Please help me. Any advice is welcome.

[Zbbal]

Everyone else has given you good advice already, but I just wanted to say good luck and don't give up! This hobby will throw a few stumbling blocks your way every now and again, but it is very rewarding when everything is running well.

Thank you very much! Even with the difficulties I've had so far, I can see some of the rewards. My remaining Tetra, named Patootie is an interesting little guy. He's fascinating. Today I'm going to go to the store and get some peas. He seems kind of backed up, so I'm hoping that if I defrost a pea, peal it, and give him a fourth of it, he'll feel better.

 

[Zbbal]

Here are two pictures of my aquarium. The second picture was supposed to be a picture of Patootie, but he got scared and swam away.

 

[Shr3d]

Looks like a nice tank you've got there, good luck with it. I think pretty much everything that needs saying has been said, I'll just say go steady adding fish and research every one before you buy.

 

[bushwhacker]

nice red eye tetra there... where is goose creek? i'm in westminster in the upstate... anytime i could help just holler

 

[angyles]

I think you're on the right track now. Just remember that most of us have all had our first tank. Our massive Ich ourbreaks, our common pleco in a 10G (thank god yours is a cory ;-) and not even knowing a nitrogen cycle exists. You'll get through this with the good adivce you've recieved here, and you're local mom-and-pop-shop. Although I have to point out, even the advice you get from a M&P shop, I would run by here. This is the BEST resource for info, and I've gotten 'off' advice from M&P shops as well.

hang in there, remember water changes are your (and your fishes) friend, and once everything gets stable it's allllllll worth it...you'll see ;-)

 

[clb2196]

Welcome. Glad you're getting everything straightened out!

Once you're at the point you're going to buy new fish, make sure you know how many they need in a group, as well as how big they get. I would say your best bet to to search for 10 gallon stocking threads on here, to get an idea, then start a new thread if you have questions.

And I'm sorry the big box store near you seems to not be helpful. for the record, they're NOT all like that. The one near me has great employees, and healthy fish. I've bought fish and inverts from them with no problem.

 

[powerkit]

Wow, I missed this thread till now, but I just read thru it. So glad you found AC!!!! What a great tank and patootie is cute!!!! I'm glad yor initial troubles did not set you back, we all have speed bumps in this hobby, you seem very determined and that will pay off!!! Look forward to gettin to know you and see yor future progress!

 

[roscoe70]

Man OH Man, you had yourself quite a first day here on AC. Glad things are going your way and you came to a good spot. Lots of knowledgeable people who are patient and willing to help. Welcome to this enjoyable, exasperating, simple, complex, frustrating and rewarding hobby. I've dabbled for nearly 40 years, raised and sold angels during college, bred and raised several types of discus, did salt, stopped it all for about 9 years and now back into it. And yes I still have used this resource to answer questions and probably will until I am here no longer. Best of luck and stay with these folks for assistance.

 

[Zbbal]

Man OH Man, you had yourself quite a first day here on AC. Glad things are going your way and you came to a good spot. Lots of knowledgeable people who are patient and willing to help. Welcome to this enjoyable, exasperating, simple, complex, frustrating and rewarding hobby. I've dabbled for nearly 40 years, raised and sold angels during college, bred and raised several types of discus, did salt, stopped it all for about 9 years and now back into it. And yes I still have used this resource to answer questions and probably will until I am here no longer. Best of luck and stay with these folks for assistance.

Thank you very much. And I plan on staying right here so I can get help with any questions I might have. Maybe one day I'll be helping someone who's new to having an aquarium.

 

[Zbbal]

nice red eye tetra there... where is goose creek? i'm in westminster in the upstate... anytime i could help just holler

Oh, Goose Creek is part of the Charleston–North Charleston–Summerville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Basically, I'm about 40 minutes away from (Downtown) Charleston and from the beach.