The most boring fish

[geoffgarcia]

havent been able to find some pure ammonia anywhere

so am really hoping the biospira that is on its way will be full of life

really? they sell it in the detergent aisle of grocery stores.
why not get some feeders to help cycle your tank?
get a live one and a dead one and throw them both in, they are hardy fish and dump out a ton of waste, so one (large) feeder is probably the equivalent of 3 normal fish.
plus they are only 10 cents each
another option is to go to a local river and grab out a rock or two and drop it in, of course some people might worry about parasites/critters but I've never had a problem and I do it frequently enough

 

[Swimfins]

I guess the plastic nemo's at the toy store won't work eh?

Sorry, its Friday :bowing:

 

[russjet]

couldnt find any maybe it is a uk thing

no feeder fish, no ammonia and one seriously polluted river(thames) that i dont even want to think about what is in it

i have bath toy nemo and friends they even swim but doesnt quite make the grade

i will wait for the biospira for now

if that doesnt work then i guess i will carry on feeding my water with fish food till the colony is up and running

 

[Seaman]

Nah dont wait for Bio-spira, just put some flake food in a shotglass and put it in the corner of your tank...the food will decay and turn into amonia.....it works great...or you could just go get 1 or 2 uncooked shrimp from the grocery store throw them in and they will make amonia.


My most boring fish is......my Butis butis....he's an ambush predator so he NEVER moves....he's cool looking and swims VERY weird, but just never moves.

 

[daveedka]

I could send you a couple of the floating glass fish I got from big Al's as a bonus gift . They generally arent affected by ammonia and nitrite or temperatures below about 1200* F. They are however extremely boring unless you have enough current to move them around a lot
dave

 

[chunksofpoooo]

Banjo catfish... I like the catfish group and plan to include some of the bigger ones in my next tank

May i suggest getting some puffers?

i know this doesnt really qualify for "most boring fish"....in fact its the exact opposite. I love my puffers, they're like little dogs, sticking their head into the caves and plants, chasing the ghost shrimp around. They're prob the most entertaining fish ive seen.


as far as your question about most boring fish, id have to say my guppies....they just swim at the surface until the african butterfly sees them...we all know what happens after that

 

[russjet]

oooohhhhh glass fish real glass i take it

i have been putting fish food in the tank to keep the colony alive that had already begun due to my neons

thanks for the offer of glass fish

you are so funny

i guess plastic or glass fish wouldnt exactly jump start the cycle now would they

no guess i need to persevere

biospira posted two days ago so with any luck we are talking a few days

thanks for taking my poor humour in such good humour

it is nice to be made to feel welcome



and i guess the fish food in eggcup will help keep colonies going enough to be sure it works

 

[Swimfins]

Chunks of poo? Dwarf puffers must be kept in a species only tank musn't they?

Russjet, my daughter used to have these windy bath toys when she was small. Beats looking at water

 

[chunksofpoooo]

Chunks of poo? Dwarf puffers must be kept in a species only tank musn't they?

generally, yes...but i promise you with a tank full of puffers you will need no other fish for color, entertainment, or cure for boredem. And some people have a relatively large amount of success keeping DPs in a tank with Otos and other small algae eating fish. Shrimp.....well, thats a rough spot. It depends on the fish i guess (my fish made it very apparent that they would not be able to resist eating the ghosts...they were all gone within the first day).

What size tank are you planning on getting? Becuase if you get a big enough tank you could try for a few GSP, they're really cool too and there are pleanty of articles out there on how to care for them.

 

[daveedka]

Nah dont wait for Bio-spira, just put some flake food in a shotglass and put it in the corner of your tank...the food will decay and turn into amonia.....it works great...or you could just go get 1 or 2 uncooked shrimp from the grocery store throw them in and they will make amonia.

Bingo,
Add (in a controlled way) a heavy dose of food, since you will most likely be doing a big water change before fish time overfeeding shoudn't be a big problem. Trust me food will produce far more ammonia than you think. If you have retained a bacterial colony from from a fishy cycle, bio-spira shouldn't be needed. Just do something to elevate the ammonia to a testable amount and keep it there. I reemember someone else in the UK had some trouble with finding ammonia. You may want to run a search on Threads with UK in the title.
Dave