Wednesday 2/7/07 will be my third week of my fish tank having water in it. Have I waited long enough to get fish, if so what kind, and if not how much longer should I wait.
P.S My tank is 10 gallons
2007-02-05 09:34:41 · 13 answers · asked by 76ers 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I think it is time to get some fish.
2007-02-05 09:38:07 · answer #1 · answered by *Lily* 3 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Do you have a test kit for ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate? Did you cycle the tank or just set it up? You should find an article on cycling and then get the test kits before you even think about fish. Without cycling you will lose half the fish you buy.
You can get a guppies, platies, swordtails, barbs, tetras, rasboras, or otos. These fish all get small. A good stocking might be 3 otos, 5 barbs, and 5 tetras.
2007-02-05 17:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by bzzflygirl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats perfect you did a great job waiting for the water to be ready. This means the fish that you buy will adapt to your water quickly. If you have a 10 gallon tank you could get tiger barbs. about 5 of them. Remember 1 gallon = 1 inch of fish. I have 3 green tigers and 3 tiger barbs. The green tigers are beutiful they have a very nice blue to green pearlescent color. I also recommend community fish. Mollies, sword tails (No more than 1 male), Tetras, which i especially like the bloodfin tetras. Mollies are good breeders in case you want babies in your tank every once in a while. I dont recommend agressive fish like chiclids, most agressive fish will grow to large for your tank. There is also a wide variety of Semi-agressive fish. Gouramies are one of my favorites and so are barbs. (Tigers albinos and more)
Good luck and happy fish keeping!!!!!
2007-02-05 19:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by lilgman424 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can get a guppies, platies, swordtails, barbs, tetras, rasboras, mollies, or otos. These fish all get small. make sure you have a filter and a heater in your tank. the filter will clean the tank and cycle the water and the heater should be set some where in between 70-78 degrees..
2007-02-05 18:25:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea get some fish your best bet would be to start out with two of the same species or two of similar sizes, dont start out with a cleaner fish because your tank isnt old enough. Ireccomend buying a cheap little water tester or taking the water to petsmart to get it tested before buying.I would start out with a fish that eats flake food.(its easiest to feed) i hope that helped good luck. Have fun. (^.^)v
2007-02-05 18:10:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you just have a tank with water in it? What else do you have in your tank besides water. If you are cycling your tank, you will either need a bio wheel or something like a feeder fish to start off the process.
2007-02-05 17:39:29 · answer #6 · answered by chamelean75 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You're all set! Just remember, as hard as it is....go slow! Add just 1-2 fish for the first 2 weeks, then add just a few more each week until you get the one's you want to keep in there.
Don't forget to do your regular water changes every week too.
2007-02-05 17:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
when i got my 10 gallon tank about 2 weeks ago, i got fish with it that day. cheap fish can go in the tank when it's still cycleing
2007-02-05 18:12:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
have you made a list of what fish you want? start with some hardy ones and add some a couple every week or two.
2007-02-05 17:43:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good job doing your job and waiting. Unfortunately, your tank may not be finished with its cycle.
Read here: http://faq.thekrib.com/begin-cycling.html
2007-02-05 19:11:53 · answer #10 · answered by Amanda 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋