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The Ultimate Freshwater Aquarium Setup Guide

Your freshwater aquarium setup can be a piece of cake.  That is of course if you know what you’re doing.  There are some common mistakes that can be easily avoided if you just take a few minutes to learn the basics.  Take a look at these articles.  They are pack full of information for you new fish tank setup.  Knowing this simple advice will make sure your aquarium setup goes smoothly.

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  • 1 William // Aug 31, 2007 at 11:23 am

    Hi my fish tank has been used for three months with Feeder goldfish (which kept dying originally) until just the past two weeks. I have two goldfish left and I wanted to add new fish so I went to the fish store and talked to the people there. They said if I want nicer fish then I must get rid of the feeder fish and do a clean up of the tank (25% water change). I moved the two feeders into a small hexagon tank and cleaned the 20 gallon tank but there was alot of debris on the bottom so i did a 35% change, which made the water pretty cloudy but I needed to get rid of the goldfish debris…I have the 3 new fish in now(Aranda’s) I will wait a week to put new fish in but…finally question…
    WHAT OTHER FISH WILL DO WELL WITH THE ARANDA? They are freshwater and like room temperature water…

  • 2 Eric // Aug 31, 2007 at 9:33 pm

    Hi there William,

    Your tank should clear up shortly after the debris settles. An Oranda Goldfish (pretty sure that’s what you mean) will fit very will with Black Moors, Telescopes or Fantails. Sticking with Fancy Goldfish is great for compatibility. They all prefer a similar environment which makes for easy fish keeping.

    Good Luck!

  • 3 James // Oct 21, 2007 at 2:46 am

    hey, i have just recently bought 4 silver sharks with one dying in the first few days and two out odf the three remainng have a blood red mark on some of there fin towards the body, the dont look very healthy either is ther anything that i can do to help them.
    Thanks

  • 4 Eric // Oct 21, 2007 at 9:02 am

    Hi James,

    It sounds like your sharks are stressed. I would start with a complete test of your water. Generally an infection of this sort is is triggered by stresses from their environment. You’ll want to look for water issues, stresses caused from other fish in the tank, or any other source of stress for your sharks.

    Also, check your local fish shop for a parasitic medication as well to quickly address the problem.

  • 5 James Greensmith // Oct 21, 2007 at 8:31 pm

    With my silver sharks i also have 6 clown loach with 4 of them having white spot. could that be the cause of there stress.
    Thanks

  • 6 Eric // Oct 22, 2007 at 9:47 pm

    James,

    A tank with Ich could stress out many of the fish in the tank, even if they have not yet shown signs of the disease. Take a look here for tips on getting rid of Ich. http://www.fishtanktutor.com/kill-fish-ickich-in-4-days-flat

    Either way, you’ll want to make a habit of making regular water changes to work on that water quality.

    http://www.fishtanktutor.com/aquarium-water-changes-are-they-really-necessary

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