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scorpio
Posted: 11:28:14 AM 9/17/2007
I went from 18 fish to 30.

My boyfriend and I had to go and buy a new aquarium because our 30 gallon broke open, we saved it on time, thank god it happened when we were their. We had our hearts set on a 50 gallon considering that's all we could afford and landed up with a 75 gallon. So, we went out to get some more little fish so we don't over crowd our new aquarium and maaaaan, it's beautiful. I love my marine family.
Our new additions are 7-8 tetra's and 4-5 male guppy's. Along with 4 pink kissing gourami's, 7 gold fish, 3 algea guys, and one that is eal like bottom feeder that practically lives under the gravel.
We have live plants in their along with real gravel that has been treated, and logs.
Our largest fish would be the pink kissing gourami at 6 and a half to 7 inches long and she's so sweet and gentle. She's our fav. her name is Princes but really sh's our Star.
All the fish have names except for the tiny ones, hard to tell them apart except for the guppy's.

Anyone else?
I have a little kitten that's 5 mnts old and he's a Flame Point Balinese/Manx. Oh, what a hotty he is and he knows it too. He does back flips when he's not flipping his toys, he'll tap you with his
Minniyar
Posted: 2:37:56 PM 9/17/2007
I'm surprised that you put goldfish in the tank with the other fish. GOldfish are considered to be 'cold water' fish, as opposed to the rest, which are tropical fish and enjoy much warmer water temperatures than goldfish do.

I wish we had the space for a 75 gallon tank, but since the tank would weigh about 750 lbs, we have no part of our rental that could support that kind of weight.

We do have a 29gal fish tank, and have had most of the same fish for years. The ones we have had for about 8 years include 2 clown loaches, a kuhli loach, a plecostamus (who's about 8 or 10 inches long) and a spotted rafael talking catfish.

We did have a pair of panda cichlids I got about 18 months ago but our female got some kind of bacterial infection that we couldn't get rid of, and she ended up dying. The male is still going strong, we just haven't gotten another to replace the female yet. We also have about 6-8 cardinal and neon tetras, but since they only live 2-3 years on average they've gradually died off over the years, and we've just not bothered getting more.

Our tank has a 50/50 mix of sand and gravel substrate (so the loaches can dig to their hearts content) and is planted with some live plants that are currently growing wild.
Never trust a tall dwarf... he's lying about something.
scorpio
Posted: 2:54:51 PM 9/17/2007
I did some research on this moss cover and from what I read, they say it's not good to get to a certain point because it eventually takes over the aqaurium and kills other plants and will clog the filter. They say the upside of the moss is it grows real fast.

Do you have any othat moss? What is you opinion?

There are a lot of pet shops that used to be shocked that we were able to combine those two breeds but, they realized that it's possable when you keep the tank at 70-80f. We have had them for a year now and they are huge compared to when we got them when they were tiny.
I have a little kitten that's 5 mnts old and he's a Flame Point Balinese/Manx. Oh, what a hotty he is and he knows it too. He does back flips when he's not flipping his toys, he'll tap you with his
NoDogYet
Posted: 4:28:31 PM 9/17/2007
I'd be more concerned about incompatible pH levels than the water temperature.

Tetras, cichlids, and such like slightly acidic water. Live bearers (like guppies) and goldfish like it slightly alkaline.
Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Minniyar
Posted: 4:44:59 PM 9/17/2007
well south american cichlids like acidic water. The african cichlids like hard water that would kill tetras in no time :P

I know what you're talking about, it's called Java moss and we do have some in our tank. Every month or so I pull out a handful of the growth and throw it away. We also have java fern, melon plants, and of course amazon swordplants, because those things are hard as heck to kill off. Oh and we do have some vallisneria and some wisteria as well. Live plants require far more lights than most standard aquarium light fixtures provide, so we sprung for a double-bulb strip light and our tank is blindingly alight when the light is on.
Never trust a tall dwarf... he's lying about something.
scorpio
Posted: 6:16:49 PM 9/17/2007
Amazon Sword plants. I have to try those. My gold fish eat everything right down to nothing.

Is it hard to clean the gravel with that java moss?
I have a little kitten that's 5 mnts old and he's a Flame Point Balinese/Manx. Oh, what a hotty he is and he knows it too. He does back flips when he's not flipping his toys, he'll tap you with his
NoDogYet
Posted: 6:31:58 PM 9/17/2007
Water hardness?!? The cichlids we had in the past would have never given the poor tetras a chance to find out if they liked hard water or not!

I think we had that Java moss for awhile, too. We used it when we would leave town for a few days. It gave the "feeder fish" a place to hide until the inevitable time came.
Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood
Sweetiemommyof2
Posted: 6:37:11 PM 9/17/2007
That does sound a little strange because, as said before, goldfish like it colder. My friend didnt know this and got warm water to put her new fish we had gotten together in a tank and almost all of them died. We managed to save a few but most just died because their water was waaaaaay to hot...but she and i dont know ANYTHING about fish but you seem to know alot more so if your doing what you say your doing on say Congrats on being like the first person to do so!
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scorpio
Posted: 7:16:22 PM 9/17/2007
Thank you! We really not interested in getting anymore gold fish because they eat everything in sight. The only one and only thing they don't eat is the gourami's.
The chocolate in color fanned tailed gold fish is huge now. He eats little pieces of cooked meat also. He's extremely healthy and fat.
I have a little kitten that's 5 mnts old and he's a Flame Point Balinese/Manx. Oh, what a hotty he is and he knows it too. He does back flips when he's not flipping his toys, he'll tap you with his
scorpio
Posted: 10:37:58 AM 9/19/2007
"SweetieMommyof2", If you get a few gold fish, it is recommended by pet shop (at least where I live) to get a filter since gold fish are dirty fish. In what I mean by that is they poop a lot. Gold fish are also considered to be gluttens because they are like eating machines, they are always hungery. So, they will eat algea, plant life, and bugs.
I have 8 of them.
I have a little kitten that's 5 mnts old and he's a Flame Point Balinese/Manx. Oh, what a hotty he is and he knows it too. He does back flips when he's not flipping his toys, he'll tap you with his
Posted: 3:18:41 AM 11/21/2007
Its no problem for goldfish to live in warm water as long as its not too warm.

Temperatures around 26celsius is ok but the higher required for some fish such as Discus would not be suitable as its around the 30celsius mark.

The reason that the goldfish have grown so much can be contributed to the warmer water. Thats why Koi are so much larger in Japan than in colder countries due to warmer climate.

And as your pet shop has said goldfish are a messy fish and is why they really do need a filter. And the fact that they are in warmer water is also good since the bacteria thrive better in warmer conditions and are able to clean the water better.
Good Luck
Phil

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pinky girl
Posted: 1:48:46 PM 12/6/2007
I personaly don't like gold fish very much, they eat almost all the plants in the tank. I don't like them because they aren't hardy fish either.

they do live better in cold water rather then warm water also. we don't keep our gold fish in the house, we keep ours out in the horses water. the gold fish eat all the alge and bugs that fall into the water, so it's clean water adn I don't need to clean out as much.

idk I think it's a better place for them then to be in my tank with my fish.
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