Re: Newbie....think I made a mess....fish just don't know ityet....

["David K. Bowers" <david@paltalk.com>]

absolutely!  My first tank was a 10 gallon and I am chagrined to say that I
had more fish in it than I now have in my 45 gallon community!

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Grenfell" <rgrenfell@snet.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie....think I made a mess....fish just don't know ityet....


> couldn't agree more Ken,
> My first few tanks were disasters! I remember, my first one was a 30
> long... I literally PACKED it with all sorts of fish! I had enough
> ammonia to strip the floor with!
>
> Rich
>
> Ken Roese wrote:
> >
> > List Memebers,
> >         This thread is bringing back memories that I had hoped I had
supressed.
> > How many of us out there, with one of our first tanks, went through
exactly
> > what Jeremy is?  Uncompatible fish, too many fish too soon, enough algae
to
> > choke a goat on our first serious plant tanks, etc. (I for one have not
got
> > the algae thing licked yet...grrr). I remember how pretty I thought Jack
> > Dempseys were and their colors would really go nicely with my tetras in
my
> > first 20g. Needless to say, fat Jack Dempsey and missing tetras were the
> > results. I decided to learn which fish were compatable.  Then I got to
> > reading about how different fish live in different levels of the tank.
So,
> > onto my next catastrophy.  5 danios (top level), 10 Cardinals
(mid-level),
> > 5 corycats and a couple loaches (bottom feeders), and 3 angelfish to
fill
> > out the middle and upper levels since the dainios and tetras didn't take
up
> > much space. All the fish seemed happy, when I could see them through the
> > always cloudy water.  Since I tore the tank down and started over after
the
> > Dempsey mess, I was cycling a tank with 20+ fish...at least the cory
cats
> > survived, so in my mind in wasn't a total loss.  Where was this list in
> > 1980 when I could have used it...
> >         Maybe by my telling the world this can act as a therapy and the
nightmares
> > will stop ;)
> >
> > Jeremy,
> >         Welcome to our world ;) I'm sure almost all of us have been in
the same
> > boat at one time or another.  It is part of the learning curve to
> > maintaining a well running system.  The only advice I can offer is read
> > this list and some good books.  You will find that everyone has their
own
> > opinions on how it should be done or how it works for them.  You'll have
to
> > figure out what works for you, using the above resources as starting
points
> > and general guidelines. There are some very knowledgable and helpful
people
> > in here, I'm sure you'll be up and running in no time.  Good luck.
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
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