New Fish Tank! (pics)

[kimboe]

I recently was given a 40 gallon fish tank with everything!
I did checked the water and all is good. I went to the store and got a few fish! And some plants too.
My first fish are 3 Tetras and 1 Betta.
I love how the plants twist like they do!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p6190aa5ef7ee7ba4a988fea1ed580297/f083adb0.jpg
You can kinda see the three blurs, those are the tetras
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p8333f517b6fb7d8f2c784316a2680cbf/f083ad55.jpg
And my lil Betta
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid200/p86c6f5565582fecc2ddf1f4232e67723/f083ad87.jpg

I hope everything goes good for these lil guys and hope they enjoy their new home! :D
Oh, And Meu-Meu really likes to watch the lil fishies!

[chocolatepuppy]

Wow, nice tank! Good luck with your fishies ,I'm sure they love their new home! :D

[areias]

Very pretty! I love the setup. Be careful with the betta and the tetras, tetras are fin-nippers, they love to picked on betta fins. Along with my swordtails and platys, I got a Dwarf Gourami...he is so much fun to watch. I'd definately recommend one or two, he just flits along the front of the tank all day. He's the first one to notice when I come in the room, too.

[kimboe]

OH NO! :eek:
That's not good!
Darn, What should I do? Maybe they won't nip?
*Keeping fingers crossed that they get along!*
I don't know how i missed that, I asked they fish lady and said it was ok? and other people as well! :confused:
Aww...I hope everything will be ok!

[lv4dogs]

Boy they must be in heaven in that large set up!

I'd just keep an eye on them, they may not nip. Some tetras are worse than others. I can't really tell what kind you have.
I have neon tetras in with my betta & no problems what so ever.

If you can put in more decoartions that have hidy holes & the such it may help the fish live together better, giving them each a safe spot of their own to hide in if need be.

Tetras are school fish though and do best in groups of at least 5 or more.

[IRescue452]

That's a huge tank! Very pretty. I think the tetras will behave being that there's so much room for them to swim around. Are you going to get any other fish?

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

Oh my, what a beautiful fish tank!! I'd love to have that too onde day. I think my cats would love that too, a privats fish-channel ;)

[crazy_caique]

Beautiful tank and fish!

[Suki Wingy]

Ooh it's really fun, I'm jealous!

[My Peanuts]

Beautiful set up! I have a tank with 2 frontosas and 1 pleco in it. The Fronts are very large fish. Frontosas are aggressive and are supposed to be in groups of no less than 6 otherwise "they will kill each other." Lilo and Stitch (my fish) have been together for 3 years without an incident. Just watch them. All fish are different. Almost no rules apply to all of them.

Make sure you do 20% water changes for a while so the ammonia doesn't kill the fish. Since the tank is new there is no "good" bacterial to eat up the ammonia the fish give off. 20% water changes will reduce the ammonia and allow the good bacteria to grow. After the tank is cycled (meaning there is enough good bacteria to eat up the ammonia the fish give off) Then you can cut back on the water changes. You may have known that already, but a lot of people lose fish that way. Your fish are small and won’t give off too much ammonia, but it’s always a risk with new, un-cycled tanks.

Also, if you are going to add more fish don't do it too quickly. More fish means more ammonia and if there are too many even regular water changes won't keep the ammonia level down.

[kimboe]

I don't think it's as big as the person says it is?
I measuered the tank and i think it's smaller than what i was told!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Jessika]

Just keep an eye on the tetras, SOMETIMES they get along with the bettas, and sometimes they don't. So just keep an eye on them, you never know! ;)

Anyway, gorgeous tank! I wish I had one but I don't have the time or room right now :(

[Flatcoatluver]

that fish tank is just so pretty!!! all the purple!1 your fish are so pretty that betta has some beutiful colors!

[lv4dogs]

I don't think it's as big as the person says it is?
I measuered the tank and i think it's smaller than what i was told!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes:


I thought it might of looked a little smaller than a 40 gallon but I thought maybe it was just hard to tell from the pics. I don't think its any smaller than a 20 gallon though. But again its hard to tell from the pics. lol
It's still a decent size for what you have in it and most of all it was free! lol

[mistyandabby]

Beautiful tank. I love fish I use to have a 40 gallon take I gave it to niece she had the room for it and wanted it so bad. They are relaxing to watch. ;)

[kimboe]

i figured it out!
The tank is a 30 gallon not 40!
But, it's still a big tank to start of with. Plus, it was for free! So, no loss here.

[king2005]

i figured it out!
The tank is a 30 gallon not 40!
But, it's still a big tank to start of with. Plus, it was for free! So, no loss here.

I have a 30g :) They are a nice size :)

I think if you stick with a small # of fish, they should be ok, due to the large amount of room each fish has.

if worst comes to worse, then get a spacer for the tank & give the Beta a min of 10gal of space :) There is always a way to solve fish issues :) Unless you have my fish, that can break glass, scratch the glass with their teeth, shake the tank, splash water 10+ feet & try to kill me every min of the day :rolleyes: