Hello everyone!

Posts : 8 Join date : 2011-12-12

Hey guys i have several tropical fish tanks 1 10 gallon fish tank 1 5 gallon shrimp tank 1 25 gallon tank not yet setup and 1 5 gallon betta fish tank

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:24 am

welcome to the forum

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:27 am

Hi bud welcome to the forum Very Happy

any problems or questions or if you just want to chat there will always be someone on !

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:29 am

Welcome

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i was wondering what to have in my 25 gallon tank

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 7:56 am

fish fish and more fish lol

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:05 am

Malawi Cichlids

Posts : 9 Join date : 2011-12-04 Location : Florida USA

fresh water shrimp tank with plants of course! and welcome Smile

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thanks but i was thinking about a general community and i already have a shrimp tank but thanks anyway Smile

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 10:46 am

You could go down the american cichlid route Smile

or is there any fish you fancy? plan it round one or two species Smile

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im not really sure what fish. but i was thinking maybe 2 dwarf gouramis a pair of rams and some tetras

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Mon Dec 12, 2011 11:20 am

I really like dwarf Gouramis but to be honest i have always found them quite hard to keep - not sure how everyone has found them - and it may just be because i was getting them from a chain pet store. I have kept gouramis (regular size) on and off for years and bred them etc but the dwarfs always seem less hardy than the larger ones to me...

I do love rams as well - beautiful fish though i have never kept them and Kribensis also i find very appealing but not kept either.

Any particular tetras in mind? i guess you could go down the shoal route of smaller ones which is beautiful along with a couple of different species fish or larger like the congo tetras - again i think they can be stunning in a tank Smile

Any preference on decor? do you like planted or bogwood or rock setups?

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i was thinking a planted tank with a piece of bogwood and some rock work i was think neons or cardinals

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:01 am

Well we are getting there eh? Some shoals of neons and cardinals would work well - nice and colourful!

Do you want to stay with small fish? you could have some danios for example for some contrast with the others Smile

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i was thinking a max of like a 3 inch fish so rams and gouramies are probably the biggest i would get. But could i get a bristlenosed pleco not really sure of the requirements but i know they grow to about 10 cm and this would definately be the biggest fish in there

Subject: Re: Hello everyone! Wed Dec 14, 2011 7:21 am

Bristlenose are pretty easy to care for - we breed them so any advice on them you need just shout Smile

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do you feed them the algae blocks and supplement that with blached spinach and stuff. And do they eat food off of thebottom which isnt vegatarian. And what size tank do they need when in a community and what size tank do they need for breeding

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im not sure how to find where to post in the forum because there are lots of words scrambled across the page on my computer