breakaway Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Its been a few days since I joined, but Im posting about my self now: I dont have a tank at the moment, but Im gonna go buy a 54l one. Im only a beginner, I have very little fishkeeping experience What happened to my previous ACRYLIC :evil: tank: It was small as hell, approx 5 gallons. I kept a goldfish in there, with a Plastic plant, some black fine gravel, and a crappy as $2 sponge filter. The filter ran off a air pump. I also had another pump for aeration. I had one goldfish in there, who was pretty happy with the food I was feedin him and stuff, and I used to do weekly water changes. One day me and my cuzin decided to swap my Goldfish for his Blackmoor Goldfish. I said OK and got the fish. Everything went fine for a few weeks and then suddenly, the fish Dissappeared ! I opened up the lid, and looked inside, found him stuck between the sponge of the flter and the tank wall ! I said 2 myself... how come ! Its not like it has so mich current. So I freed him and he floated to the top and I could still see him breathe and make small body movements. I let him be hoping he would recover but he didn't. He passed away after 2 days of suffering. So I put my tank away as it was empty and was also horribly scratched when we cleaned the algae. (Acrylic Scratches easy as) And here we are ! After doing heaps of research, I have decided to keep fish again and now I feel like i have the skills necessary and a team of highly trained fish experts (u guys ) to help me in the event of a disastart breaka\/\/ay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Welcome to the site Breakaway I'm sorry to hear about your Goldfish I hope that we can help you out in any way we can. Good luck when you get your new tank. What types of fish do you want to keep? Cheers, CatBrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Welcome breakaway. I hope you learn lots of stuff here and have better luck this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breakaway Posted April 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 Welcome to the site Breakaway I'm sorry to hear about your Goldfish I hope that we can help you out in any way we can. Good luck when you get your new tank. What types of fish do you want to keep? Cheers, CatBrat. I intend to keep some Neon Tetras at first, and then other fish as I become more and more experienced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGilchrist Posted April 24, 2004 Report Share Posted April 24, 2004 good luck breakaway and welcome to the site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish_Tank Posted April 26, 2004 Report Share Posted April 26, 2004 Welcome breakaway 8) You may find neon tetras aren't as hardy as alot of other tetra species... also, bigger tanks are alot easier to maintain believe it or not :lol: I recomend you look for something about 120lt or so (second hand tanks make the price alot cheaper :lol: ) good luck 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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