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Discussion in 'Introduce Yourself' started by Anonymous, Feb 10, 2009.

  1. Anonymous

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    I recently joined this website and have found it very interesting and it has been very helpful ;)
    All i have at the moment are the following:
    a 3 gallon betta bowl
    an 11 gallon stocked with:
    3 zebra danios ( it is still cycling )
    double filtration
    bubbler
    heater ( all appropriate for the tank )
    Do you have any beginner tips that i might find helpful? that would be great!
    I am fairly new to the hobby, i kept goldfish and betta fish when i was only 6 yrs. of age, the betta lived 4 years! I got interested again and found many websites including Yahoo, Badman's tropical fish, fishlore, and of course, the exotic fish.
    I only feed my zebra danios once a day and right now while the tank is cycling i do water changes every other day, BTW does anyone know if cycling fluids such as CYCLE ( it speeds up the cycling process ) do they actually work?
    What would be some good fish to go with the zebra danios after the tank is well established?
    I was thinking:
    3 zebra danios (already have )
    5 cherry barbs
    2 cory cats
    1 dwarf gourami
    i really like that collection of fish and i have an expert fishkeeper so i will not have to worry about overstocking, he told me that was ok, and he taght me all the basics.
    anyway the bottom line is i have an 11 gallon tank that is cycling, i am new to the exotic fish, i have an expert fishkeeper helping me so anyway i'm in good shape!
    Thanks for any advice!
     
    Anonymous, Feb 10, 2009
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  2. Anthony

    Anthony Active Member

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    Welcome to The Exotic Fish.

    I've never used Cycle but I have used Seachem Stability, NitroMax, and am now testing Weiss Ogranic Bacter Boost. The only product that I know for a fact to speed up the cycling process is Marinelands Bio-Spira. Apparently they now make a non refrigerated version as well.

    The 11 gallon tank... Is that a hex tank ? The cherry barbs really need more than 11 gallons. The Dwarf Gourami would work but again with the cory cats I don't think a group of them would fit in the 11 gallon (assuming it's a hex type tank).
     
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  3. LemonDiscus

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    Welcome
     
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  4. fishfirst

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    welcome to the forum
     
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  5. Guidoman888

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    Welcome to the forum,, And yes you might want to get a bigger tank for that :)
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 10, 2009
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  6. Anonymous

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    welcome to the exotic fish forum
     
    Anonymous, Feb 10, 2009
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    Welcome to the forum!!!
     
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  8. Anonymous

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    lol. im new.
    i have a 125 gallon with 2 betta's that co-exist fine.
    nd a few duke blue devils in there too
     
    Anonymous, Feb 11, 2009
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    Welcome,a larger tank is needed.
     
    ira, Feb 12, 2009
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