[Binboy]

Hello all,

This is my first time in this fish forum. I'm a beginner hobbyist on freshwater tanks so I hope to learn from all your experiences.

I will start with this picture of my 16 gallons tank. I got two grown up guppies, five small guppies and three danio zebras. The small guppies are from a fry I got on november (45 babies) and they are starting to show color on their tails. I gave away the mother and the rest of the fry to my friends and family 'cos I couldn't house them all.

I planted some elodea sprouts and a pair of a mexican plant called "telefono". At the beginning the "telefono" had big leaves, but as soon it started growing new leaves I cut the bigger ones. Now it has small leaves and seems healthy.

What do you think of my tank? Any suggestions?

 

[Betta man]

Welcome to the forums and nice tank! I would recommend a water change as it looks sort of dirty. I would also recommend you get a few corys and some shrimp as you have room.

 

[iheartfish:)]

Welcome! I wouldn't say that it looks too dirty, more like algae on the glass. There is algae on the glass below the gravel line, so I am guessing that you changed out the substrate? Try seeing if you can get your hands on a nerite snail, as it will definitely clean up all that algae.
Good luck in the hobby!

 

[OhYesItsMe]

That is the coolest and happiest freshwater jelly fish I've ever seen

 

[Binboy]

Thank you all for your replies. I'm so glad you read my post!

Betta man and Ihearfish: Yes, I got algae below the gravel and on the glass (but water is perfectly clean, it doesn't smell bad and it is clear). I try to clean the algae out quite often, but it grows up really fast! I guess it is because my tank receives direct sun light in the mornings. Would you suggest a gravel vacum? Is it efective?

By the way, I have a question. In the right corner I got some moss. They told me it would grow on the gravel under the condition I didn't change or move the gravel. Is it truth? I love those tanks with some kind of grass on the gravel and I want to have some of it.

OhYesItisMe: Thank you! It is good to hear that. My dad gave me this tank last november so I'm still working on it.

Another question: Is it my tank overcrowded? Is there room for another fishes? My boyfriend wanted to buy me a blue dwarf gourami...so will it be a good idea?

 

[Binboy]

OhYesItisMe: Yes, the jelly sticker is lovely

 

[Obsidian]

Welcome to FF

 

[Betta man]

It's not overstocked. There'd be room. What type of filtration do you have? That also impacts how many fish you can keep and how many water changes needed. Try this!
http://aqadvisor.com/