New Fish Tank! (pics)

**kimboe** · 01-18-2006, 09:42 PM

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!

You can kinda see the three blurs, those are the tetras

And my lil Betta

I hope everything goes good for these lil guys and hope they enjoy their new home!

Oh, And Meu-Meu really likes to watch the lil fishies!

**chocolatepuppy** · 01-18-2006, 10:01 PM

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

**areias** · 01-18-2006, 10:03 PM

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** · 01-18-2006, 10:22 PM

OH NO!

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!

Aww...I hope everything will be ok!

**lv4dogs** · 01-19-2006, 10:20 AM

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** · 01-19-2006, 10:20 AM

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** · 01-19-2006, 10:24 AM

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** · 01-19-2006, 03:22 PM

Beautiful tank and fish!

**mistyandabby** · 01-20-2006, 06:06 PM

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** · 01-21-2006, 02:44 AM

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** · 01-23-2006, 10:15 PM

Originally Posted by 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.

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