Journal: beginner 10g planted tank

alter40 · 01-09-2008, 06:45 PM

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.

sweetpickles7 · 01-09-2008, 06:54 PM

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.

alter40 · 01-09-2008, 07:01 PM

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

sweetpickles7 · 01-09-2008, 07:05 PM

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.

alter40 · 01-09-2008, 07:22 PM

Well just a quick update that got me excited haha. I just checked my tracking number and the estimated delivery date for my supplies is on Saturday. This is earlier then I expected it to get here

d3sc3n7 · 01-09-2008, 07:27 PM

Sweet! So how long do we have to wait to see a tank with water in it?!?!

sweetpickles7 · 01-09-2008, 07:28 PM

Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right?

alter40 · 01-09-2008, 07:34 PM

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.

alter40 · 01-09-2008, 07:35 PM

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?

sweetpickles7 · 01-09-2008, 07:39 PM

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?

01-09-2008, 06:45 PM	#21
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	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. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

01-09-2008, 06:54 PM	#22
sweetpickles7 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,228	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. __________________ 55gal SW 29gal FW

01-09-2008, 07:01 PM	#23
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	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 __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

01-09-2008, 07:05 PM	#24
sweetpickles7 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,228	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. __________________ 55gal SW 29gal FW

01-09-2008, 07:22 PM	#25
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	Well just a quick update that got me excited haha. I just checked my tracking number and the estimated delivery date for my supplies is on Saturday. This is earlier then I expected it to get here __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

01-09-2008, 07:27 PM	#26
d3sc3n7 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Ft. Campbell, Ky Posts: 1,455	Sweet! So how long do we have to wait to see a tank with water in it?!?! __________________ Signature

01-09-2008, 07:28 PM	#27
sweetpickles7 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,228	Yea heck u could of used ur old filter and started the cycling but ur not going to use ammonia now right? __________________ 55gal SW 29gal FW

01-09-2008, 07:34 PM	#28
alter40 Super Fish Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,293	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. __________________ My current 10 gal native tank (click for my journal) My old 10 gal planted tank (click for my journal) My old 10g Native (click for journal)

01-09-2008, 07:39 PM	#30
sweetpickles7 Super Fish Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Central Illinois Posts: 1,228	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? __________________ 55gal SW 29gal FW