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Tropical tank info

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  • 11-07-2011 12:41am
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    buzz
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭


    Have a 120L Juwel tank with filter and heater.

    Have 10 goldfish in there at the moment, and big enough to put into my pond now.

    Want to start a tropical tank, but dont know a lot about it...

    I bought the juwel water heater to suit the filter enclosure and in the next month i am going to start the new tank.

    Info needed as I havent done this before.

    I am not sure of the tempeture needed, do I let water settle for a week or more before adding fish?
    Is there certain fish you cant mix?

    Do you use real plants or can I keep the existing set up I have?

    Currently I have a 120L tank with 3 fake plant and 2 air stone's.

    Do I need more?

    Any help would be most appreciated.......

    Cheers


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    #2
    buzz
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭buzz


    Anyone?


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    Silverfish
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,696 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Okay, if you have fish in there at the moment, I'm guessing the tank is cycled?

    If so, you won't need to let the water settle, just do a large water change, v important that you don't let your filter bacteria die..

    Some real plants are usually a nice addition.

    And it depends on what fish you want to keep, is there any you have in mind?


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    Oranage2
    Registered Users Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    buzz wrote: »
    Have a 120L Juwel tank with filter and heater.

    Have 10 goldfish in there at the moment, and big enough to put into my pond now.

    Want to start a tropical tank, but dont know a lot about it...

    I bought the juwel water heater to suit the filter enclosure and in the next month i am going to start the new tank.

    Info needed as I havent done this before.

    I am not sure of the tempeture needed, do I let water settle for a week or more before adding fish?
    Is there certain fish you cant mix?

    Do you use real plants or can I keep the existing set up I have?

    Currently I have a 120L tank with 3 fake plant and 2 air stone's.

    Do I need more?

    Any help would be most appreciated.......

    Cheers

    I'd just do a quarter water change, stick on the heater and wait a day for the water to heat before adding fish - Its really the same idea keeping tropical fish as gold fish except you need a heater - and the way to find out what heat to have it is by researching the fish - I use a website called fishlore.com

    Also before you buy fish do some research - A big problem is buying a fish that will out grow your tank so watch out for them and some fishshops would have no problem selling them to you - They're usually the cute little monsters.

    Look at neon tetras, guppies, mollies, platies, danios, cardinals, swordtails, corydoras.

    These are good fish, non-agressive and most of them are hardy -


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