casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi,Im a teenager new to the whole tropical fish thing and only been at it for a few months with my 40*25*25cm tank containing 3 zebra danios,3 black neons,3 neon tetras,2 swift rasboras,2 orange neons and a plecostomus.Well my dilema is that next month im getting a 100L tank and well am going to need some more fish and plants for it.I have no idea how many fish to buy but would like a few types of tetras like the serpae,lemon and Glow lights but have no idea how many to get as i dont want to over crowd my new tank and i only want about 6-8 real plants but dont know which would be best.I also have no idea what i need to have or do for the overall care of my fish.i feed them twice daily with colour enhancing flakes and those pellet things for my plecostomus and treat my fish to a tablet of frozen bloodworms 0nce or twice a fortnight.i have no idea if i should ph test my tank or what i am totally clueless.can anyone help me with what i have to do or get? regards a very clueless, casey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoezealand Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 hey welcome! i dont know much, but id sugest getting larger schools of neons rather than just 3, i think 5 or 6 is supposed to be the right number but then again, i think we are clueless at times :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Okay well first of all welcome to the teenage keepers club 100l you'll find is a nice step up from the small tank you have now. Live plants are always awsome to have, suggested easy to keep plants would be, Java Fern/moss, Ambulia, Cabomba, Indian Fern and Water Sprite. What Wattage heater do you have in your little tank? i would suggest a minimum 100watt heater for your new tank. Also filtration, you'll want a powerhead filter of some kind with an LPH of 300-500, Suggestion a Shark400 or Shark600, there great filters. As for stocking, at the end of the day its up to you, best to keep a beginners tanks slightly less stocked. Bascially in your tank i would suggest 20inches of fish, so figure out the fish sizes, and work from there on how many fish you can keep in your tank. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Sounds like your doing everything right as far as feeding the Fish themselves go. If you do not already know you should be doing a water change or gravel clean at a minimum once every 2 weeks until the tank is properly stabilised, then it can go longer without to much maintenance. Remember not to over feed. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 A lot of Pet Stores will test your tank water for you for a small fee if you take a flask or container of some kind into them. Otherwise, although it is not really necessary, (personally having gone without test kits for years) you could go and buy the 2 most important test kits, being Ammonia and PH. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 hi welcome another teenage fish keeper here do you no what kind of pleco you have? as it will most proply grow out of the new tank as for test kits personally i never bother with them ive done one test and never even new if it was good or bad so didnt try again for fish a few ease to keep tropical fish would be livebearers eg. guppies, platys and sword tails. gourmis are another nice addtion to the bigginers tank and also a bigger school of tetras like somebody already said but as shae said at the end of the day its up to you on what you like and what you think looks good oh and where abouts in nz are you cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 thanks for getting back so quick zoezealand and livebearer_breeder.your info was greatly appreciated.well i have a fluval tronic 150W heater and an under gravel filter plus air pump thingy.I clean the tank every saturday and use my internal filter for 30 minutes after each clean to clear the water as only 30 minutes because its a wee bit too strong for this little tank but ideal for my new one.i did originally have 6neon tetras but 5 died due to the fact that i hadnt cleaned the whole tank in a few months and well suddenly overnight the tank was filthy oh and one of my black neons puffed right up and died so yeah i felt really bad about that.i was not aware that you had to do the whole tank once a month i thought you just had to do quaterly or thirdly changes once a week so i bought 2 more to keep it company but they seem to be happier in higher numbers well so i know now.the internal filter is an elite stingray 5, 2.9W and yeah is a little to powerful for my little tank so i rarely use it but it should be good for my new tank aye?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 hi anthony thanks for that.im in palmerston north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 regards to this new fish tank, since its like 100L how many plants would you guys perhaps recommend putting in there.i was reading some other forums and how their fussing over what to use like sand,fertilizers and even CO2 things im so confused.i thought you just put them in the gravel and let them grow but nothing about cutting them or yeah im so confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Sounds like you've got it soughted. Not so clueless after all. Let's hope we can finally add a girl to the teenage members on here. Wow your lucky, I only head to Palmy once every few months, i would love to have wet pets and animates so close by. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 shae we do have to animates in welly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 oh and can you guys clarify for me a few things? *you clean the whole fish tank once a month-true/false *you have to leave your light for the tank on all night-true/false cos well i turn my lamp i use for it off when i go to bed and am not sure if thats a good thing or not. *you have to change your carbon cartridge in your air filter thing every 1 or 2 months? yeah im just clueless but hopefully you guys can help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 At the moment, I wouldn’t worry to much about Fertiliser and Co2, the amount of plant is up to you, ive listed some simple plants to keep a grow, some plant when they get big enough can be trimmed and propagated. How much light will your tank get? The amount of light depends on how long the plant survives or how long it takes to grow. Also a finer sort of gravel is best for plant growth. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 i thought that welly would have better fish places than palmy?yeah i dont mean to brag but animates is great for tetras and fish ornaments and wetpets is good for its range in plants and fish cleaning stuff n othr fish besides a couple of types of tetras.do you guys recommend angel fish with tetras? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 false-you clean most of the tank which is the glass give the gravel a vacume clean the filter false- light shud stay on for up too 12 hours aday true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 no angles will eat the tetras Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 oh and can you guys clarify for me a few things? *you clean the whole fish tank once a month-true/false *you have to leave your light for the tank on all night-true/false cos well i turn my lamp i use for it off when i go to bed and am not sure if thats a good thing or not. *you have to change your carbon cartridge in your air filter thing every 1 or 2 months? yeah im just clueless but hopefully you guys can help 1. false, clean it fortnightly if possible, not completly though, just filter media and gravel bed. 2. keep doing that, give your fish the same bedtime as you 3. Change it every month or so is smart Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Depends on the type of Tetra. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 oh okay so finer gravel with plants.the only light my fish tank gets its the sunlight in my room during the day but not direct as it sits in the middle of my dressing table with my mirror behind it and the lamps on the side from around 6.30pm to 9.30-10 at night.how do i go about posting pics cos when i find out i'll post some foryou guys to see so you can get an idea of what im on about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 oh cool thanks guys for clarifying that stuff for me so no angels with tetras and finer gravel for plants(i can make sense of that )and get plants like that java one which ive heard lots about through the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 posting pics read this http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/postin ... t4307.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 i thought that welly would have better fish places than palmy? yeah I don’t mean to brag but animates is great for tetras and fish ornaments and wet pets is good for its range in plants and fish cleaning stuff Personally I find Wet pets far better in all categories, when I’m up there at any rate. In regards to Angels, I have a vendetta against them, so whenever anyone asks me "should I get angels?" the answer from me is always "NO WAY" I think there horrible fish. So in my opinion don’t get angels Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casey05 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 okay thanks so a definite no on angels.thanks for that! that will save me a bit then both in the pocket and with worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livebearer_breeder Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Good seems like you've got it sussed. Shae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoezealand Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Let's hope we can finally add a girl to the teenage members on here. Shae im insulted (just kidding :lol: :lol: ) you should check your info, last time i checked i was a teenage girl 8) good luck with the new tank :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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