How many aquarium buffs out there??

[Mermaid02]

I set up our aquarium yesterday and put my first 2 fish in it today. I told the guy I wanted something HARDY! He sold me 2 black tetras (I think!) They are flat silvery fish with a couple of black stripes..... Any other recommendations?? I would like to get some that are a little more colorful next!

 

[shep]

I have a orange finned shark that is doing really well..
He's black with orange fins and he cleans up the leftover food on the bottom of the tank..

Don't get tiger barbs, they eat at other fishes fins..

 

[Mermaid02]

SHEP! I had my aquarium set up about 3 years ago... I had 2 beautiful Angelfish and wanted something else to go with them... the girl sold me TIGERBARBS! The little creeps ate my ANGELS! I packed the whole thing up and that was that. Tigerbarbs are not nice fish.

I have to get one of those Platy's with the Mickey head on them! How big is your shark? Jack would LOVE to have a "shark"

 

[shep]

He's the same size as my other fish...
They are neat fish to have...
I can't think of what the other ones are called..
I do have a 'hatchet' fish..it looks like it has a beard...lol...
I have a corey, and a chinese algae eater
These fish will live through anything..

 

[Kermit]

We used to have an aquarium with tetras. They're very easy to keep alive, but you need warm water and a slightly acidic pH. You should definitely have a thermometer and pH tester. We ended up just mainly buying different types of tetras for our tank. They come in lots of different colors and shapes. Once your sure your tank is set up well, you should always buy at least 3-4 of each variety because they're schooling fish.

We had the biggest problem getting our pH right. It was always way to basic. We finally resolved it by putting a piece of driftwood in the tank. I don't know why that fixes it, but it does. We had to do a lot of water changes during the first few weeks after we put it in, though, because it made the water look like tea.

 

[janette]

My brother has a beautiful tank, his is salt water and he puts in lots of time.

If you'd like to take a look here's a link to some pictures on his website.

A few pics of my 415 Gallon reef tank

 

[Serena]

I have a 75 gallon aquarium. I love it, it hardly has any problems at all. We haven't really had a problem with it at all actually. The 20 gallon had lots of problems.

I had problems with ph, but whenever I would try to correct it with the stuff they recommend, it would kill my fish. They liked it wrong.
I do have a shark and it's cool. It's only about 4 inches right now and we've had it at least a year.

 

[WDW Poly Princess]

I'm a bit of a fish-buying addict, but I'm trying to quit. Really I am!

What about some neon tetras to add some color? Just make sure that your other fish aren't big enough to eat them!

I had one of those rainbow sharks for eight years. He ended up being about six inches long. Now I'm down to two goldfish in my big tank, and three bettas in seperate bowls.