Fish Lovers 3.0 [new poll]

[Jayfeather♥]

It doesn't matter how the fishes look like! Sword Tails can be 20 cm (with sword) how should they swim! and they gets over 300 fish babys. Also they can cross and the Platy female can die!. Give the fishes away there are some nano fishes they are sweet and interesting too! You should have enough money for "problen times" what would you do if they need medicine! Let them die because the medicine cost 20€?

[Polly44]

Yeah it does actually. What's the point of keeping fish you don't like looking at? And hopefully they won't breed in this tank, so we shouldn't have to worry about 300 fish babies, as the tank is so wrong for them apparently. Excuse me, but i never said i would let them die because i cannot afford the medicine. I have spent hours combing the internet and ages watching them if even the slightest hint of something is going wrong. I have panicked over these fish- hell i have cried over these fish, so don't accuse me of not looking after them. I have been putting off asking in forums about fish, because it seems to me that everyone who asks anything gets told off and moaned at for having a tank that is too small, or not cycling....etc, when half of us are trying our very hardest to do the best for them, when it is far from easy and getting the right information is difficult too. And to be honest i kinda regret asking in here to when all some people are doing is being darn rude.

[Lonin]

Sweet c: A lot of people do stuff like leave the tank on for a week and say it's cycled It's nice when people know how to cycle a tank properly.

Livebearers do breed really easily, unfortunately. You will have lots of babies eventually if you do have a female.
You're going to have some problems with the fish you have in that tank. Is there no way you can clear a bit more space for a bigger tank? You can get a much larger tank without increasing the footprint of it all that much. If you could go up to 60 litres (an extra 30cm long, same width) you could have a nice group of platys but the swordtails would still need to be rehomed :c Even 45 litres (an extra 15cm long) would be better than what they're in now.

[Jayfeather♥]

Yeah it does actually. What's the point of keeping fish you don't like looking at? And hopefully they won't breed in this tank, so we shouldn't have to worry about 300 fish babies. Excuse me, but i never said i would let them die because i cannot afford the medicine. I have spent hours combing the internet and ages watching them if even the slightest hint of something is going wrong. I have panicked over these fish- hell i have cried over these fish, so don't accuse me of not looking after them. I have been putting off asking in forums about fish, because it seems to me that everyone who asks anything gets told off and moaned at for having a tank that is too small, or not cycling....etc, when half of us are trying our very hardest to do the best for them, when it is far from easy and getting the right information is difficult too. And to be honest i kinda regret asking in here to when all some people are doing is being darn rude.

Everyone did mistakes I did mistakes too! My first Aquarium has 60 litre and One of my first fishes needs 300l. But she was very old and nobody wants them so I buy the highest Aquarium I get (120l) and left her there. In the end shedies with 11 years. But I won't do something like this again! I inform me about the fishes I want and don't say ok 200l I have 120 but this doesn't matter I like the fish and want them. It cost me 300€ for this new Aquarium but I want the best and doesn't matter how expensive.

[Firefly_Dreamer]

Okay guys, so i'm thinking of going with a sand substrate. With rabbit snails, should i get like 3 large or 5 small?

also where is the best place to get a black sand? also would it be okay to put glow-in-the-dark pebbled in there too, rounded and possibly polished? what about natural tank sand? how would i prepare it? it is okay to start getting the snails while adding the plants and rocks?(preferably after i change out the substrate)

[Jayfeather♥]

Username: Jayfeather♥
How many fish tanks do you have:none at the moment I will start with new fishes, my old fishes were just 5 fishes, the others died because of their age, I thought this would be the right moment to start new and give them away to find a new home c:
Types of fish that you have: I planned:
One pair of Anomalochromis thomasi
One swarm of (I don't know maybe someone has ideas)
and one male, 1 - 2 females of Ancistrus sp. "Portel" if I get some
Your fishs' names: - I had fished I named: Jack, Jacky, Jack Jr., Sufinchen, Nemo, Hip, Hop, Wischi, Waschi, Yoshi, Komet, Tiger and Stripe, Freddi, and some I didn't named
How long have you had fish: since I am six years old

Actually I want to start with a new fish stocking in I think, six weeks. Maybe someone has an idea for swarm fishes I could like, it shouldn't be big fishes, the fish tank has 120 litre. (a little bit more than 31 gallon)

[Hime]

@Jayfeather: Heads up with the Ancistrus, if it's anything like the more common bristlenose plecos, they have bad habbit of breeding like rabbits as well. Also they are more or less territorial, so personally I wouldn't get more than one. Plus with the cichlids living near the bottom as well.
As for small fishes... You have any idea what color you might want? 'Cause there's sooooo much to choose from, it would be helpful to narrow down some of the species. XD

[Jayfeather♥]

@Jayfeather: Heads up with the Ancistrus, if it's anything like the more common bristlenose plecos, they have bad habbit of breeding like rabbits as well. Also they are more or less territorial, so personally I wouldn't get more than one. Plus with the cichlids living near the bottom as well.
As for small fishes... You have any idea what color you might want? 'Cause there's sooooo much to choose from, it would be helpful to narrow down some of the species. XD

I have experience with Ancistrus. Have several generations reared itself to the parent animals were older then I have the male catfish still guaranteed a niche without getting babys. This kind I have chosen me, gets very few baby fish and rearing is not easy, I've noticed have that is no longer the interest of 40 baby fishes in a small Aqaurium. I can't copy the text to translate, so I translate free now, oh and they will be only 8cm long!

I like natural looking fish. But colorful are interesting as long as it looks just naturally, but please no Characiformes and Cyprinodontiformes with the types I have had bad experiences. Oh and of course cichlid should be compatible ^^ So that they don't eat them xD

[meredithida]

i have to corries, a blood red parrot fish, and oscar, and a pleco in one tank.
one of the fish ate the corries fins but didnt kill them.... any idea why? they are still living anad it doesnt seem to bother them..... </3
this happened a while ago.

Well... Oscars are quite BIG on the predator side, so I think that's your villain. Weird it didn't eat the corries, though they do have pretty tough armor, so maybe that's why. But as safety measure I'd maybe move the corries to another tank, or they might really end up as Oscar snack some day... It's slight concern if the corrie's fins aren't growing back... Like do they have fin rot, or is someone nipping their fins as they grow...
--snip--

well they are slowly growing back and it looks like they were ripped not fin rot, but should i move them to my african ciclid tank?
they are smaller than my parrot fish and oscar right now (ALOT smaller)

edit; it might be fin rot but its been going on for a while and they seem happy and they swim entergeticly around....?

edit 2; a while as in about a year...

edit 3; maybe the oscar is eating the fins as they go... :[

edit 4; you know what ill take a picture.

[meredithida]

It's actually getting better, and it won't let me take a pic.... D:<