lickindip Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 well since i have been out of the fish game for a few years and a few house moves i have had 2 leave the 4ft tank at my parents and start up a little tropical tank down here in the naki Nothing Special at this stage. Just remembering the basics. waiting for my driftwood to 'de-salt' after finding it today cant wait for the plants to bulk up a bit yes i know my heater is massive (250W) but it was the only one i had so far 1x Cory 2x Male Guppies added today (got to get my hands on a nice female now) 2x long finned Danio's 5x mountain minnows wanting a little pleco next wouldn't mind a couple of runted discus (anybody have any?) Cheers Lewis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 you wouldn't be able to fit discus in there would you? Get some friends for your cory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li@m Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 Yeah too small for discus. But definitly get some more corys, they look cooler in a group. What are the tanks specs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 that's why im after runted discus will bring my 4ft tank down south at some stage in the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 That tank is too small for any type of discus full stop. Also the amount of salt in the wood will not affect the fish in any way. More than likely it will benefit them. More importantly with the wood is to ensure that the wood is not rotting. Rotting wood will easily contaminate a tank of that size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BikBok Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 nice. Get at least 3 female guppies, there should always be more females than male guppies to help keep the stress levels down,, but then again there always seems to be a fav female that all the males want to chase.. typical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Well my little piece of drift wood is now in on the bottom of the tank after glueing on a few rocks to the bottom ... once that settles in and a bit of alge growth arrives i think its will be time for a small pleco anyone got any nice female guppies in the new plymouth area (will pick up) the stores ive been to either have none or an average selection Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted July 24, 2011 Report Share Posted July 24, 2011 Well my little piece of drift wood is now in on the bottom of the tank after glueing on a few rocks to the bottom ... once that settles in and a bit of alge growth arrives i think its will be time for a small pleco Glue? What type of pleco do you expect to eat algae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 yes glue ... dnt worry. it was dry before it went in the tank. yes i have done it before in other tanks and never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted July 25, 2011 Report Share Posted July 25, 2011 yea gluing if fine just depends on the glue. Just make sure you scrub all the debre off the out side, didn't do a good job on mine and came home to a mass of white moldy algae stuff on one peice. looked horrible. And aslong as you feed them alae wafers you can put the plec/bristlenose in now, they need more than just alae and wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Added a few extra's last night, now have 2 longfined danio's (getting quite fat and still eating heaps) 3 female guppies 2 male guppies (1 is starting to be a very shy, think the danio is peeing him off) 1 small comman brisslenose 1 peppered cory 5 mountain minnows will let eveything settle now and let the plants grow a bit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Haha get more zebra danios, I have 8 now it's really cool :thup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 That is an awful lot of fish you have added to a small tank over a few days. Have you tested for ammonia, nitrites or nitrates? Did you use a pre-seeded filter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfishybuisness Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 1 peppered cory cories like to be in schools of atleast 4, and yeah what jen said, that tank is guna be crampped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 im in 2 minds about getting more / less danio's 1 in particular is rather chassy sepecially towards my snakeshin yellow black male guppie (who i wouldnt mind getting babies off) caused him to sheepishly sit in a corner and not feeding like the others. started getting little red marks of the end of his tail (dosed with the blue stuff whch has helped) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 yes the filter was from my tank in auckland which had been running for AGES so should be fine (assuming what u mean by pre-seeded?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Yeah, I guess what people don't know about danios is that their hyperactivity is actually Semi aggressive behavior. Yeah really up to you. And how did you transfer the filter? In a bucket of warm tank water? Either wise the bacteria is most likely dead. You may have to recycle. Good luck Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 been doing a few L water change each night and going to give the filter a bit of a check up soon to much sure to much new tank stuff isnt starting to fill it up some times being over carefull is just as bad as being under carefull you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 How did you transport the filter? Being careful if much better than under careful. Being overly careful can have side effects but definitely not as bad as being under careful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 it was wet but not much water. i will post if all turns titsup and you can all :rotf: and say 'i told you so' will try get an update pic tonight but photobucket was being an arse last time i was on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirt Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 LOL phoobuckets always a pain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 Some bacteria are hardier than you think and can survive as long as they are kept wet. I have cycled a filter on my home tank then unplugged it and transported it to ChCh then set it up on a new tank about 4 hours later then fully stocked the new tank with the appropriate stocking level. All was well and no fish were lost. I am sure there was enough bacteria in the filter to work on the new tank successfully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted July 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 getting there. few more plant added and 3L changed out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lickindip Posted August 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 well tank is coming along quite nicely now few new plants so the back of the tank is filling in 2 female guppies 1 male 3 minows 2 zebra longfin danios 1 leapod long long fin danio 1 small common bristlenose think the danios picked on one a few of the fish and stressed them ... getting the 3rd danio has shared the agression a bit now any other little things i can add that might liven the tank up a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted August 16, 2011 Report Share Posted August 16, 2011 How many litres is the tank? It looks fairly small so adding more fish might be too much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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