time i had tropical fish (when i was a little kiddy) i recall many of them dying (i think the ignorance not to cycle an aquarium, 100 % waterchanges fortnightly and filter media change each fortnight by my parents was more than likley the cuase of this. thankfully my parents wont be taking care of this aquarium.