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Possible Fish To Put In My 10 gallon tank

Discussion in 'Freshwater General Discussion' started by California Cowgirl, Feb 20, 2009.

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  1. Guidoman888

    Guidoman888 New Member

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    Yah I miss him and the horses, But everyone has to go sometime.. Exept horses he kept alot of other animals (he had some sort of farm) He had alot of cats to :) They gave birth way to many times
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 22, 2009
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  2. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    aww im sorry about your grandpa, i've lost all of mine too, funny about the cats oh and i just told my mom about me wanting to turn my tanks into planted and she was like whatever, you do listen to us so why even bother telling us, so once i pay off some of my bills i get to go planted :D
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 22, 2009
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  3. MOD_Dawn

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    Haha! Your mother sounds like mine when I was a teenager..."You never listen to us anyways, so why bother even telling us what your new plan of the week is" LOL!
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 22, 2009
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  4. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    hahah so true, so i'm cleaning my tanks today, i cleaned my 5 gallon, and realized the filter isint working, when i get it turned to planted, how do i do it without the filter like some people do
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 22, 2009
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  5. MOD_Dawn

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    From what I've read it appears you do 75% or so plants and MINIMAL if any fish.
    Stellaluna (sp) has a thread related to this. You may want to pm or ask her?
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 22, 2009
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  6. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    ok, i'll either do that or just do a lot of water changes, i've got all my fish and frogs in my 5 gallon right now for now while i clean my 10 gallon, the frogs fit perfectly in there, i can't wait until i get it planted
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 22, 2009
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  7. Guidoman888

    Guidoman888 New Member

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    my 30 gal is planted. (i use a filter) but the plants do some sort of filtering to. As for the parents I ussually use the "Whine till they give in technique" :)
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 22, 2009
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  8. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    haha lol i had put my frogs/fish in my 5 gall for cleaning the normal tank, and my mom was like the frogs are better in the smaller tank which was amazing for her not to be mad about the frogs/fish and she also found out that i had 5 toads instead of 3. So right now i've got my frogs in the 5 gallon, and my 2 fish in my 10 gallon. And i don't want to do anything more with either tanks until i can start working on them to become planted tanks
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 22, 2009
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  9. MOD_Dawn

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    Sounds like a good idea! If your looking for plants that affordable why not posting an ad on here asking for clippings at a reasonable cost?
    You can post it here on the site if you like in our aquarium ads section.
     
    MOD_Dawn, Feb 23, 2009
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  10. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    ohhh awesome, oh and as far as fish for my 10 gallon goes i was thinking of the silver tip tetra, the yellow ones, and get 6 of thes and 2 more cory's, and move my marigold to my 5 gallon with my frogs
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 23, 2009
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  11. Guidoman888

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    You should get the same type of corys at least they ususally live in schools ;),, And the tank is empety right now huh? I think a small school like 6 yeah would be fine (tetras)
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 23, 2009
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  12. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    all i've got in the tank is my marigold and 1 cory, which i don't want to get anything at the moment because when i do start my planting on my 10 gallon i don't think my 5 would be way to crowded, so for now, my tank is pretty much empty
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 23, 2009
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  13. Guidoman888

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    Yeah true you cant do much with 5 gallons. When will you start planting I'd love to see it :)
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 23, 2009
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  14. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    most deffinentley, i think i'll have to wait a month or so, so i can pay of the majority of my credit card, but once that's done i'm good to go and searching for plants, any idea, if when i do start, that everything could be planted all at once, if i find the stuff on the same day, though i have a feeling i may have to order some plants online
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 23, 2009
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  15. Guidoman888

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    Well I'd check your local pet/fish store first they might have some nice plants you'd like just look up their names on google or ask here (or your pet store :)) how big they get ect ect. After that I'd definatly take a look online maybe here <a class="postlink" href="http://www.aquariumplants.com" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">www.aquariumplants.com</a> (wich i found because of dawn, Thanks dawn ;) ) It has some really great stuff :D
     
    Guidoman888, Feb 23, 2009
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  16. Anonymous

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    frist off what kind of light do you have, second what is the watts on that thing???
     
    Anonymous, Feb 23, 2009
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  17. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    awesome, i really hate ordering online because of expensive shipping, but i'm set on doing planted tanks so, so long i have the money i'm willing to pay for it, but on the other hand i've never looked at the plants and petco or petsmart, so they may have what i want
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 23, 2009
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  18. LemonDiscus

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    Petco and Petsmart have a VERY limited supply and many of their plants they sell are not even submersible plants, but they sell them as that. BE CAUTIOUS there!
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 23, 2009
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  19. California Cowgirl

    California Cowgirl Thread Starter New Member

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    my 5 gallon is a 15 watt, i haven't looked at my 10 gallon, but i think it's a flouresent light bulb
     
    California Cowgirl, Feb 23, 2009
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  20. LemonDiscus

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    Incandescent light bulbs are WORTHLESS if that is what is on your 5. Switch it out to a compact fluorescent!
     
    LemonDiscus, Feb 23, 2009
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