Hey,
I've been posting the progress of this tank in 'coldwater + pond fish', although as this forum is in a category called 'other pets' for some bizarre reason, no-one seems to visit
This tank has been cycling for 2 weeks now, it is a present for my girlfriend's 23rd birthday. She has always wanted a fancy goldfish called George, so i thought this would be a perfect oppurtunity to turn one of our smaller tanks into a coldwater aquarium.
This is the bare 10 UK gallon tank...
I wanted plants that goldies wouldn't munch, as they are proned to eating anything they can. I was told Java moss and fern have a slightly bitter taste, and goldies don't usually go for them, plus they are water root plants, that grab on to anything you attach them to. perfect!
So my original plan was bogwood, sand, java ferns and moss all meddling into one sweet looking habitat. This soon changed!
After a visit to my LFS i discovered the ridiculous price of bogwood! Not that my girlfriend isn't worth it, but surely £26 for 6Kg of bogwood is absurd!?
So in the end I eventually opted for black rocks to attach my java's to...
Java moss...
And Java fern...
tied down with black cotton, which will hopefully rot in a month or so, leaving the java to grow up the rocks on it's own.
I was then told that sand can irritate fancy goldies gills, so I decided to go for a yellow gravel, to immitate the beautiful golden sand.
But then I was told that gravel too big and chunky might get stuck in the fancies mouth, so i decided to cover it in a layer of the standard tiny pebbly stuff.
[I can't kill this fish... everything has to be perfect!]
So once all this had been researched and bought, here we have the final picture, waiting for only one more thing... a fancy goldie called George.
Oh, and if anyone has any experienced suggestions as to where these moss balls could go...
please let me know!
Thanks, hope you like my first coldwater set up! Hope my lass does too!!
I've been posting the progress of this tank in 'coldwater + pond fish', although as this forum is in a category called 'other pets' for some bizarre reason, no-one seems to visit
This tank has been cycling for 2 weeks now, it is a present for my girlfriend's 23rd birthday. She has always wanted a fancy goldfish called George, so i thought this would be a perfect oppurtunity to turn one of our smaller tanks into a coldwater aquarium.
This is the bare 10 UK gallon tank...
I wanted plants that goldies wouldn't munch, as they are proned to eating anything they can. I was told Java moss and fern have a slightly bitter taste, and goldies don't usually go for them, plus they are water root plants, that grab on to anything you attach them to. perfect!
So my original plan was bogwood, sand, java ferns and moss all meddling into one sweet looking habitat. This soon changed!
After a visit to my LFS i discovered the ridiculous price of bogwood! Not that my girlfriend isn't worth it, but surely £26 for 6Kg of bogwood is absurd!?
So in the end I eventually opted for black rocks to attach my java's to...
Java moss...
And Java fern...
tied down with black cotton, which will hopefully rot in a month or so, leaving the java to grow up the rocks on it's own.
I was then told that sand can irritate fancy goldies gills, so I decided to go for a yellow gravel, to immitate the beautiful golden sand.
But then I was told that gravel too big and chunky might get stuck in the fancies mouth, so i decided to cover it in a layer of the standard tiny pebbly stuff.
[I can't kill this fish... everything has to be perfect!]
So once all this had been researched and bought, here we have the final picture, waiting for only one more thing... a fancy goldie called George.
Oh, and if anyone has any experienced suggestions as to where these moss balls could go...
please let me know!
Thanks, hope you like my first coldwater set up! Hope my lass does too!!
His eyes say it all. Did your girlfriend like her pressie?
