Mark Miwurdz

Just bought one of these for my daughter for her birthday and the instructions say that you should only put one fish in the bowl initially and then the next one 28 days later - something to do with ammonia levels or somesuch.

Is that right or is it safe to launch Bert and Neville in straight away?

Cheers
Kav



[Edited by Mark Miwurdz - 11/16/2003 7:00:27 PM]

DJFish

To the best of my limited knowledge, all you really need to concentrate on is keeping the tank clean and regularly replace the water.

'Imogen the wonderfish' gets a good 3-4 litres of fresh water every couple of weeks, treated with chlorine treatment and fish safe (happy fish juice).

And a full clean out every 6 months or whenever the tank starts getting manky.

Whether putting the two in together or staggering them your still going to get ammonia (fish wee) build up over time, hence the need for regular water changes.

Hope this helps.

Dave

Mark Miwurdz

Cheers Dave

I am definitely not a fish expert but we had no problems putting both fish in together when we first got them in a tank far less superior than this one. Just don't want to run the risk of fish genocide.

Cheers
Kav

Mice_Elf

Not too keen on the BioOrb myself as I've always been told that fish don't like living in a bowl.

Ideally, the tank should be set up at least a week - 10 days before any fish are added. After the week, start feeding the tank ordinary fish food - just a tiny bit, to allow friendly bacteria to start breeding.

Upto 6 fish can be added to a tank in any one instance. Any more and the ammonia and nitrite levels overload - the filter can't cope as the friendly bacteria hasn't built up enough to control that amount of poison.

Water changes should be 10% every 2 weeks and 25% every month, no more than that, as the fish build up a level and more than that can shock and kill them.

Goldfish or coldwater fish tend to be a lot hardier than tropical, however.

As long as the tank is kept clean, out of direct sunlight, some plants are added and the water refreshed as per above with adequate aeration, the fish should be fine.

Mark Miwurdz

Good code - cheers matey!

Merv

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Mark take a look on our website WWW.dorsetdiscus.com click on NTS Info, it's quite indepth but explains what happens in an aquarium.Any other questions send us a mail or give us a ring.

Merv

Mark Miwurdz

Cheers Merv