waltmillham
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My only experience with keeping aquarium fish was as a child. My brother & I had goldfish in a 10 gallon aquarium. We lived on a farm & in the summer-time we would put the glodfish at in the cattle watering tank. They got rather large. I didn't take care of the aquarium. My mother did most of that.
Anyway, I've recently decided to start keeping aquarium fish & wanted to try tropical fish. I bought a Betta & put it in a 5 gallon MinI Bows tank. I have changed the filter one time & did a 30% water change just a few days ago. He never seemed sick or stressed at any point & he's doing fine now.......blows lots of bubbles for some reason.
Then, just last this week, I started up a 20 gallon tank & a 10 gallon tank that I previously was using to house a Rose Haired trantula.
Here's my problem though........like I said, I'm new at this. I went to the pet store & bought two cichlids........I have no idea what kind. They are light grey....almost white with faint darkened vertical stripes. They are very aggressive eaters. I have them in the 10 gallon tank. They are about 2 &1/2 inches. I also bought two baby Red Bellie pirahnas & put them in the 20 gallon tank. One died & the other one is still going...........I did this before I read (on this site) about water chemistry & the nitrogen cycle....& now, I'm like ....oops! Should have read about this hobby first. I did go out & buy test stips for amonia, nitites, nitrates, ph , & other. I only did the ammonia test on both the 10 & 20 gallon tanks yesterday & they showed only low & safe levels of amonia.
What do I need to do now? Is that Bio Spira product something I should try? I'm not adding any more fish until I know what the **** I'm doing. As for the pirahna fish. I know the 20 gallon is too small. I was thinking about raising these guys to about 2 inches & then give them to a friend of mine who has a 75 gallon tank & would like to try pirahna fish. If the other one dies, I'd like to try again or get a Red Devil chiclid for the 20 gallon.
Please help Clueless out! If the idea of putting a Red Devil in the 20 gallon is a bad idea, then what would be a better idea? I wanted an aggressive species that would be fun to watch & that would eat feeder fish. Is there a smaller fish that will be like that?
Anyway, I've recently decided to start keeping aquarium fish & wanted to try tropical fish. I bought a Betta & put it in a 5 gallon MinI Bows tank. I have changed the filter one time & did a 30% water change just a few days ago. He never seemed sick or stressed at any point & he's doing fine now.......blows lots of bubbles for some reason.
Then, just last this week, I started up a 20 gallon tank & a 10 gallon tank that I previously was using to house a Rose Haired trantula.
Here's my problem though........like I said, I'm new at this. I went to the pet store & bought two cichlids........I have no idea what kind. They are light grey....almost white with faint darkened vertical stripes. They are very aggressive eaters. I have them in the 10 gallon tank. They are about 2 &1/2 inches. I also bought two baby Red Bellie pirahnas & put them in the 20 gallon tank. One died & the other one is still going...........I did this before I read (on this site) about water chemistry & the nitrogen cycle....& now, I'm like ....oops! Should have read about this hobby first. I did go out & buy test stips for amonia, nitites, nitrates, ph , & other. I only did the ammonia test on both the 10 & 20 gallon tanks yesterday & they showed only low & safe levels of amonia.
What do I need to do now? Is that Bio Spira product something I should try? I'm not adding any more fish until I know what the **** I'm doing. As for the pirahna fish. I know the 20 gallon is too small. I was thinking about raising these guys to about 2 inches & then give them to a friend of mine who has a 75 gallon tank & would like to try pirahna fish. If the other one dies, I'd like to try again or get a Red Devil chiclid for the 20 gallon.
Please help Clueless out! If the idea of putting a Red Devil in the 20 gallon is a bad idea, then what would be a better idea? I wanted an aggressive species that would be fun to watch & that would eat feeder fish. Is there a smaller fish that will be like that?