Hello. What does everyone think about my new set up? New to the game.
Posted by Overall-Ganache-1037
6 Comments
Shoddy_Jaguar_668 on
You need to research fish compatibility as there are a few issues that will pop up i see. 2 angelfish in a 20gal is a bad idea. The guppies are likely going to get harassed bad aswell. Tetra and danio are schooling and need groups of 5 each kind. Your tank likely isn’t big enough for more fish tho
If you havent researched the nitrogen cycle i would start now it’s critical to fish health.
Tank looks cool, but I would strongly advise more live plants.
Good luck OP
Embarrassed_Job_2719 on
I love it! I like how you went with squidwards house 😎 def throw a background on there !
SwiftPebble on
Looks good! Angelfish will eventually outgrow the setup. Also keep an eye on the glo tetras. They can get a lil aggressive if their group is too small
Past_East_230 on
It looks awesome!! Seconding the nitrogen cycle that someone else mentioned – that’s super important but you’re off to a great start so far! 🤗
Exciting-Speaker-675 on
Pretty. I like the color and theme.
Listen to other advice on this forum about your fish picks. But here’s my experience….
Ive keep 2 angel fish as a kid in a 10 gal. They appear passive at first, but tend to fin nip and will really hurt your other fish, especially the guppy propually. You might have to get rid of the angel at some point before they bite off the fins of the other fish.
Now your other fish are schooling fish, they need other of the same species to be happy. Will they die, well no, but they might not be as active. Might mope around like being depressed. They have higher chance of getting sick, or ick. Some fish will school with others, and accept other fish as part of their family to be happy. Ive keep a siamese algea eater, just one, and he schooled with zebra danios and pretended to be a danio. And the danios accepted him as one of their own. So sometimes it works out.
The other thing is, many fish need at least one male and one female to be happy. Imagine if you had to live your life with no females (im assuming you are a dude). You wont die, but you may not be happy. Fish are the same way.
ozzy_thedog on
To me this just looks like everyone’s first time picking things out in the fish section of Petsmart, myself included. Now my SpongeBob decor and plastic plants sit in a box somewhere. Actually the more I look, mine was worse than this. You do have some live plants in there that’ll grow in great.
6 Comments
You need to research fish compatibility as there are a few issues that will pop up i see. 2 angelfish in a 20gal is a bad idea. The guppies are likely going to get harassed bad aswell. Tetra and danio are schooling and need groups of 5 each kind. Your tank likely isn’t big enough for more fish tho
If you havent researched the nitrogen cycle i would start now it’s critical to fish health.
Tank looks cool, but I would strongly advise more live plants.
Good luck OP
I love it! I like how you went with squidwards house 😎 def throw a background on there !
Looks good! Angelfish will eventually outgrow the setup. Also keep an eye on the glo tetras. They can get a lil aggressive if their group is too small
It looks awesome!! Seconding the nitrogen cycle that someone else mentioned – that’s super important but you’re off to a great start so far! 🤗
Pretty. I like the color and theme.
Listen to other advice on this forum about your fish picks. But here’s my experience….
Ive keep 2 angel fish as a kid in a 10 gal. They appear passive at first, but tend to fin nip and will really hurt your other fish, especially the guppy propually. You might have to get rid of the angel at some point before they bite off the fins of the other fish.
Now your other fish are schooling fish, they need other of the same species to be happy. Will they die, well no, but they might not be as active. Might mope around like being depressed. They have higher chance of getting sick, or ick. Some fish will school with others, and accept other fish as part of their family to be happy. Ive keep a siamese algea eater, just one, and he schooled with zebra danios and pretended to be a danio. And the danios accepted him as one of their own. So sometimes it works out.
The other thing is, many fish need at least one male and one female to be happy. Imagine if you had to live your life with no females (im assuming you are a dude). You wont die, but you may not be happy. Fish are the same way.
To me this just looks like everyone’s first time picking things out in the fish section of Petsmart, myself included. Now my SpongeBob decor and plastic plants sit in a box somewhere. Actually the more I look, mine was worse than this. You do have some live plants in there that’ll grow in great.