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July 29th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by JenniferDawson23 I'm very new at this and firstly made the mistake of taking on an overcrowded 64litre tank that was having water problems even before I had it. I think the biggest mistake was listening to the guy in the store who told me my best bet would be to change all filters/pads/sponges and make daily water changes with tap water  I am in process of solving overcrowding problem but my water hasn't been clear since | Oh Jennifer, that's such a shame. Of course we listen to fishstore people, as we know it's their job and we therefore assume that they give good advice. I think petstores should be a protected profession, that requires a degree or at least a certificate in animal husbandry. Well done on all the reading up and sorting out the problem. Am sure you'll have generations of happy fish. | 
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July 29th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by giordanopg Thanks a lot!
Man, I've made a lot of mistakes.
But after my first fish died, I've been studying a lot. The more I learn, the more interesting it gets. | That's how it goes, isn't it? I started out really lazy and trying to find out as little as possible, until I started having lots of problems with the fish (didn't know about cycling) and the more I read, the more engrossed I became. Now am a total fish addict. | |
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August 7th, 2007
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| | Fish Bum
| Re: Early mistakes
This is awsome ill keep the link!
Thanks Armadillo!!   | |
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August 9th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Re: Early mistakes
Wow, thanks, Haze_Betta. How 'ya settling in on Fishlore? Finding lots of good info? | |
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August 9th, 2007
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by armadillo Wow, thanks, Haze_Betta. How 'ya settling in on Fishlore? Finding lots of good info? | Yea its very nice and theres awsome people here^.^ | |
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August 9th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Re: Early mistakes
Cool. Hope you keep enjoying it. | |
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August 9th, 2007
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| | Fish Bum
| Re: Early mistakes
Thank you! i will  | |
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August 9th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
| Re: Early mistakes
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Originally Posted by Haze_Betta Quote: |
Originally Posted by armadillo Wow, thanks, Haze_Betta. How 'ya settling in on Fishlore? Finding lots of good info? | Yea its very nice and theres awsome people here^.^ | It's a great community. we've learned so much since march on here. ask all the questions that you want, it keeps us out of trouble.  | |
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August 10th, 2007
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| | Fish Bum
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Originally Posted by FLBettaCouple Quote: |
Originally Posted by Haze_Betta Quote: |
Originally Posted by armadillo Wow, thanks, Haze_Betta. How 'ya settling in on Fishlore? Finding lots of good info? | Yea its very nice and theres awsome people here^.^ | It's a great community. we've learned so much since march on here. ask all the questions that you want, it keeps us out of trouble. |  Will do!^.^
Thank you  | |
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August 14th, 2007
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| | Fish Addict
| Re: Early mistakes
i like that honeyg bloke he sounds cool | |
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August 15th, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Re: Early mistakes
Oh totally. And that Armadillo girl! She's such a cracker. I'll bet she must have gone to comedy school or something. | |
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August 15th, 2007
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| | Master Of Fish Poo!
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Originally Posted by armadillo Oh totally. And that Armadillo girl! She's such a cracker. I'll bet she must have gone to comedy school or something. | you mean crackers, right? just like flbettacouple. | |
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August 17th, 2007
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| | Fish Keeper
| Re: Early mistakes
OMG, I when I decided to start up a tank again i think I made every mistake it's possible to make. That's how I found all you crazy fishheads. If it wasn't for this site I would have most likely chucked the thing out the window and given up. | |
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August 17th, 2007
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| | Fish Newbie
| Re: Early mistakes
When I was much younger my family started an aquarium. It was only 10 gallons and it quickly became overstocked. I think we had 13 fish at one point.....I have no idea how many inches of fish that was!!! We eventually worked our way up to 15 and then 35 gallon tanks but I never forgot how special that first tank seemed.  | |
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August 19th, 2007
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| | Fish Mentor
| Re: Early mistakes
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Originally Posted by armadillo Quote: |
Originally Posted by Gunnie My hardest lesson learned is to make sure your substrate (whether sand, gravel, etc.) is airated routinely. I almost lost every fish I had in a 20 gal. long tank because I failed to vacuum under decorations in the tank. The gravel collected pockets of anaerobic gasses, and when one of those bubbles seeped out of the gravel, it poisoned my tank within a couple of hours. I think only about 2 or 3 of my fish survived. Now I clean all the gravel in the tank by lifting rocks and decorations, and the tank I have with sand is kept airated by MTS (malaysian trumpet snails). | That's awful, and so good to know. Thanks for that. I don't like to move their decorations as that's where they go when they want peace. Looks like a change of policy is coming on. I guess if you only do it once in a while it's OK (like once a month?)
Once a month is fine. You can also take the stick end of a wooden spoon or knitting needle, and poke around the substrate to keep it airated. | | |
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August 31st, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Re: Early mistakes
No kind of goldfish can go in a small tank for too long...they get really big. I had 8 fancy goldfish in 20g...they were tiny but once I learned more I realized with amount of goldfish I had at the time...we needed the 120g we have now. So I sold them...I really didn't want a huge goldfish tank. | |
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August 31st, 2007
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| | Fish Master
| Re: Early mistakes
Thanks, Allie. I'll add this to the goldfish caresheet. I try to keep this one species-generic. Thanks for your input!  | |
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August 31st, 2007
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by armadillo Thanks, Allie. I'll add this to the goldfish caresheet. I try to keep this one species-generic. Thanks for your input! | YOu are welcome...a lot of people don't realize how big goldies get...we had one here as big as our piranhas it was their xmas dinner....I haven't ever seen a goldfish that big....we do have a feeding video but it's kinda nasty. | |
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