eclaire

It's the tank on the left!! :lol:

shame you're not in Chch

No .... my tank is rectangular with silver around the top edge and a lid consisting of two panes of glass...

I do have a pump but I'm not sure if it causes too much water disturbance as it affects pretty much the whole tank... I also have a filter, but it only has a narrow slot to fit over the edge of the glass, and the tank that it came with has a lip around all four sides, so the filter won't fit .... (that's animates for ya)

It's hard because I'm getting conflicting information from different people at different sources, so it's getting pretty frustrating knowing who to believe and who not to!

thanks Ian What size tank would you recommend for my fishies? I have a siphon thingee to get the left over food etc from the between the gravel, but I just can't get the darned thing to work!!

this is getting all too complicated for plain old gold fish!! lol I'm really confused now to what I should do .... It seems to be getting all too hard

Thanks - the meeting sounds great .... I will definitely be there ... I have found a variety of fish tanks on trademe, ranging from 59L to 182L - - so I have a few options!

from the following measurements? 76cm wide 39cm deep 35cm high

actually I haven't changed the pH level in a month or so, so hopefully they will be ok ... I try to get it to as close to neutral (I think) as I can. It would be good to get them a bigger tank, but I can't afford to spend much ... what size would you recommend, and can you think of any reasonably priced sellers ...

just noticd the forum posting times are out due to NZ changing to Summer daylight savings time last weekend... when will this be updated?

I've also organised for some snails for the tank to help keep it cleaner - how many do you think I will need?

thanks ... I alter the pH to whatever the optimum level it should be (I can't remember off the top of my head). This the test kit I have. http://www.trademe.co.nz/Home-living/Pe ... 183904.htm How much and how often should I be feeding them? I feed them a combination of flakes, pellet thingees and blood worms so they get a variety and don't get constipation. Are you sure I'm overstocked already? The tank is a pretty good size - it'snot huge I know, but it's not tiny either ...

Fingers crossed!!

Actually, it was only the first time last week that the water was smelling bad ... prior to that it was fine. I was under the impression that fantails will only get bigger in size relative to the size of the tank, so if they are only in a small tank, they shouldn't get too much bigger? I thought getting a cory would be good to eat any left over food ...

Thanks for your reply ... the fantails are only small, and of course the minnows are teeny ... animates told me this number of fish would be fine for a 21L tank ... but I have subsequently been told they are not the best place for advice... I know I should only replace 1/3 of the water each week, but I've actually been changing the whole lot... the fish seem to be fine with this... I also give the stones a bit of a rinse out (again I probably shouldn't do this as it gets rid of the "good" bacteria in the tank? but I've been doing this for a while now and the fish are not displaying signs of stress. I add agar and stresszyme to the tank on each water change. I purchased a pH level testing kit, which has remedies to either increase or decrease accordingly, I do this on a weekly basis after each water change. I clean the tank out in the weekends, however I had to clean them out on Wednesday as the water was particularly murky and very smelly. I noticed the oxygen shell had turned grey too, so I removed it from the tank, as I'm not sure if it would be effective or not. I have oxygen weed in the tank for fishies to munch on, as well as other varities of plants, but I do make sure they have some plants that they can eat.

Hiya ... my name is Claire and I have a 21L coldwater tank, with two fantails and two minnows. I've noticed the water is getting a bit yuck quite quickly (starts to smell like "fish") (lol) which I haven't had before ... I have had these fish for about 5 months now. I have a feeling that due to a move in flats, the tank now gets direct sunlight in the afternoon, so I'm not sure if that is good for them or not? I clean the tank out every week. I don't have a filter for it, as the one which was provided in the start up pack with the tank doesn't acutally fit over the "lip" of the tank (not very bright selling something that won't work). I have a little car in the tank which can be conntected to an airline to get more oxygen in the tank, but I wonder if it causes too much disturbance to the water, as the whole capacity of water is pretty much affected, and I don't want to scare my wee fishies!! I check the pH levels and adjust accordingly, the fish seem happy enough, but I'm thinking getting snails to help clean the tank a bit more. How many would you suggest I would need for a 21L tank? I have also been advised to get a cory, though it's a bit tricky to find one in the Christchurch area which is suitable for a cold water tank. I have been given conflicting informtion - have told my fantails may eat the cory by one person, then someone else said they should be fine ... so it's a bit hard to know who to believe... :-? Any tips/suggestions greatly appreciated :bounce: