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01-09-2008, 06:45 PM
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#21 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,242
| Thank you sweetpickles. I do love the colors of the bolivian rams. I know the one LFS here doesn't have any, but I will have to check the other two and see what they have. I will be going to them later this week and hopefully get a better idea of what fish I will add to the tank after the cycle.
How often do you do water changes in your 10gal tank? I was thinking that I would probably end up doing about a 20% change once a week.
__________________ 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) Plants: Wisteria, anacharis, java fern, java moss, cryptocoryne lutea and red wendtii Fish: 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Cardinal Tetras, and 2 Otocinclus Vittatus 10g Native (click for journal)
1 Baby Sunfish (unknown species), 1 Johnny Darter, 1 Blacknose Dace, 1 Yellow Bullhead Catfish 75 gal native tank coming soon |
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01-09-2008, 06:54 PM
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#22 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,060
| Yea thats about right, maybe 25%. Flame gouramis are great, i just got my first gourami and im not 100% sure what type it is i cant find it on the net? It is a dwarf but its mainly red with neon blue strips, and is kinda pearl white in the face? I mainly just stick with cichlids but i do like the occasional change.
__________________ 10gal:, 2 dwarf flag cichlids, 6 pristella tetras, and 3 stratira loaches,planted:water sprite,moneywort,grass
10gal:QT for SW
29gal: working on nano reef
55gal: Zues [oscar] |
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01-09-2008, 07:01 PM
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#23 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,242
| Ok so I will do about a 25% change once a week then. Flame gourami is one of types that I was looking at getting. I was also looking at the blue dwarf gourami or one of the dwarfs that has the stripes going up and down on them. If I can find some of the bolivian rams though I'm going to have a tough decision to make
Does your flame gourami look like this? Flame Gourami
__________________ 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) Plants: Wisteria, anacharis, java fern, java moss, cryptocoryne lutea and red wendtii Fish: 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Cardinal Tetras, and 2 Otocinclus Vittatus 10g Native (click for journal)
1 Baby Sunfish (unknown species), 1 Johnny Darter, 1 Blacknose Dace, 1 Yellow Bullhead Catfish 75 gal native tank coming soon |
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01-09-2008, 07:05 PM
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#24 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,060
| Well kind of? It has vertical stripes and is kind of speckled neon blue when u get back to the tail fin. Every once in awhile ill see it in one of the 5 pictures above where it shows tanks and all different types of fish.
__________________ 10gal:, 2 dwarf flag cichlids, 6 pristella tetras, and 3 stratira loaches,planted:water sprite,moneywort,grass
10gal:QT for SW
29gal: working on nano reef
55gal: Zues [oscar] |
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01-09-2008, 07:22 PM
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#25 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,242
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__________________ 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) Plants: Wisteria, anacharis, java fern, java moss, cryptocoryne lutea and red wendtii Fish: 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Cardinal Tetras, and 2 Otocinclus Vittatus 10g Native (click for journal)
1 Baby Sunfish (unknown species), 1 Johnny Darter, 1 Blacknose Dace, 1 Yellow Bullhead Catfish 75 gal native tank coming soon |
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01-09-2008, 07:27 PM
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#26 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft. Campbell, Ky
Posts: 1,359
| Sweet! So how long do we have to wait to see a tank with water in it?!?!
__________________ Thanks for all the support everyone! I'll be around as much as possible, and I'll see yall when I get home.  |
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01-09-2008, 07:28 PM
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#27 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,060
| Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right?
__________________ 10gal:, 2 dwarf flag cichlids, 6 pristella tetras, and 3 stratira loaches,planted:water sprite,moneywort,grass
10gal:QT for SW
29gal: working on nano reef
55gal: Zues [oscar] |
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01-09-2008, 07:34 PM
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#28 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,242
| Well if I get the stuff Saturday then I should have the tank filled with water by Sunday. I have to find plain ammonia though, I went to Walmart today and they didn't have just plain ammonia. If I can find that before the weekend then the tank should have water in it Sunday.
__________________ 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) Plants: Wisteria, anacharis, java fern, java moss, cryptocoryne lutea and red wendtii Fish: 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Cardinal Tetras, and 2 Otocinclus Vittatus 10g Native (click for journal)
1 Baby Sunfish (unknown species), 1 Johnny Darter, 1 Blacknose Dace, 1 Yellow Bullhead Catfish 75 gal native tank coming soon |
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01-09-2008, 07:35 PM
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#29 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 1,242
| Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpickles7 Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right? | Well I was planning on using ammonia. Is that the best way to cycle a new tank with no fish or is there another way that I should be doing it?
__________________ 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) Plants: Wisteria, anacharis, java fern, java moss, cryptocoryne lutea and red wendtii Fish: 2 German Blue Rams, 2 Neon Tetras, 2 Cardinal Tetras, and 2 Otocinclus Vittatus 10g Native (click for journal)
1 Baby Sunfish (unknown species), 1 Johnny Darter, 1 Blacknose Dace, 1 Yellow Bullhead Catfish 75 gal native tank coming soon |
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01-09-2008, 07:39 PM
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#30 (permalink)
| | Super Fish
Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois
Posts: 1,060
| O no, i just thought someone said u could just do it with plants instead. I have no idea how u could cycle it differently unless u have another tank setup somewhere?
__________________ 10gal:, 2 dwarf flag cichlids, 6 pristella tetras, and 3 stratira loaches,planted:water sprite,moneywort,grass
10gal:QT for SW
29gal: working on nano reef
55gal: Zues [oscar] |
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