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Nataleigh
07-26-2003, 10:29 AM
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I was just wondering....are there any cute little pink fish out there that would fit in a small tank? I'm trying to decide what kind of fish to get, and I really want a pink one. Please respond if you know of one. Thanks in advance for helping me!
ChilDawg
07-26-2003, 11:49 AM
Hmm...pink pet fish for a small tank...what shade of pink are we talking here?
I would not recommend a "painted glassfish", "berry" fish, or "bubblegum" fish as they are more than likely to have been injected with dyes.
There are some Bettas with kind of a less-intense red sheen to them, which looks similar to pink.
kveeti
07-26-2003, 12:28 PM
How small a tank?? If it's not too small, how about albino cories? They are white, but with a pinkish hue, and cories are so cute. Plus they have pink eyes.
ChilDawg
07-26-2003, 2:57 PM
Good catch, kveeti.
I have one Albino left, yet I completely passed them over when thinking through the pinkish fish!
There are some pink gouramis aren't there? But they might be the kind that don't stay very small.
Aderynglas
07-26-2003, 7:40 PM
How small are you thinking of??
10 galls? (2ft?)
If you have soft water and can put some plants and a heater in your small tank, then a small shoal of Rosy Tetras would look very pretty.
They look great against the green plants and once they're happy would display to each other all the time showing very pretty shades of pink. About 6 would be good. :)
Regards
Polly
Aquafreak
07-27-2003, 6:46 AM
blind cave tetras are kinda pink
ROLLIN
07-27-2003, 10:45 PM
Pink fish with personality..... try a pink convict (pinkish white). Have at least a 20 gallon tank.
Nataleigh
08-02-2003, 2:36 PM
Ok...I filled up my tank, added my pink fish, and watched them die within two hours. After failing to exchange them I finally discovered that fish are a lot harder than I originally thought. At the pet store I was told that I have to buy their special water with bacteria and let it sit in my cute little tank for ONE WHOLE MONTH!!! I would have been fine with this if I had known it from the start. Why are new fish owners so misinformed??? While I sit and stare at my tank, bubbling sadly in an empty sort of way, I decided to become educated on fish keeping. My first job is to find out if I'm preparing the water right. My tank is only 2.5 gallons, its a little desktop aquarium. It contains an under gravel filter, two fake seaweed things, a rock, and mermaid I named Ariel. I have the air pump/filter on to help cycle the "special" water. Am I doing everything ok??? Any tips are gladly appreciated so I don't murder more fish!
kveeti
08-02-2003, 2:50 PM
Oh, dear. Even with fishy cycling your fish should not have died that quickly! Did you treat your water with dechlorinator before you put in the fish? Do you know exactly what your (assuming city tap) water is treated with – chlorine or chloramines? If not, find out. That’s important so you will know what kind of dechlorinator to use.
If your fish store sold you something called “Cycle” (or similar) I’m afraid you’ve been had. Many very experienced aquarists here believe this is snake oil. If you put that in your tank and are waiting, at the end you will be no closer to being cycled and ready for fish than you are now. All you will have is aged water.
There’s a lot of good info on this Newbie forum alone. Read here and read elsewhere. Go to the “Search” feature at the top of this page. Type “fishless cyling” into the box and at the bottom select the Newbie forum. Just with that you will get a lot of results. Here is just one of them that is a good synopsis, but you should read them all:
http://64.191.28.50/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12454&highlight=fishless+cycling
Also, read pinballqueen’s excellent thread Now what? (for those of us who didn’t know about “cycling” beforehand It is a “sticky” at the top of the Newbie forum.
Also Google search on cycling and fishless cycling. If you have any specific questions after all that reading, come here and ask, someone will be happy to help you.
Nataleigh
08-02-2003, 2:57 PM
The pet store people filled up a 5 gallon container of water and added different kinds of chemicals and bacteria. I don't think they sold me an actual product. It was kind of a homemade thing. Will letting the water sit for a month really do anything?
kveeti
08-02-2003, 3:12 PM
No.
I think one of the top 10 rules is Don't Listen to your LFS (Local Fish Store).
Letting the tank sit will do nothing except age it. There has to be an ammonia source for the tank to cycle. That means fish (and their poop) or adding pure ammonia from a bottle (with NO fish in the tank) thereby doing a fishless cycle, which is obviously better for the eventual addition of fish because they won't be exposed to toxins which might harm or kill them.
ChilDawg
08-02-2003, 6:25 PM
Standing water is only okay if something is rotting in it (ammonia source, as kveeti said)...otherwise you'd have to cycle with ammonia. I think that in this case it would be appropo to read the thread on fishless cycling as you have a clean slate with this tank at this point.
P.S. If they just gave you water and no substrate material, they didn't give you much bacteria...you want gravel from those store tanks if you want the bacteria...either that or sponge filter squeezings.
NewbieForever
08-03-2003, 7:49 AM
If you want to speed up your cycling a whole lot, take a bunch of gravel from a mature aquarium. Maybe you can ask a friend. Also, old filters (especially sponge filters) contains lots of good bacteria. Yum.
ChilDawg
08-03-2003, 11:32 AM
Originally posted by NewbieForever
If you want to speed up your cycling a whole lot, take a bunch of gravel from a mature aquarium. Maybe you can ask a friend. Also, old filters (especially sponge filters) contains lots of good bacteria. Yum.
What NewbieForever said. (What I said.)
Slappy*McFish
08-03-2003, 1:06 PM
Sorry to hear about your fish losses. You are doing the right thing by asking questions here. You'll learn alot of useful information here, so stick around. First off, I would suggest you purchase a few good aquarium books. I personally recommend Tropical Fish Lopaedia (http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1582451664.html).
Also visit The Skeptical Aquarist (http://www.skepticalaquarist.com/)...a great website for both beginning and experienced aquarists, alike.
bowie777
08-11-2003, 1:17 PM
I just saw this pink fish at liveaquaria.com. It's called a Pink Cherry Bitterling (I've never heard of them before)
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?siteid=21&pCatId=1602
They call for at least a 30 gallon tank.
I had a beautiful pink female betta once.
micheline905
09-04-2003, 2:33 PM
Dear Nataleigh: I have four little Serpae Tetras swimming contently in my 29 gallon tank; they are a deep rose to red and look really nice when hangin' together. They are voracious feeders. I was looking for as close to red as I could find and these little guys came into my life...thanks to WallyWorld!!! There are lots of pink fish out there; you'll find them. Good luck:D
mt_marcy
09-05-2003, 4:49 PM
Sorry to hear that your fishkeeping hoppy didnt exactly get off on the right foot. The LFS you went to sounds completely cruel ....selling u a fish that requires 30 gallons, when u have a 2 gallon and making up some water solution....sounds mean and unfair to me! Well glad to see you found this site, it has helped me alot and I hope it does for you too:)
I dont know how much you have learned now, but a general good rule, is: 1 inch of slim bodied fish to 1 gallon of water. For a 2 gallon tank, not much can go in, but you can have a nice set up still... a single male betta(2 male betas will fight one another to thier deaths) alone or maybe sinse you have a 2 gallon you can also add a single dwarf afriacan frog.
Another good site to chack out is:
www.thekrib.com
here you want to look up the begianer faq.....well good luck,
mt_marcy!
ChilDawg
09-05-2003, 5:15 PM
I can't advocate anything less than 2.5 for a single betta...and no frogs should go with them in case you get the wrong species and the betta just happens to be on the business end of that species' food chain...
Bitterlings are more CW fish, right? I wouldn't keep them with tropicals.
Andy16
09-05-2003, 10:00 PM
Once you get all the basics down for cycling and other things, maybe invest in a bigger tank. A big mistake in a small tank, would usually be a small mistake in a big tank. Also more fish options, especially if you want somehitng more specific like a pink fish. Most import is hte cycling, and there are so many good web sites on it including the forum here. Search the sites that others reccomended and tank their advise.