Hi all I'm new to this page,
About 2 weeks ago I decided to buy a 50l tropical fish tank. It came with a filter, light and instructions to set it up. I took it home and while i was at the pet store I brought some water conditioner, gravel, a gravel cleaner, heater, thermometer, and a pH test kit with pH UP&DOWN. I followed the instructions and added water to the tank and 3 drops of the water conditioner.
5 days had past with the running water so I decided to get some fish. (And I now know I should of waited at least one more week to add fish.) I went to the same pet store where I got everything else from to add the fish. I was standing there thinking on what I should choose and I said to the worker to get 4 neon tetras, he said "nah mate try the lake malawi cichlids." So I followed his advise thinking he knew about fish and went and chose 1 electric yellow cichlids and these to other cichlids in the same tank but just a different colour (they looked the same just different colours), i then when i got home added them to my tank.
All went well until the third day i woke up to feed them and they were brushing themselves along the ornaments and the gravel. I looked it up on the internet and i had came to a conclusion it was ICH. That day i went to the pet store and brought aquarium salt, white spot aid, anomia test kit, stress zyme+ and a net. I followed the instructions but the next day they had white spots over them. And they were rushing to the surface for oxygen. Then the following day i went back to the store (yesterday) and spoke to a different fish person. I told him everything he said "the guy who served you knows nothing about fish!) He told me the they grow up to 15-20cm and their super aggressive when older. He told me to tack them back tomorrow (today) and he'll give me a refund.
I have just done that and got my 66$ back and i decided to do a 80% water change and add ich cure and salt again and to rise the temperature which ive just done. Im planning on wating at least 2 weeks until i add new fish as there are none in there now and im hoping the ich will be dead by then.
I still need to buy a niterate and nitrite kit (mind the spelling). I would like my tank to be a community tank, what are some good fish to have in there like neon tetras as i love the look of them and they are cheap. Is this a good idea to do? If so what are there pH level, what temp do they live at, are they aggressive, what are other good fish to have with them that get along, ect. Also id like to know how to lower my annomia levels as its around 1. and how to oxygenate my water more? thanks!
About 2 weeks ago I decided to buy a 50l tropical fish tank. It came with a filter, light and instructions to set it up. I took it home and while i was at the pet store I brought some water conditioner, gravel, a gravel cleaner, heater, thermometer, and a pH test kit with pH UP&DOWN. I followed the instructions and added water to the tank and 3 drops of the water conditioner.
5 days had past with the running water so I decided to get some fish. (And I now know I should of waited at least one more week to add fish.) I went to the same pet store where I got everything else from to add the fish. I was standing there thinking on what I should choose and I said to the worker to get 4 neon tetras, he said "nah mate try the lake malawi cichlids." So I followed his advise thinking he knew about fish and went and chose 1 electric yellow cichlids and these to other cichlids in the same tank but just a different colour (they looked the same just different colours), i then when i got home added them to my tank.
All went well until the third day i woke up to feed them and they were brushing themselves along the ornaments and the gravel. I looked it up on the internet and i had came to a conclusion it was ICH. That day i went to the pet store and brought aquarium salt, white spot aid, anomia test kit, stress zyme+ and a net. I followed the instructions but the next day they had white spots over them. And they were rushing to the surface for oxygen. Then the following day i went back to the store (yesterday) and spoke to a different fish person. I told him everything he said "the guy who served you knows nothing about fish!) He told me the they grow up to 15-20cm and their super aggressive when older. He told me to tack them back tomorrow (today) and he'll give me a refund.
I have just done that and got my 66$ back and i decided to do a 80% water change and add ich cure and salt again and to rise the temperature which ive just done. Im planning on wating at least 2 weeks until i add new fish as there are none in there now and im hoping the ich will be dead by then.
I still need to buy a niterate and nitrite kit (mind the spelling). I would like my tank to be a community tank, what are some good fish to have in there like neon tetras as i love the look of them and they are cheap. Is this a good idea to do? If so what are there pH level, what temp do they live at, are they aggressive, what are other good fish to have with them that get along, ect. Also id like to know how to lower my annomia levels as its around 1. and how to oxygenate my water more? thanks!