Aquariums?

Does anybody have an aquarium?
Or had an aquarium?
Can you please give me some information about them because i find them fascinating and i would like to have some fishies and have them living for over a year.
I used to have a normal fish tank with out a filter and it lived for more than a year untill i gave it away. The girl didnt look after it and it died.

*gave it away because of moving to another country*

I used to have a ten gallon one. We had a betta, some tetras, some kissing gourami's, frogs, and something else. Algae eaters too. Ours had a filter on it and we used some ph balance stuff to keep it maintained. They need a filter to keep the oxygen in their tank fresh. DO not put more than one betta in a tank unless it is a male and female. They will fight each other to the death. Anything else you want to know let me know.

Originally Posted by Charcoal

I used to have a ten gallon one. We had a betta, some tetras, some kissing gourami's, frogs, and something else. Algae eaters too. Ours had a filter on it and we used some ph balance stuff to keep it maintained. They need a filter to keep the oxygen in their tank fresh. DO not put more than one betta in a tank unless it is a male and female. They will fight each other to the death. Anything else you want to know let me know.

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whats a betta?

A japanese fighting fish. They are pretty but don't play well with anything smaller than it.

LoL!
I only want the algae eaters
i find them very cute. and some of the fish that is already in the same tank as the algae eater.

I like the algae eaters too. The frogs are really cute also. good luck with this aquarium!

i havent seen the frogs. i have seen the turtles though.
so far i have a small aquarium
but when i move into my own place which i presume will be in the next year i will go and buy the very big tank.

I have a 35 galleon with Giant Danios, a Betta, a plecostimus cat fishe, a few lemo tetras, a chinease algae eater and another bottom feeder.
My rules to keeping an aqarium is simple:
1. Change 1/3 of the water every two weeks.
2. Buy the biggest aquarium you can. A smaller aqaurium gets diirty with toxic build up faster then a larger aquarium. Imagine this being in a 5' square room with 4 smokers or being in a 50' room with the same 4 smokers.I would rather have the 50' room.
3. Do your homework. Some fish simple don't ge along with others. Buy books or go onto web sites to learn who is compatable. I once had a goldfish who started to attack other fish. He got evicted to my brother in laws pond to be with his own kind. I was told that Goldfish were passive vegatarins but trust me they aren't.
4. Don't over crowd your enviorment.
5. Watch how much you feed them.

I have keep fish most of my life. I have had everything from Green Terror and Piranahs to guppies and these 5 rules from my Grandfather helped me to enjoy them for years. Good luck.

THank you
I will definetely keep that in mind.
I have looked at some sites.
At the moment i cant afford the very big tank (500 - 1000 euros), so i got the 11 litre tank which i bought on ebay for a discount.
*has no idea of galleons*my tank is okay to fit 3 - 4 fish. excluding algeas
The fish im getting are very small they dont grow bigger than 1 1/2 centimetres.
I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WITH SMOKING!!
i hate being around people who smoke although my whole family does it. I really cant stand the smell or when they blow it into my face.
Im glad they have banned smoking in most places because i find it irritating after a meal or when you are sitting there enjoying your self and you can smell the nicotine coming near you.
I have this very big fascination with watching fishies so i bet as soon as i have mine i wont be on here. hehe
Thanx again for the info guys

I had a friend from Beligum tell me about how the PH level f your water in Germany Beligum and Holland is softer then it is here. You are so lucky because you can grow live plants where here it can be done but you have to have an Osmosis machine to get good plant growth. You are going to get involved in an addicting hobby my friend.

I love animals, i told my boyfriend if he was going to marry me then he has to expect to have lots of animals in the house! This also includes fish!
Growing plants in an aquarium?? Interesting.
I heard that the water here isnt as clorinated like it is in America/canada
we can actually drink water from the tap here, But you have to let the water run for about 5 minutes before you get yummy water.

i have 3 fish tanks. a 2 gallon with a betta, a 10 gallon with an angel fish and a blackskirt tetra, and a 40 gallon with 6 fancy guppies, which I am going to start adding plants to, 1 plant in there now, i want more for babies to hide. once the water has the chlorine out and is set up the main thing to remember is to only add about 2 fish to it and then slowly add 2 more every 2-3 weeks, and do not overcrowd or over feed. if you add too many fish too fast it causes a spike in amonia and disturbs the chemical balance and kills the fish. also unless you have goldfish, you should have a tank heater to maintain a stable temp, you can read up on fish keeping on the internet, lots of good info. Linda

I don't have one anymore, but I was told to keep it out of direct sunlight to hinder the growth of algae and an inch of fish to a gallon of water to avoid overcrowding.

And watch your kitties cause they tend to like to put a paw or two in the water to catch the fish..

We have two tanks. The little one has a Chinese Algae Eater and 2 Bloodfins in it. The big one has a gigantic Coi, an enormous Pleicostemus (sp?), and a huge feeder fish in it. Both have filters. Make sure you have fish that get along with each other, we got some catfish and they killed everything. Also, the fish should be about the same size.

We have 5 tanks. One is a 125 gln fresh water with an Oscar, gourmais, catfish, plecos, Jewel Cichild,a convict cichild, a fire eel,and an earth eater.
We have a 55 gln with Tangyikan cichilds in it.(and a pleco and three mollies for algae control)
We also have a 55 gln with Nosy bees, a Chocolate Cichlid,cherry Barbs,Weather loaches, algae eaters, a brown knife fish,Clown fish, turquiose cichilds, flying foxes,and a Zipper loach.
We also have a 20 gln with albino cory catfish, a turquiose cichilid, a flying fox.
the last tank is a 30 gln Salt water tank with black and white clown fish, a wrasse, a dwarf puffer fish, and a shrimp goby along with a pistol shrimp, and a damsel.
Right now we have the Oscar and the Gourmai separated because the groumai is a true one that grows to 2 and a 1/2 feet long and they are cramped in the tank and we are waiting for our 240 gln tank to be delivered so they have more room to live together.
We HAD the tank last month but on the way home it was hit by some stupid girl who was talking on her cell phone and ws destroyed so we are waiting for the guy to redeliver it to us on the 19th of this month.

I love fishies! I only keep two goldfish myself, but I've done a lot of research for my two fish websites -

www.goldfish-care.com

www.bettafish.info

You can find lots of useful info there!

Aww what a stupid girl! that must have costed you a fortune for your tank!
my kitty is already interested in the tank although its got no fishies but atlest it has a lid on it so he cant get in there anyway.
I am only getting the fish from the same fish tank in the Pet store.
But i was shocked the other day there was one dead algea eater and the rest of the fishies were eating it!!!!
Is this normal???
I will get atleast one algae eater tomorrow and atleast one or 2 normal fish, then in a few weeks i will get another algae eater. I dont want to have any more as i dont want them to be cramped in.
I dont plan to get goldfish. There is this fish but i forgot the name, its also in german so i will find the translation and post it tomorrow

Also???
Do i need to keep the light on the whole time???

We turned ours off at night. But it doesn't really matter.

Just wanted to add that I used to have those bottom feeders... I guess one of my fish died because when I got home, I found the bottom feeder eating it... I'll never know if it killed the fish, or if the fish died on it's own.

The bottom feeders and having an aerator (?) helped me never have to clean the tank - it was pretty and clean!