Vdoubleyou Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Hi all, My names Scott, I'm from Whangamata. I'm new to tropical fish (had a few goldfish before). I brought a tank and some other gear yesterday (120 Litres) I've been into the chatroom and talked to a few of you before, thanks for the good advice, I'm sure I'll need plenty more. I'm going to set the tank up today and then on the weekend get a few fish. Scott. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kim Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 welcome scott, you never stop learning even when you have keeped fish all your life, but you are in the right place to learn look forward to seeing you round cya kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Oh, No You're NOT That's not we said VW Read about "cycling tanks" Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vdoubleyou Posted August 2, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hi Kim, thanks for the welcome alan, thanks for your warm welcome too :roll: I dont understand the problem with adding a few fish at the end of the week? I read Cycling tanks and it recommends adding a few hardy fish after 1 week. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 welcome vdoubleyou, hope you find a lot of helpful info to make your fishkeeping pleasant and not stressful, I certainly did B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hi Scott, and welcome to the Fishroom. See you have already met the gang in the chat room Thing about starting up is to do things slowly... a bit at a time, and curb your desire to add more fish than needed at the start. Start keeping notes about all you do.. prices, additions.. water changes.. anything you add to the tank etc. This way you have some record to refer to if things get out of hand. You'll have happy times, and sad times (when things go wrong).. but stick with it, because it takes time to get things to a point where you can finally relax All the best, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Bill, one thing I never did was to keep a record of what I spent. The sooner I forgot about it. The better. If I had of kept records, I would have given up long ago. I think. mmmmmmmmmm Maybe I wouldn't have ,, but mmmmmmmm :roll: Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 .. We all have our own ways Alan, but it "does" save a bit of head scratching when things start going wrong, especially for someone new to the hobby, as things can get pretty confusing at times . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikiegirl Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 welcome Vdoubleyou And for Cycling tanks not to sure what u should do i only cycle my tanks for 2 weeks then add a fish to help it along , but i had dun a full tank clean and added the fish about 3 hr after refulling so not sure on that Cycling tanks thingy sorry , but it works ok for me :lol: bikiegirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Hi and welcome to the forums after having chatted to you so often in the other room :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vdoubleyou Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Bit of an update, I finally got some fish one baby bristlenose cat and 10 neon tetras.....no deaths yet........ Scott. P.S yes I know I need some plants and a cave or something Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 it's a start and not all of us can afford to do it all at once, i started by getting bits and peices with my first tank and it took a matter of months to get it all setup how i wanted it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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