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**Cichlid Man** · 06-07-2005, 02:53 PM

If you're hesitant in making any changes to your aquarium and not entirely sure what effects it may have on your ecosystem, then don't do it, it's the key to success in maintaing a balanced fish tank. Many people start adding rocks with varnish and goodness knows what into their aquarium and wonder why thier fish are gasping at the water surface. Those people then come here and ask the question:"My fish are gasping at the top of the tank, why?" The immediate response is 9 times out of ten that there is an oxygen debt in the tank, or nitrite poisening or something. The poster then thinks the problem is solved and then comes back telling everyone that their fish has died, and I'm the one who feels guilty and wishes that I saw the thread sooner, but life dosn't work like that, that's why I'm leaving this topic for all you'll biggeners to see to try and prevent what lots of fishkeepers (or havers) out there go through in a continuos process every day. And I'll leave you with my old saying: SAVE THE FISH not the eletricity bills! Actually I just made it up now, but no-one knows that...........oops! did I just say that out loud?

06-07-2005, 02:53 PM	#1
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,100 User Feedback: (0)	A bit of a tip. If you're hesitant in making any changes to your aquarium and not entirely sure what effects it may have on your ecosystem, then don't do it, it's the key to success in maintaing a balanced fish tank. Many people start adding rocks with varnish and goodness knows what into their aquarium and wonder why thier fish are gasping at the water surface. Those people then come here and ask the question:"My fish are gasping at the top of the tank, why?" The immediate response is 9 times out of ten that there is an oxygen debt in the tank, or nitrite poisening or something. The poster then thinks the problem is solved and then comes back telling everyone that their fish has died, and I'm the one who feels guilty and wishes that I saw the thread sooner, but life dosn't work like that, that's why I'm leaving this topic for all you'll biggeners to see to try and prevent what lots of fishkeepers (or havers) out there go through in a continuos process every day. And I'll leave you with my old saying: SAVE THE FISH not the eletricity bills! Actually I just made it up now, but no-one knows that...........oops! did I just say that out loud? __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers. Last edited by Cichlid Man; 10-23-2005 at 12:55 PM.