matildanz Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi everyone, stumbled on this forum while trawling through the gazillion websites available to novice fish fanatics! I'm returning to fish keeping after more years than I'm willing to admit!! So far I have sitting on the sideboard a 60l tank complete with long grassy stuff, feathery plants, some tiger somethingorather and crypts (the one name I did manage to remember!!) The tank is a Hailea and came with an internal filter, 100w Elite heater, gravel, food blah blah blah........ brilliant as my brain has turned to mush after raising two kids to teenagerhood! Oh and for some reason know only to himself (himself being my dear long suffering husband) ..... a wreck of an airplane carrier :roll: Now the waiting game for everything to settle down before introducing some livestock! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 So far I have sitting on the sideboard a 60l tank complete with long grassy stuff, feathery plants, some tiger somethingorather and crypts (the one name I did manage to remember!!) lotus? Welcome to the forums Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matildanz Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 lotus? That's the one! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zev Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi and welcome. Yeah - teenagers can be detrimental to braincells... What sort of livestock are you looking at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos & Siran Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 G'day there and welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matildanz Posted May 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 What sort of livestock are you looking at? Thanks everyone for the kind welcome I'm looking at having a community tank so any suggestions on breeds and quantities would be greatly received!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Welcome to the fishroom. 60L is not very big so you need to keep to the small species. Have you considered whether to get live bearers or egg layers? If you choose live bearers (guppies, platies, etc) you will quickly be over-run with fry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 welcome to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matildanz Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Have you considered whether to get live bearers or egg layers? I'm not too concerned either way - I had guppies and neons last time - can't for the life of me figure out why I had those two together (probably the salesperson at the petshop and my gullibility!!) and of course the Neons followed behind the Guppies picking off the newborns! Basically the hardier the better - I have a very poor track record with house plants so I'm hoping I don't have brown fingers when it comes to fish! The otherhalf was drooling over the whopping huge tanks (probably more for the huge sunken plane!) but lets learn to walk properly before we run a marathon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Actually, setting up and maintaining a large tank is easier than a small one. If something starts to go wrong in a big tank you have time to notice and adjust things to correct it before anything too terrible occurs. With small tanks the fish can be dead before you realise something is wrong If you want hardy, I would suggest egg layers like danios, rasboras and tetras. Most of these are schooling fish though and need to be in a group of 6 or more. 60L is not very big so you will be limited in your choice. I would suggest cherry barbs, with corys on the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matildanz Posted May 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Poop!! :-? Oh well, I hope you guys can put up with a whole lot of questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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