My New 10 Gallon Hexagon Tank - Page 2

Jackwalz · 11-07-2006, 09:03 AM

I'm open to suggestion, I am just putting the filter up today for a 24hr run before i'm getting fish, I'll get a few starters, then I'll add the rest, I got $15 free fish with the set up.

thanks again

andy53 · 11-07-2006, 11:01 AM

I don't know if I read what you said right, but I would suggest cycling your tank and not just let it run for 24 hours.

firefiend · 11-07-2006, 03:30 PM

You can add corey's if you go with the angels, but not the betta and tetra/rasbora mix.

gm333 · 11-07-2006, 06:20 PM

You will need at least 2 cories, they are social fish and do not do well alone. Angelfish are not recommended unless adding them to bigger tank in the next few months, some angels can get over 8". I would suggest the ones mentioned and an otto cat or two, they only get to be about 1-1 1/2" and will help with algae. Im afraid the corys wont have enough room considering it is tall, that means little swimming room for them, and they love to swim and scrounge around. As Andy has mentioned you will need to cycle the tank before adding fish, unless you plan to cycle with fish. This is not advisable since the fish might end up dying from ammonia burn or the nitrite kills them.

Jackwalz · 11-07-2006, 06:55 PM

Thanks all again,

Interesting I thoght that you cycle the tank with fish, any other ways? is there a good site to read up on that.??

Thanks again
Jack

Tommy Gun · 11-07-2006, 07:20 PM

Definetly better and more ethical ways to cycle a tank. You can read Jay's sticky here:

http://www.fishtankforums.com/5-fres...cycle-how.html

There is also a good cycling 'sticky' article in the SW tank forum. Either will do for you, in my opinion.

It is highly important to cycle FIRST if you are interested in avoiding problems that cost money or your fishes' lives. While many people feel that waiting just plain stinks, the problems you can avoid will make it well worth it all in the end.

In such a small tank, that is taller rather than longer, I would look for some small, mostly stationary fish. Without a good idea of what that would be right now, I would say that Bala sharks are absolutely out and I would not go with angels either since they get big, but they do share the more 'stationary' trait that you would want to stick to. If this was my tank, I might think about adding a couple of plants (if lighting requirements could be me) or some realistic fake plants and about 10 neon tetras. I would keep a betta fish singularily in this tank as they can have problems with more active fish or those which have longer fins. Tiger barbs are relatively aggressive, but I believe they are labeled 'semi-aggressive' because the worst they can do is nip some fins (as this is not bad enough, right?!?!?!) This would be a tough call for me, but I really like small schools of fish for smaller tanks like yours and probrably some more natural looking substrate (maybe sand or brown gravel) and some taller plants. My sister did this with a 35 gallon hex and it is REALLY nice looking, IMO.

Loman · 11-07-2006, 07:23 PM

Jack,
There is a good sticky note on cycling a tank in this forum and a bit more in depth in the salt forum. I would read through the fresh water one and post up any questions. In general you want to set the tank up and start the ammonia cycle. This can be done several ways. The least favorable is to use fish. Alternatively you can add food which decays and becomes ammonia or you can add a few drops of pure ammonia. I have not used the ammonia method but I think it is probably the best way. Add a few drops at a time until you get an ammonia reading of .5 ppm. Keep adding ammonia every couple days to hold it at .5 ppm until you see a spike in nitrites. It is a lot cheaper than replacing fish