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20 gallon fish tank 10/2/06

Mbuna cichlids destroy my rock formation when they dig the gravel.

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Can you have one Oscar in a ten gallon fish tank?

I was just wondering because I have a 10 gallon fish tank and I was wondering if you can put an Oscar with it. If so, can you have other fish with with it?

Nope - Oscars get very big and produce a lot of waste. They need a lot of space to swim around and lots of clean water. If you really want an Oscar, you're going to be looking at 55+ gallons. Ten gallon tanks are pretty small, and full grown Oscars would have a difficult time even turning around in one!

If you already have a 10 gallon, you have a few options.

There are some sample stocking plans for small tanks here:
http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-97203.html
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/articles/article63.html

shakes 150 gallon fish tank in the club/pool hall

The slickest fish tank set up in a top shelf pool hall, in Brooklyn, New York

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Can I use iron water in a 10 gallon fish tank?

My mom wants a fish tank for her birthday. Si I am getting her a 10 gallon one and she has well water but it is full of iron. Can I use this water in the tank? Or do I need cleaner water? I get my water from our spring , do I need to take some water to her for her tank? Or buy special chemicals for it? TIA!
I want to buy her some nicer fish that can tolerate not having a heater. No Goldfish, any idea's?

Here is what I'd suggest for a 10 gallon tank:
A decent filter (whisper makes affordable waterfall models but I prefer the bio-wheel type).
A heater (unless you plan to get a goldfish, but keep in mind it's one goldfish for every 10 gallons of water)
Use either distilled water or check local pet stores. Most of them sell reverse osmosis (r/o) water for about 30 cents per gallon (you have to bring your own water jugs..we use new gasoline jugs..never ones that have been used before!). We had horrible issues with well water. Not only will it have high iron but also high mineral content and the ph may be off as well. Spring water may have issues as well.
A decent light..flourescent is fine..incandescent tends to grow more algae it seems.
Typically you would use a pound of gravel per gallon..and whatever decorations you want. Live plants are always nice if you have good lighting but make sure to inspect them well for snails before you put them in the tank.
Once you set it up, wait a week before you put anything in. It might get cloudy for a few days. That's normal. Once it clears have the water tested at the pet store and add one or two hardy fish (platy, molly, etc work ok). If they do ok then add a couple more. The rule for fish is an inch of fish per gallon of water…so 5-7 inch long fish would be a good plan. Remember to make sure they'll stay the same size their entire lives.
Other than that, just don't let her overfeed and you should be good to go. By that I mean a tiny bit of food a couple times a day (have her scoop out anything not eaten in 1 minute).
Let us know how it goes!

My 55 gallon fish tank

Pissed off Oscar

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240 gallon fish tank with rare fish

My buddy’s fish tank with all kinds of rare fish

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I have a 10 gallon fish tank. I just cleaned it today and found tiny black worms in my filter cartrige?

I also have a 20 regular and a 20 long fish tank but the 10 gallon is the only one thats giving me these nasty tiny black worms that weaved themselves inside the fish tank filter cartridge. Yuck! I never had this problem but unfortunatly I just got to cleaning my fish tank today after 4 months Im wondering if theres a link between the tanks dirty unchanged water Can someone please help or give any suggestions.

It is diffcult to answer your question completely without identifying the type of worms you have. Most problems are brought home in the plants, fish, and water from the pet store.

You will need to identify what type of worms you have before you can find a solution. Your worms may not even be black, but simply covered in the sludge that a filter cartridge will accumulate over time.

If they are a harmless variety of worm, you can simply not feed your fish any food, and just stir up the gravel in a small area on a daily basis (the chances are that if your filter cartridge is infested with worms, so is your gravel bed).

If you identify these worms as the harmful, parasitic type, then you will have to remove your fish to a gravel free, sponge filter only, quarantine tank, and completely re-do your old, infested tank.

You will have to try and stick to your maintenance schedule a little better from now on, to avoid anymore issues. If you need any more detailed info about your tank, please email me. Good Luck!

45 gallon fish tank feeding with side of Pirhana..

feeding my 45 gallon tank after feeding the Pacu’s 175 gallon tank,theres fish flying everywhere…

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What kinda fish can I have in a 40 gallon tank?

My family is planning to get a 40 gallon fish tank. We are still deciding if we should have coral or not.

We want fish that will do well together and that are not difficult to take care of.

Also the kids would like our fish to be “pretty-ful” or “cool-looking”

Thanks!
oh, and its sopposed to be saltwater
Sorry I left that importent detail out

are you talking about live coral or coral skeletons?

live coral (assuming it’s a SW tank) you could get things like
grammas, serranids, firefish, dartfish, gobies, blennies, clownfish, smaller damsel fish, dwarf angels (certain ones will nip at corals) dottybacks and pseduochromids,

if this is a freshwater tank with coral skeletons i would only advise this if they were african cichlids.. most of which would be a good idea for that size tank.. you could get 3-4 of a medium size..

if it’s non african cichlids.. don’t get coral.. it’ll rais ethe Ph and the hardness and the fish can cut themselves on the sharp edges..
i’m not going to list fish as there are many sites, book, articles, and other information to help you choose for that..

My 300 Gallon Fish Tank with 200 Gallon Wet Dry

Some friends over at Oscarfish.com asked me to film this so here you are.

More details can be found here:
http://oscarfish.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=61490

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