Finally got our first fish!!!!!

Anne L.

Anne L.

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Well, we finally got our first fish today after 39 days of a fishless cycle. I put in 4 harlequin rasboras and 3 glowlight tetras. To follow next weekend are 3 cory cats of some type.

They seem to like playing in the bubble wand, turned quite low. At first they were pretty scared but now are out swimming around and schooling together. All 7 of them seem to like hanging out together in a group.

Also, we discovered a little snail in there this morning that must have come from my coworkers' ornament that I was using to cycle the tank. How it lived through all the ammonia and nitrite I'll never know. Oh well, I'll leave him be as he's obviously a tough little guy.

Now let's all cross our fingers that these little guys are still o.k. in the morning!

My kids are really excited, but I think maybe I'm more excited than they are. :D
 
becarful about that snail becuase you don't NEED two snails in you tank for them to lay eggs:eek:
 
Well, all the fish (and snail) made it through the night. They look happy and seem to really like playing in the bubble wand stream.

I'm going to keep a watch on that snail, as I don't want too many. He's kind of cool to watch and the kids think he's neat. If we get too many, I'll just suck them up when cleaning the tank. I don't have any live plants, so that's not a concern.
 
hope you're more successful at "sucking him up" than I am cause mine just hover in the python and never make it down the tube, not enough suction I guess. If it were me, I'd yank that snail while you have the chance (if it's not already too late). One turns into several hundred in no time. Kyle
 
*shudders* i have seen the cute little snail thing turn into the evil army of snail things and it aint pretty took a LONG time to acctually kill most of the snails in my freinds tank and there still not all gone



yank him outa there
 
Snails will only have population explosions if there is an excess amount of organics laying around the tank. Feed lightly (enough for the fish to finish off everything in under a minute once a day), and do a good tank vacuum regularly, and the snail population shouldn't get out of hand. The corys should also help in reducing the amount of food available to snails in the substrate.
I have plant tanks that have snails in them, none of which have a snail problem of any kind.

HTH
-Richer
 
I'd say, Just crush him against the glass of the tank and make him a little snack for the fish. I haven't seen one yet that didn't like a a little escargot
 
Congrats on your new fish. It is quite common for smaller fish to school together. Eventually they will stop schooling altogether once they have decided it is safe enough. They will still interact though.

Don't forget to buy some sort of sinking pellet food for the cories, they can't live on flakes alone! I like to add 1 pellet for my cories once a day. The rest of the food they get from excess flakes.

As for the snail, as was mentioned keeping your tank clean and not overfeeding your fish will help keep any snail population low. Even with live plants you will be fine. Most snails don't eat healthy leaves and stick to dieing or decaying leaves. And there are plenty of nice, easy and natural ways to get rid of snails if things get bad.

Congrats and I hope the cories are fun to watch.
 
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