Nagy07

Hi, Names Aaron and i just recently got a 30 gallon tank, right now i have a very pregnate half balck guppy, a pair of platties, pair of mollies, cory cat, pleco, 2 feeder goldfish, female sword tail and until last night i had a neon tetra (i think the sword tail ate it cause shes huge now)
i bought it for $50 and it came with a bubbler, bubble wall, heater, under gravel filter, regular filter and decor. altho i chose not to use the under gravel filter, i stil think it was a good deal for the tank.

here's some pictures of the tank and the fish in it, sorry my camera isnt the best for taking pics of aquariums

Lucy

Welcome to Fish Lore.

Your tank looks nice, did it come with the fish too?

midnightwolf

nice set up and welcome to FishLore!

Nick G

How big is your Swordtail?!! Must be huge to eat a Neon! Welcome to Fishlore, Nice looking tank!

rileyrk190

welcome to fishlore! nice set-up!

Nagy07

the tank came with 9 baby cichlids and the pleco, after finding out that they grow to 6" and eat everything including each other, i decided to take them to the pet store for some credits, which i bought the 2 platty's and the swordtail with ( which she is pushing a little over 2") and the neon tetra was only about a 1/2"

Lucy

Whew, that's a lot of cichlids in that size tank. Good thing you researched them.

I'm sorry, I know you didn't ask but before you run into trouble with your tank, you should do some research on the pleco and goldfish.

If it's a common pleco, they're huge waste producers and can get really big. It's recommended they have at least a 55g tank.
Your goldfish are also big waste producers. They can also grow big. It's recommended that the first goldfish have 20g with an additional 10 for each additional goldfish. They are also cool water fish whereas the rest of your fish are tropical.

Good luck.

Speedy

Welcome to fishlore! Nice tank.

Nagy07

ya, i got the goldfish for like 11 cents just so i could get them big enough to release into the pond. the pleco came with it and the one that was in the tank before was like 11"s or more, i think he is to big now for the pet store to take him so idk what ima do with him

Lucy

Cool! Lucky fish.

You can always ask if the store will take him. He'll foul up your water pretty quickly.
I love plecos, too bad they get so big.

Nagy07

ya, i really like how he looks, especially when he swims around and his back fin is up, he looks really cool

Mike19

Welcome aboard, Nice Tank

Mike

fishlover78

welcome to fishlore! very nice tank, just one thing though, the feeder goldifsh are coldwater fish and the rest are tropicals, I would either return them and get some other fish or get a seperate tank for them, good call with the undergravel filter, they are unessasary in freshwater tanks, but are good for SW.

maybe you could put the pleco in your pond and then take him inside for the winter? just a thought.

Nagy07

well, once i release them into the pond, i wont be able to get hem back. its a huge man dug pond that only has small blue gills in it right now, we released a gold fish in it last year and we see it once in a while but not that often

Martinismommy

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