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08-29-2008, 01:18 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Maryland
Age: 26
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New to the fish world!
Hi,
My name is Spencer, I'm currently a student at The University of Maryland, college park. I just added fish to a hand-me-down cycled 10 gal tank. I just joined the forum to gain more knowlegde about aquariums in general.
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08-29-2008, 01:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 21
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Welcome to FF nice to know we wont have to explain cycling to you 
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08-29-2008, 01:25 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Rochester, NY
Age: 40
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what fish did you get?
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08-29-2008, 02:24 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Maryland
Age: 26
Posts: 18
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questions
2 platies, a molly and a guppy.
I just have a few questions as well.
ok first of all when i carry out water changes with the tank, do i need to heat the water before i put it into the tank, and if so would you recommend purchasing a separate heater just for this purpose?
Is this 10 gal tank big enough to add a common pleco to?
and last of all, I boght the platies from petco, and i am now regretting it, I did have 3 platies but after about 9 days one of them developed a red spot on her belly and the next morning the spot had burst open and the fish was dead. I've read about fluke parasites but her gills seemed to be fine. I was just wondering if I should do anything to protect my other fish.
thanks
spencer
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08-29-2008, 04:28 PM
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Fishy Fanatic
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Penn Valley, CA
Posts: 101
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you're tank is too small for a "common" pleco, as they get quite large! 
I'm not sure about kinds you could get, but I'm sure someone else can chime in on that... maybe a bristlenose?
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80G:
Mixed Cichlid Tank
29G:
1 Angel Fish
4 Albino Corys
1 Bushynose Pleco
2 Bolivian Rams
5.5G:
1 Betta named Bubbles
3 Ghost Shrimp
Not in a fish tank:
2 Chihuahua Mixes, Lady and Preston
2 Guinea Pigs, Cashew and Beethoven
3 Fancy Mice, Chalkie, Snowball and Baby
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08-29-2008, 04:58 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Rochester, NY
Age: 40
Posts: 552
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holy jeebus!! i'm bookmarking that pic so i can use it to discourage anyone from keep a common pleco in a tank in the future!
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08-29-2008, 05:22 PM
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Kixxy
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Anchorage, AK
Age: 34
Posts: 255
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Many local fish stores have a system in place for plecos.
You certainly can get a pleco for a small tank if you really enjoy them, so long as you know that they will get large. Check with your LFS first, but many of them have a system that allows you to purchase a small pleco and bring it back to them after it has grown to trade for another small one. The large plecos then end up going to homes with ponds.
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55 gallon planted Angel tank; 55 gallon severum tank; 29 gallon community tank; future 240 gallon Amazon tank.
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