I was thinking about my first aquarium today, and I was thinking that nothing should have survived in it.
It was a 5.5g aquarium with a UGF filter and an incandescent hood. I had no other filters.
I had it stocked with a pleco, four tiger barbs, three dalmation mollies, two kuhli loaches, and an oscar (yes, i know).
I also had an Amazon Sword which grew great. I could even say that it thrived better than any other plants I've ever had.
I never changed the water or cleaned the gravel. All I did was top off the water weekly.
I also had some breeding going on. My mollies multiplied like crazy, but of course they ate the fry. My tiger barbs even layed eggs once in the amazon sword, but something ate the eggs.
My question is: how the heck did anything live in this tank? I must have been extremely lucky. Now I know the fish weren't happy, but they were alive. That really surprises me.
It was a 5.5g aquarium with a UGF filter and an incandescent hood. I had no other filters.
I had it stocked with a pleco, four tiger barbs, three dalmation mollies, two kuhli loaches, and an oscar (yes, i know).
I also had an Amazon Sword which grew great. I could even say that it thrived better than any other plants I've ever had.
I never changed the water or cleaned the gravel. All I did was top off the water weekly.
I also had some breeding going on. My mollies multiplied like crazy, but of course they ate the fry. My tiger barbs even layed eggs once in the amazon sword, but something ate the eggs.
My question is: how the heck did anything live in this tank? I must have been extremely lucky. Now I know the fish weren't happy, but they were alive. That really surprises me.