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Why not get the kids involved!

JohnS_323

JohnS_323

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Well, we finally broke down and set up tanks for the kids. Sierra (7 years old) is the turn-coat of the group. She wanted "the pretty pink fish". Zach (5 years old) decided to stick with our good old family values! Here are the first pics:

A Pair of Pico's

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2.5g Freshwater Tank

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3g Saltwater Tank (that needs more rock)

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This should be a fun journey for them. Hopefully we can keep the Beta alive. We really don't have much luck with Freshwater fish.
 
Phyl

Phyl

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SHUSH! Girl. That's just not even funny. And if you want to start predicting the future... I see 3 more kids in yours! ;D
 
JohnS_323

JohnS_323

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Thanks for the offer Matt. We have plenty of small rock too. I just wanted to let the water clear and move them to their rooms before I added the rest of it. We're trying to give you a run for your money, btw. This officially makes 5 display tanks in the house and 1 at work. 6 more and will be all tied up!
 
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Brian

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I love them! Sierra's tank brings me right back to that age! Where's the treasure chest?!
 
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Carlo

Freshwater?

I'm not sure I even remember how to take care of one of them anymore. I'd probably kill everything in it in short time!

Carlo
 
Phyl

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We've tried FW before and failed miserably. It was about a year ago. Couldn't keep GUPPIES alive, lol. Now there's 1 betta in there (killed the first one). If we lose this one we're going to go SW with hers too!
 
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mladencovic

Phyl said:
We've tried FW before and failed miserably. It was about a year ago. Couldn't keep GUPPIES alive, lol. Now there's 1 betta in there (killed the first one). If we lose this one we're going to go SW with hers too!
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Don't be disappointed. Guppies are becoming extremely hard to maintain. I guess from all the crossbreeding their stock is becoming very weak. And most of them are coming with TB to which they succumb very shortly.
 
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Carlo

It's funny however, since everyone always says salt water tanks (especially reefs) are much harder. Half the people I know who put a FW tank in after being a SW person for a while fail too. One thing for sure is that it's a lot cheaper per failure!

Carlo
 
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mott768

I have tons of GUPPIES! FREE! I can't kill them, Phyl one thing with fresh water is you shouldn't use RO/DI the water is too pure for freshwater fish. I haven't done a water change in over a year on my freshwater tank, all I do is add top off tap water treated with start right, change the filter cartridges when I remember too usually once every couple of months. If you want I can help you out with freshwater, it is far easier than saltwater and a lot less expensive. Even have tons of white gravel, plants, decor I could give you :)
 
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jazzsam

mott768 said:
I have tons of GUPPIES! FREE! I can't kill them, Phyl one thing with fresh water is you shouldn't use RO/DI the water is too pure for freshwater fish. I haven't done a water change in over a year on my freshwater tank, all I do is add top off tap water treated with start right, change the filter cartridges when I remember too usually once every couple of months. If you want I can help you out with freshwater, it is far easier than saltwater and a lot less expensive. Even have tons of white gravel, plants, decor I could give you :)
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Maybe that is the root problem is that we try to do too much with fresh water and we should just let it be?!?!?
 
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mott768

Carlo, one problem going from salt to fresh is people tend to over do it with freshwater :) there is no need to go all technical and use high end equiptment (simple is best) I have had freshwater for 15yrs + I also used to bread guppies and mollies for local stores.
 
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mott768

jazzsam said:
Maybe that is the root problem is that we try to do too much with fresh water and we should just let it be?!?!?
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Yup :) plus the fact that some people think they are doing good by using RO/DI water it's good for salt bad for fresh.
 
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Carlo

How about the waste side of the RO/DI unit? What's your thought on that. I know a fish store or two who do that. :)

Carlo
 
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