Jaded_Pulse
Fish Crazy
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hey everyone,
my bro got me an aquarium all set up for xmas but then jetted back to sydney, leaving me to figure out what my fish r & what they eat (we accidently went to a really stupid dodgy place, so not much info or help supplied unfortunately). So far i've figured out i have:
2 male guppies (nearly fought to the death but seem fine now),
a neon tetra (i'm told i need to get more than one of these - is that true?),
a black marble angelfish (most placid of the lot, not eating at the moment but seemingly perfectly healthy otherwise, & apparently will eat the above eventually - could anything be wrong with him?)
a kribensis (possibly albino, not sure yet - is pink tummy that comes & goes normal?),
a black skirt tetra (does he need mates like the neon?),
& 2 that i haven't yet been able to identify - a longish clear/silver one with v-shaped tail & 2 black dots on the tail; and something that looks like a miniature of something u'd go fishing for but is small - kinda rounded, getting red on fins & tail, & has bluish tinge coming on it's upper body.
oh yeah & i have 1 snail which should be enough (i think??)
i'm just feeding them a tropical fish flake blend (a little each morning coz i've heard it's REALLY bad to overfeed) + a thing that sinks to the bottom once a week. i have a power head filter (not the one under the stones) & 3 different types of weed that i'm trying to grow in there, & i'm trying to get a rock thing for them to hide in as soon as i can find the money. i do weekly water changes of about 25% & treat the water & everything before it goes in, & my pH is basically right on 7. i haven't had any of my fish die, just my original snail but i don't think he was healthy in the first place. my tank is 59cm long, 38cm high & 33cm ft back, & has a bubble thing connected up to a smallish dragon arrangement. anyways, sorry this has been so long & complicated but i'm just wondering if anyone here can answer those q's above & tell me if i should be doing anything else.
thanx heaps guys.
my bro got me an aquarium all set up for xmas but then jetted back to sydney, leaving me to figure out what my fish r & what they eat (we accidently went to a really stupid dodgy place, so not much info or help supplied unfortunately). So far i've figured out i have:
2 male guppies (nearly fought to the death but seem fine now),
a neon tetra (i'm told i need to get more than one of these - is that true?),
a black marble angelfish (most placid of the lot, not eating at the moment but seemingly perfectly healthy otherwise, & apparently will eat the above eventually - could anything be wrong with him?)
a kribensis (possibly albino, not sure yet - is pink tummy that comes & goes normal?),
a black skirt tetra (does he need mates like the neon?),
& 2 that i haven't yet been able to identify - a longish clear/silver one with v-shaped tail & 2 black dots on the tail; and something that looks like a miniature of something u'd go fishing for but is small - kinda rounded, getting red on fins & tail, & has bluish tinge coming on it's upper body.
oh yeah & i have 1 snail which should be enough (i think??)
i'm just feeding them a tropical fish flake blend (a little each morning coz i've heard it's REALLY bad to overfeed) + a thing that sinks to the bottom once a week. i have a power head filter (not the one under the stones) & 3 different types of weed that i'm trying to grow in there, & i'm trying to get a rock thing for them to hide in as soon as i can find the money. i do weekly water changes of about 25% & treat the water & everything before it goes in, & my pH is basically right on 7. i haven't had any of my fish die, just my original snail but i don't think he was healthy in the first place. my tank is 59cm long, 38cm high & 33cm ft back, & has a bubble thing connected up to a smallish dragon arrangement. anyways, sorry this has been so long & complicated but i'm just wondering if anyone here can answer those q's above & tell me if i should be doing anything else.
thanx heaps guys.