Need help with freshwater fish!

[cicrush13]

you can do sand, I'm not saying that you shouldn't or couldn't. I would just make sure you don't mix the two.

 

[TylerOSU]

Ahh ok thts what I was wondering. I was gonna make a big sand section for the eel and a big rock section for the knife.

 

[cicrush13]

Don't be surprised if the eel decides to head for the gravel or under a rock from time to time.

 

[TylerOSU]

Oh I wouldn't be I just want it to be as happy as possible!

 

[cicrush13]

any updates?

 

[swinneyw]

just starting out you should get just a few cheaper the better if you start out with the more expensive fish they will probably die the cheaper fish are easier to keep i'm sure you will get some similar advice don't get in a too big of a hurry

 

[TylerOSU]

Sure! I got the tank up and running yesterday. Have it cycling today, tomorrow im gonna go and get my gravel and plants and stuff like that for the tank. I was told there are certain kinds of fish I should think about putting in my tank to help it cycle faster. Is that true? If so what kind? And I understand some fish are hard to take care of, but I love my animals and I will do my research about each individual fish. Taking care is not going to be an issue.

 

[cicrush13]

Typically zebra danios are the usual cycle fish since they are tough and cheap.

 

[colleen0309]

Alot of people will stear you towards a fishless cycle, but I have always used zebra danios and I haven't lost one yet! Oh, and the black ghost knife is a beautiful fish!

 

[Fractalis]

true but ive had zebras b4 and they can be little buttholes if you dont get enough for a group (the one that was last to die pestered my dwarf puffer to death)