New 10 Gallon Fish Tank Need assist ?
Ok so here is the question me and the guys in our apt decided to jump buy a fish tank and fish last night. We get a 10 gallon tank with some rocks, little plastic log dwelling, some fake curvilinear grass, white rocks and some breeding grass along with the pump, a heater and the light that go up top.
The fish we got 2 glass suckers or bottom dwellers not sure which, 2 small wan ones, 2 big red ones that have glowing red on their side a very small Angel fish and one explicitly gray with some black striping.
My question is what are we doing wrong and how should we go almost this. Last night we kinda just threw everything together before really thinking nearly how to do this. Anyways the fish seem fine though I now thing after looking it up we enjoy to many, 2 I need to know what to check for and really just people's judgment on this, I don't want anything to go wrong that we could have prevented had we foreknowledge and what not.
Thanks
u shouldn't have put any fish contained by there u should have put in your chemicals surrounded by the water leave it for 2/3 weeks them add fish slowly 2/3 a week you will be lucky whether they survive to be honest just chucking them all in hope this help
Next time read up on fish first. First off i propose to get some drops to buffer buffer pH at 7 and buffer the ammonia, nitrates, and nitrites and some drops to remove chlorine and chloramines.. Also at some pet stores get this stuff called "Bacteria within a Bottle", its the equivalent of cycling your tank for a while and will establish you tank.
The main entry you're doing wrong is getting fish before finding out how to take care of them.
Always read up on a fish first, since you buy it.
Since you don't seem to know what kind of fish you have, I can't set off to give you any advice on how to keep them. Every fish species is different. The solely one I can make a guess at from your description is the angelfish, which is probably Pterophyllum scalare, the common freshwater angelfish.
This fish will eventually grow too big for a 10-gallon tank.
If you'll post pictures of your fish here, we can try to aid you at least identify their species.
any small school fish are great for any tank
Well, sorry to tell you this, but odds are that your fish won't survive very long. Next time, allow at smallest 3-4wks for your tank to "cycle", this means that you need to allow the growth of favourable bacteria that will help breakdown the ammonia and nitrite levels contained by your tank as well as help maintain your fish healthy. Adding "tank buddies" tablets will speed up this process but its usually not adviceable. Add a couple of zebras to the cistern.(i'm assuming you neutralized the chlorine levels with a conditioner). Also, buy a small filter to sustain remove some of those wastes. Also, you have way too several fishes. Next time, start with the more hardier fishes, like zebras and swordtails, they will usually permit you get away with a great deal when it comes to tank maintenance. For your purposes, maintain the heat around 74F, and definately invest in a dechlorinator chemical such as amquel. Water conditioners also help when you have more sensitive fish. Beware that our little hobby can attain expensive fairly quickly and what i've adviced is the minimum I would personally do. When you graduate to bigger tank and more exotic fish, pH, ammonia levels, water salinity levels as economically as water hardness will become factors that we have need of to monitor. Hope this helps.
First off. You should never add fish to a reservoir that you set up on the same day. SHAME on whoever sold you fish with a modern tank. And selling that many fish and those kinds of fish near a 10 gallon tank should be illegal.
It's really way too much to cover. Search "Aquarium Cycle" "Aquarium Water Change" "aquarium fish compatibility"
Your reservoir needs to "cycle". The cycle creates beneficial bacteria that help turn ammonia produced by the fish, into less harmful nitrates. This process can take up to several weeks. During this time the hose down can become very toxic to the fish.
I would return the "glass suckers" & angels.
I would do 20% water change at least twice a week.
You should buy a water test tools, so that you can monitor ammonia, nitrate & nitrite levels.
A 10 gallon is small, but not easy to care for. Anything that go wrong, goes wrong fast in a small reservoir.
Answers: ably if they are not dead yet, they soon will be,.
first sour you need to set up the tank and let whether run for a few days before adding the fish. the sucker fish need to be put bad for a few weeks because there is nothing for them to eat. skulk till there is crud at the bottom to eat. but since you have them immediately, put a piece of cucumber in the tank. tie it to a rock so it won't float. also get some drops to remove the chlorine whether you used tap water.
if they adjectives die, clean the tank, set it up again and let it run a few days. after start with something very easy. the chart at the store will report to you what fish are good for small tank and beginer fish owners.
The tank is way too small. The largest pleco (alage sucker) can grow to 39 inches. Yours will probably only grow to 18-24 inches. Pleco's obligation 50 gallons of water per pleco. Angel's are very picky about their hose quality, and they need at least 20 gallons of wet per fish.
Did you cycle the tank?
http://www.bluecrayfish.com/cycle.htm
Do you have a heater? All of those fish call for heaters.
Next time do your research before going out and buying anything.
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A BOWL?! That is your worst idea yet. Fish cannot live contained by bowls.
ok. i would take the fish back and save them for subsequent.
you first need to let your tank cycle for a week or two. you should buy this juice called cycle from petsmart and it will help you out. it helps speed up your cycle.
im not gonna type out a page long anwser but simply you need to let your fish tank grow flawless bacteria to get rid of the bad, and that take time. take ur fish back cause they are going to die.
research more roughly speaking fish tanks before you put fish in it,
i hope i help you!
