I have been looking all around the internet for a good forum about fish tanks and maintance. I hope this is a nicely developed forum. I look forward to chatting with all of you and sharing fish information.
I have a 10 gallon fresh water tank, with a bio wheel filter, heater (not sure what brand) and well, pink, blue and white rocks, with a sunken ship and scuba diver as ornamints along with a fake plant. I love my tank to death! I bought it on Boxing day (Dec.26th). I took care of my boyfriends 20 gallon tank for a year be4 I purchased my own.
I had some penguin tetera, neon tetera, black neon teteras, platties and some baby platties, and guppy and a baby guppy, and a pleco that would jump out of the tank and onto the out flowing water of the filter, strange little guy. Sadly my pleco died, I replaced him with another pleco, then I went away on vacation for a week leaving my mom to take care of them (she knows nothing about fish care, or fish diseases) I showed her how to feed them, and test the chemicals, along with how to do a water change. She became a pro be4 I actually left... I come back and they are all GONE, they all died of ICK! The only remaining fish are one male platty, and my baby guppy, and that evil evil new pleco.
I believe that my new pleco brought ICK into my tank, he had some tattered fins, and also where I bought him I have had problems with the store in the past with buying sick ick infested fish... Learnt my lesson a little too late.
I do hope that my baby guppy pulls through, this was my first time raising baby fish, and well I really wanted my baby platties to live cause they were born first be4 the guuppy. Ahhh well... R.I.P. my little fishies.
I am currently trying to get my tank all settled again, and have everything back to normal then I will be re-stocking my tank with well I really dont know. Anyone have any ideas?
Aidan.
I have a 10 gallon fresh water tank, with a bio wheel filter, heater (not sure what brand) and well, pink, blue and white rocks, with a sunken ship and scuba diver as ornamints along with a fake plant. I love my tank to death! I bought it on Boxing day (Dec.26th). I took care of my boyfriends 20 gallon tank for a year be4 I purchased my own.
I had some penguin tetera, neon tetera, black neon teteras, platties and some baby platties, and guppy and a baby guppy, and a pleco that would jump out of the tank and onto the out flowing water of the filter, strange little guy. Sadly my pleco died, I replaced him with another pleco, then I went away on vacation for a week leaving my mom to take care of them (she knows nothing about fish care, or fish diseases) I showed her how to feed them, and test the chemicals, along with how to do a water change. She became a pro be4 I actually left... I come back and they are all GONE, they all died of ICK! The only remaining fish are one male platty, and my baby guppy, and that evil evil new pleco.
I believe that my new pleco brought ICK into my tank, he had some tattered fins, and also where I bought him I have had problems with the store in the past with buying sick ick infested fish... Learnt my lesson a little too late.
I do hope that my baby guppy pulls through, this was my first time raising baby fish, and well I really wanted my baby platties to live cause they were born first be4 the guuppy. Ahhh well... R.I.P. my little fishies.
I am currently trying to get my tank all settled again, and have everything back to normal then I will be re-stocking my tank with well I really dont know. Anyone have any ideas?
Aidan.