Hi everyone. Ugh.. okay, here goes my rant.
So as some of you know, I have set up a beautiful 55 gallon aquarium. Its almost done the cycling process (fishless cycle), so Im in the planning process for what to do with my tank.
I REALLLLLY wanted to buy a pair of discus that I found at my local aquarium store. They are beautiful, and smallish in size, so my friend that works there, said he would sell them to me for $25 each!! GREAT price! Ive been determined that those will be the center peice fish for my tank, and that I would add the ghost fish with them, as they are housed in the same tank at the store and they looked so pretty together. Those were my 2 must have fish. But then I hear from some people that those 2 fish can not go together, even though they are doing great together in the same tank at the store. I even bought a $50 peice of drift wood from that tank, to put in mine, to make it cozy for my new babies.
Ive also heard that discus are hard to take care of, and will require a lot of water changes, which I am more than willing to do.
Well, yesterday, I went to some other aquarium stores with omega, and came to realise that the options for compatible fish to go with discus is quite limited. So I started looking at some other types of fish, but nothing is catching my eye like the discus do.
What I dont want is a busy looking tank. I dont want a bunch of mollies or tetras or a variety of other fish. I want it to be quite simple.
People on this site have recommended angel fish, but Ive had those in the past, and really dont have much of a desire to get them again as my 'focal point of the tank' fish. Then I started looking at sharks, and catfish, and other bigger sized fish. I found some interesting looking gouramis, that had pretty coloring on them...
What im leaning towards is a calm type of fish.. I want a peaceful tank...or do I?? Maybe I want the hyper school of catfish.. perhaps I want some sharks??? See?? This is why Im so confused!! I had a vision in mind of my discus and my ghost fish and maybe a couple gouramis..
All I know is I paid a good thousand dollars or more to get this tank set up the way I want it, and Its hard to break from what my vision was when i set it up.. so now I dont know what to do.
I also have a 10 gallon that is almost finished cycling that I need to add fish to. Heres pics of the 55 gallon, and the 10 gallon.
So as some of you know, I have set up a beautiful 55 gallon aquarium. Its almost done the cycling process (fishless cycle), so Im in the planning process for what to do with my tank.
I REALLLLLY wanted to buy a pair of discus that I found at my local aquarium store. They are beautiful, and smallish in size, so my friend that works there, said he would sell them to me for $25 each!! GREAT price! Ive been determined that those will be the center peice fish for my tank, and that I would add the ghost fish with them, as they are housed in the same tank at the store and they looked so pretty together. Those were my 2 must have fish. But then I hear from some people that those 2 fish can not go together, even though they are doing great together in the same tank at the store. I even bought a $50 peice of drift wood from that tank, to put in mine, to make it cozy for my new babies.
Ive also heard that discus are hard to take care of, and will require a lot of water changes, which I am more than willing to do.
Well, yesterday, I went to some other aquarium stores with omega, and came to realise that the options for compatible fish to go with discus is quite limited. So I started looking at some other types of fish, but nothing is catching my eye like the discus do.
What I dont want is a busy looking tank. I dont want a bunch of mollies or tetras or a variety of other fish. I want it to be quite simple.
People on this site have recommended angel fish, but Ive had those in the past, and really dont have much of a desire to get them again as my 'focal point of the tank' fish. Then I started looking at sharks, and catfish, and other bigger sized fish. I found some interesting looking gouramis, that had pretty coloring on them...
What im leaning towards is a calm type of fish.. I want a peaceful tank...or do I?? Maybe I want the hyper school of catfish.. perhaps I want some sharks??? See?? This is why Im so confused!! I had a vision in mind of my discus and my ghost fish and maybe a couple gouramis..
All I know is I paid a good thousand dollars or more to get this tank set up the way I want it, and Its hard to break from what my vision was when i set it up.. so now I dont know what to do.
I also have a 10 gallon that is almost finished cycling that I need to add fish to. Heres pics of the 55 gallon, and the 10 gallon.