AquaHobby

Aquarium fish. A Subject I am rather familiar with. I don't claim to be an expert, but when your job revolves around cleaning tanks and feeding and selling fish, you learn a few things (including stuff you never wanted to know). I've had goldfish since I was very young- I got my first "real" tank, a ten gallon, for my tenth birthday. It was fun- my dad did much of the maintenance on it, since I was so young. We had corydoras, a betta, a single male guppy, swordtails, and various tetras. Got rid of that tank about three years later, and I was tankless up until 3 years ago, when I got two ten gallons to do a school project. Currently:

CONDITIONS:
pH (7.0), Temperature (75-77 degrees F), Ammonia (not detectable), Hardness (), Nitrate ()
EQUIPMENT:
Filter- AquaClear Power Filter w/ 2 sponges and 1 charcoal packet (1 week each month), Aereation- 10 Gallon Whisper Air Pump
LIGHTING:
Typical 10-gallon flourescent hood, Coralife 50/50 Actinic 15 watt lamp (yes, the kind used for reefs)

PLANTS:
Java Fern (Microsorium pteropus), Dwarf Anubias (Anubias nana), Anubias barterii, Congo Anubias, Red & Green Crypt (Cryptocorne wendtii)

FISH:
Green Swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri), 6" Common Pl*co (Hypostamus plecostamus), Cories (C. aeneus albino strain), Kuhli Loaches (Acanthophthalmus kuhli), Skunk Loach (Botia morelti)

OTHER:
7-14 Ghost Shrimp- little buggers are hard to count!

PAST OCCUPANTS:
Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) [Moved]

FEEDING:
TetraColor Flake food every other day, Hikari Betta BioGold every day, Hikari Algae wafers on occasion, Tetra TabiMin every other day. Live brine shrimp or black worms (very rarely).

CONDITIONS:
pH (7.0), Temperature (75-77 degrees F), Ammonia (not detectable), Hardness (), Nitrate ()
EQUIPMENT:
Air Pump operated UGF, AquaClear Power Filter w/ 2 sponges and 1 charcoal packet (1 week each month)
LIGHTING:
Compact Flourescent tube- shop light color (i.e. bright white)

PLANTS:
With Goldfish? Are you nuts??

FISH:
1 Red/White Oranda, 1 Red/ Black Oranda, 1 Red fantail

OTHER:
Apple Snail

PAST OCCUPANTS:
Red & White Fantail [deceased]

FEEDING:
NutraFin Max Mixed Pellets, Tetra Sinking Goldfish Pellets, a few brine shrimp VERY rarely