I'm New (I have questions too!)

Thank you Brody & Anne!
That should help me tons now, and indeed it seems that everyone has indeed given me advice, and I believe I am pretty close in deciding what I'm going to actually do. I've actually got the names, and paper work & research on most of the fish I want in the tank done.
If you would like to see what I've decided SO FAR, check out my profile, it should be there...just the names & quantities as far as I know.
Anyway, thank you so much again!

Shane, :dive2:
 
Hey again everyone,

As some of you know that when my 75G tank is being cycled I want to get a small desk tank and put probably a couple of Dwarf Puffers or A Dwarf Puffer & Oto. I wanted the 2 DP's when I thought that I would be getting an 8G tank, but all I can seem to find for a desk would be a 6G tank. Do you think that 2 DP's would be alright still? Or should I go for the 1 DP with an Oto? I know that its supposed to be 2-3 gallons PER Dwarf Puffer, but then I've heard from other people say different things, but since I've been getting ALOT of very reliable advice from the people here, I wanted to ask no one other than the people here this question.

Thank you all very much!

Shane,
 
Otos don't need a lot of space, but do require a stable long time stablished tank for them to trhive. Not a good choice for a new set up.

Also, puffers can be agressive and otos are peaceful guys, so the mix sound not good to me.

And Shane, stop bump-bumping your posts. This consumes unnecesary bandwidth. If someone here has some advice, you'll get it no matter where your post is.
 
Hello everyone,

I've decided to make some noticable changed throughout my future 75G tank. Instead of the Ropefish, I've decided that I will just have 2 Senegals. I've also taken out the Moonlight Gourami as well as decided after all not to get the Peacock Eel. I am thinking about the possibilities of either an Elephant nose OR a Black Ghost Knifefish. I'm trying to consider their sizes as well. I've read from a live fish retailer on the internet that they say that the Elephant nose gets to be about...9" in aquaria, while the other the Black Ghost Knifefish gets up to 1' 5" in aquaria. My questions are: 1) Are the estimated lengths close to being correct. 2) Which one of the two would you place in a tank with 2 Senegals as 5 other PEACEFUL community friendly fish?
I've also got another question as far as testing kits. Is there a kit out there that somebody could recommend that has within it most of everything that I would need to be able to test the water pretty well?
Thank you for all of your help!

Shane, :coffee:

PS. Sorry about the bandwidth bumping problem. I didn't know. :huh: I've done some house keeping and deleted all of my pointless posts on this thread. (Posts that pretty much just said "bump" in them.) Sorry about the inconveniance again.
 
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BGK get big! I'd stay away from them for a while. Keeping two senegals is a good choice.

As I remeber, Elephant nose fish are to be kept in groups (someone correct me if I'm wrong), so a lonely fish wouldn't be good.

As far as test kits, I've used Tetra's Laborett and has worked fine for me. It comes with ammonia, nitrite, gh, kh, ph (salt and freshwater), a syringe and 2 test vials. The only down is it has no nitrate test.

I've bought separate test for nitrite and nitrate from Hagen (Nutrafin) and I've found them harder to read than the Tetra's tests.
 
patoloco said:
BGK get big! I'd stay away from them for a while. Keeping two senegals is a good choice.

As I remeber, Elephant nose fish are to be kept in groups (someone correct me if I'm wrong), so a lonely fish wouldn't be good.

As far as test kits, I've used Tetra's Laborett and has worked fine for me. It comes with ammonia, nitrite, gh, kh, ph (salt and freshwater), a syringe and 2 test vials. The only down is it has no nitrate test.

I've bought separate test for nitrite and nitrate from Hagen (Nutrafin) and I've found them harder to read than the Tetra's tests.
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Hmm, that would definatly be a good idea then to stay away from teh BGK for a while at least, lol. The reason I decided to keep the 2 Senegals instead of one of them & a ropefish is because there kept being so many questions popping up in my head about if it would work in the beginning considering the size/food problem.
That kit that you've described sounds pretty good, but yes I believe that I would need one with a nitrate test too.
I'm looking up the Elephant nose right now, I thought that I just got done reading something about them saying that there should ALWAYS be only ONE Elephant nose in a tank due to the strongest of the group bullying the rest of them. I do need to do alot more research on them though. I'll be doing that when I get home from school today (which is where I am now).
Thank you Patoloco!

Shane, :read:
 
I think you are right, Shane! Elephantnose should be kept alone. Besides the bullying, those fish use electrical organs to navigate and find food, so I read somewhere that housing many of them can tamper with their electric fields.

Good one. Remember that researching is the way to go, and don't believe everything you are told. Excellent job. :thud:
 
patoloco said:
I think you are right, Shane! Elephantnose should be kept alone. Besides the bullying, those fish use electrical organs to navigate and find food, so I read somewhere that housing many of them can tamper with their electric fields.

Good one. Remember that researching is the way to go, and don't believe everything you are told. Excellent job. :thud:
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Ah, awesome!
I still have a ways to go before I completely decide if I want the Elephant nose in the tank with the others. I had one of these guys a LONG time ago when I was only 9 (I just turned 18 today so yeah, 9 years back). I had no idea about how to take care of them, or even their names, back then people called them "Baby Dolphins".
Yes Patoloco, I have to agree with you 100% that research is the best way to go, and not to believe EVERYTHING you read on the internet.

Thanks a ton!
Shane, :read:
 
With Elephant Nose fish...I understand that they, like the Ghost Black Knifefish have electrical capabilities. Is there EVER moments where with only ONE of either species electrical abilities become deadly to tank mates?
I think that I will be placing an Elephant Nose within my community tank when it becomes cycled and finished. I seriously need to start looking into ornaments and whatnot. Would actually DRAWING a layout of the tank be a good idea? It was just a random thought I had throughout the day...

Thank you,
Shane, :dive:

PS...I was looking around at other sites, and noticed that some people actually put amphibians in their freshwater tanks. Is this really wise? If so, could it be something that I could possibly do? I was thinking of the amphibian I saw someone have called an Axototl.
Axototl
 
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Hey All,

I've been thinking about it alot lately. I know this goes back to my last post, but I really could use the input. Does drawing out a "map" of a future aquarium really help? I read somewhere about it, but I can't seem to remember where.
From the list of fish in the profile that I have, does anyone see any conflictions between the fish as of yet? I've decided to go ahead and try with the Elephant Nose, and I am also trying to look up the amphibian Axototl. It seems like an interesting creature, does anyone happen to have any experiance with one? If so, could you PLEASE tell me about it. I can't find much information on it AT ALL.

Thank you so very much!

Shane, :shark:
 
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