I got an aquarium! Hurray

gallon is 3 liters? so that would be 60 liters then... yes hwat we have in the office. it is as small as you can reasonably go I think. At least to keep it easy to maintain. But you could get a cold water aquarium with goldfish etc, then you dont need equipment, just a big enough bowl that you can put on any counter. this is not so expensive.

I converted the 92 liters and came up with 24 gallons of water that it holds. Not a large tank but better than a ten gallon tank.

BUT i AM SURE THAT YOU HAVE TO BE A LOVER OF FISH TOO,COMBINED WITH A REAL YEARNING TO KEEP THEM AS `PETS`!OH dear that caps key!!..the only time ive ever touched a fishwas when I cleaned that goldfish from the fair out!and I tried to pour it into a tea starainer!!and then it missed the strainer and I had to fish it out from the sink,it felt horrible,but there we are,you either like them or you dont!

well nets do come in handy if you try to catch the fish. I remember my goldfish. That net thing ws annoying I would just catch it by hand and transfer it. still do that with the guppies if they need to be moved to some other container for a while.

ooooooh yes!! when I was a child you could still win those goldfish in the fairs. I had one that survived 6 years! which is a miracle for those fish from the fairs, they are never in too good a shape. I guess that is where I got the taste from then. But no, it is not sooo hard to keep an aquarium. once it is up and running it will pretty much handle itself (just some cleaning and of course feeding required). If you have a good shop, they will give great advice.

I am living in a house and I "make " room for the tanks. This is a three bedroom house and one room is my crafts room plus I have 4 aquariums in there ( with more to come) and the rest are in the living room. I would love to set up a large fish room for breeding fishes but I will have to settle for building a room in the garage when I can afford it. I am planning on having up to 100 aquariums in there.

where on earth do you have the room for so many aquaria!!?? I have that 92 liters and that was as big as it would reasonable fit into my livingroom without interfering with daily life and other furniture. I was thinking of growing bristlenoses. or at least see if I can get a couple to mate etc.

thanks! I am enjoying it. I alrady have an aquarium in the office so this is the second. never knew you could get hooked on fishes really. my cats love it too.

The 37 gallon tank is not large enough for the goldfish never mind the tropical fish. The goldfish should be in at least 100 gallon of water or preferably a pond. The pleco if it is a regular pleco should be in at least a 75 gallon tank, they get large and are messy. Plus goldfish should have water temp lower than 72 where as the tropical fish should have temp higher than 75. The goldfish are messy fish and produce plenty of ammonia which is dangerous to fish especially tropical fishes. Common goldfish can get to be over 18 inches long and live to be over 30 years in good conditions. Less than good conditions will shorten their life times.

gosh! you are an aquarium expert! cool. oskarbotoni I mean. he is right. Regular gold fishes will become very big. But i remember the ones that I won from the fair. they never grew larger then 6 cm. i dont know... different kind of goldfish breed I think. no bulgy eyes either. looked more like a carp. anyway. goldfish = big and cold water the Pleco, unless its a bristlenose will also grow HUGE. good luck with the new aquarium!

It is not hard to maintain an aquarium. There are a few things that will help you to succeed in this new hobby. One is get the largest tank that yo can(the larger tanks are easier to take care of, plus you can put more fish in them). So not put too many fish in the tank at once, the tank has to cycle (that means that bacteria has to grow so as to take care of the ammonia and nitrite that is being put into the water. Do not over feed the fish, only feed what the fish will eat in one or two minutes a day and do not be afraid to go a day or two a week without feeding them (no one goes around in the wild to feed them). Do regular water changes (the only way to "flush the toilet" is to do a water change and vac the grave at the same time, do not change more than 25 to 30% once a week. Make sure that the fish are compatible and will not out grow the tank. I tell people to find out how large a fish will get and multiple the length times the height (do not include the fins) and this (in inches ) will give you the number of gallons of water that the fishes need.

thanks! I agree I spend a lot of time staring at my fishes.