My 15 Gallon Fish Tank

I know its very empty and there are no fish, I am getting plants and some very samll terracotta pots tomorow, found an old duplo (big lego) man lying round the other day, might put him in if it still looks empty lol.

Jack

 

That rock looks happy to have that much room to itself!

j/k, looks good so far.

 

haha yer my imaginary fish is enjoying his company

jack

 

That rock looks happy to have that much room to itself!

j/k, looks good so far.

I know its very empty and there are no fish, I am getting plants and some very samll terracotta pots tomorow, found an old duplo (big lego) man lying round the other day, might put him in if it still looks empty lol.

Jack

HI Jack... its a good start! ;D I'm sure it will be very nice when you add plants.Do you have the rest of the equipment yet, like filter, heater etc etc? What did you end up deciding for fish to stock it with?
~ kate

 

yer filter and heater are both contained inside that black box on the right hand side. I have opted to get 3 sparkling gourami, 3 kuhlI loaches and 1 other fish I haven't decided on yet.

Jack

 

Sounds great! ;D Setting up new tanks are so much fun!
~ kate

 

how true!

Sounds great! ;D Setting up new tanks are so much fun!
~ kate

 

Looks good. a small school of killifish would look really nice in there too.
Tom

 

haha your campaigning pretty hard tom, hopefully I can find one (I only have room for one with the other fish I want to stock) but price could be an issue as my bank account is currently measured in cents not dollars :;juan

Jack

About to leave to go get plants, maybe some ornaments, hopoefully a few terracotta pots and definantly some gourami :;juan

Hey everyone I just got back from the lfs and was quite unimpressed with the sparkling gourami so I opted to buy 2 female dwarf coral blue gourami anda few plants. Photos will follow when I have finished acclimatizing them (i'm taking my time probably like an hour to an hour and a half.)

Jack.

 

HI Jack! Congratulations on your dwarf gourami's!! ;D They really are beautiful fish!!!.... look forward to photos!
~ kate

 

Yer I should have photos up tomorow I just so not want to disturb them by turnng the light on tonight. even though it ruined the entire plan for stocking my tank they are amazng.

jack

 

... and they are so much more colorful than the pearls....
Good luck with your new addition!
~ kate

 

Thanks its there actually my first additions apart from the feeder fish I used to cycle the tank, I took them out and back to the lfs. the new gourami are approx. the same size is it possible to get the male tomorow or would that upset the balance to bacteria balance too much?

Jack

 

IMO you can add another one tomorrow. Just keep up with your water changes for awhile til the new bioload catches up.
;D ~ kate

 

Ok thanks for the advice , now I have top come up with a brand new stocking plan lol, any advice or fish that you think would look great, my aquarium will be mediumly (is that a word) plante with a few rock formations and pieces of driftwood - going for the all natural look.

Jack

 

those are still a pretty cool pickup and beautiful fish. congrats on them!

 

Thanks I just got the male and a bristlenose pleco (I know already that it will get way to big so I'm going to take him to my lps and get a credit when he gets to about 3-4 inches he is currenty 1/2 inch.) just acclimitising them now.

Jack.

PS don't yell and scream at mne about the pleco please.

 

The BN Pleco is a good pickup. They generally only get to about 4" and would be an excellent addition to your tank.

 

Haha ok awesome, that is what the lps lady told me but I thought I was just poor lps knowledge, sorry I still haven't got pics up but my computer is really slow tinight so hopefully tomorow.

Jack

New Photos.

Hey everyone, photos of new dwarves and BN pleco.

1. Female and Male Dwarves + pleco
2. Whole tank
3. BN pleco
4. Female dwarf

Jack

 

HI Jack...
great photos! Your gouarmI look stunning and healthy. I love your amazon sword plants and your wood log cave as well. Your tank is coming along very nicely, great job!
~ kate

ps.. I see someone has been very busy adding even more smilies to the list! lol.. love it!!

 

Hey thanks kate, believe it or not the log is fake and when I put it in boiling water it started opening up because its only like a half tube. I am really happy with it and I just got a 2.5G tank on eBay for $14.50 aussie (about $12 US) and i'm planning on putting a betta in so really happy lol.

Jack.

 

Hey that is pretty kewl!!!! On the 2.5 g can I suggest that you buy yourself a nice female betta instead of a male? The females are a little smaller and will do much better in that 2.5 than a male would. And there are some beautiful females out there too... Just check them out and look at the fins you will notice a difference in them. Some are the typical short fins and others with the longer triangle (wedge) shaped bottom fin will produce longer flowing fins. And they all come in beautiful colors as well.
Happy hunting!!
~ kate

 

Ok I will have a look around in lfs's anf lps's.

Jack.

Hey everyone!

Just bought two german blue rams for my 15 G ( 1 male and 1 female) My tank is now fully stocked and I will have photos up of new GBRs soonish!

Jack

 

those are awesome fish! congrats! ;D

Hey everyone!

Just bought two german blue rams for my 15 G ( 1 male and 1 female) My tank is now fully stocked and I will have photos up of new GBRs soonish!

Jack

 

Unfortunately my BGRs both died, however the lfs is going to give me a store credit cause it was wihin 2 weeks, what do you guys think is a good hardy option for with my dwarf gourami (3 of them)? I preferably want something hardy cause I don't want to go back to the lfs and say I killed more fish.

Jack

Any ideaes at all? I'm heading of to the lfs this afternoon and was hoping to have a vague idea of what I would like to get.

Jack

 

HI Jack,
sorry to hear you lost your GBRs that's just awful!! They are such great fish...
I wonder if there was a problem between them and the dwarf gouramis?
Doesnt sound like there would but you never know.
There are so many variations of their color, that you can get a few more assorted? Or you can go with cory cats which are pretty kewl. Ive had the dwarf gourami in my tanks before, they really were able to get along with every tankmate except the bettas, so you have a wide choice but need something small since you have them in a 15 gallon tank. I personally wouldnt get any more even tho their adult size is anywhere from two inches to three. 5 dwarfs with no other fish I would think would be max for your tank.
What other types of fish do you like?

~ kate

 

Hey kate,

I didnt have any trouble between the two fish, they just left each other alone. I was thinking maybe a pair of goldern pachaex (spelling?) they are a relative of killifish, I was also thinking maybe a few guppies. with the dwarves you only really see the coral blue in females and I already have two in that colour and I don't want to put more than one male in my tank.

Jack.

PS yes my consideration of killifish is toms fault rofl.

 

Hey kate,

I didnt have any trouble between the two fish, they just left each other alone. I was thinking maybe a pair of goldern pachaex (spelling?) they are a relative of killifish, I was also thinking maybe a few guppies. with the dwarves you only really see the coral blue in females and I already have two in that colour and I don't want to put more than one male in my tank.

Jack.

PS yes my consideration of killifish is toms fault rofl.

hmmm usually the only really colorful gourami's are the males. The females tend to be plain in coloration. Guppies seem so dainty for a tank with gourami's. The relative of the killifish.. don't know that one, but I'm sure that Tom could give you more info on that. ;D

~ kate

 

Guppies seem so dainty for a tank with gourami's.

~ kate

What do you mean?

Jack

 

What do you mean?

Jack

Well, to me, guppies seem so fragile and I know that gourami's can be stinkers at time is all....

~ kate

 

I think that a cory cat or two would look cool

 

hmm I don't really want more cat fish

HI everyone I am about to go take some photos of the tank as it is currently. they should be up in an hour or so.

Jack

Hey,

These are just the photos of my tank that I promised earlier. Enjoy!

Jack

Anybody going to comment about my tank lol?

Jack

 

Anybody going to comment about my tank lol?

Jack

HI Jack, its looking good what filter are you running? your water and tank are so clean

 

I'm not sure of the name but I presume its a juwel of some type because it came with the tank and runs with the heater in the black box on the right.

Thanks, Jack

 

Cool it's doing a good job! we just got a Aqua one setup, will be stocking seahorses after xmas.

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HI Jack
Your tank looks great! ;D Nice job.... your dwarf gourami's look very happy going in and out of the plants. I love your hollowed out log too. ;D

Nice going Jack!

~ kate