This is the story of how I got into keeping aquariums.
Ever since I was a kid I was intrigued by aquatic life. I was used to trapping fish in roadside puddles that were connected to the rivers and keeping them at home until they usually died a few days later. I had no clue what I was doing and being young it didn't occur to me to study and find out what I was doing wrong.
Fast forward ten years later, My dad randomly gets a 4 litre fishbowl and gets two goldfish just for fun.I am 20 years old now and I decide let me do this right. I go online and study as much as I can about goldfish keeping. I quickly find out I am not keeping them right and I don't have a filter for them. So I started doing 100% water changes daily so that my fish does not get ammonia poisoning.
A week later I am shopping with a friend. I am supposed to stall him as we had a surprise for him at the local restaurant so I suggested we check out the local aquarist, just for fun you see. And what happens next was like a total blur. I see all these fish and I totally fall in love with fishkeeping. For courtesy sake I asked the aquarist how much a two feet tank costs and found out it is really inexpensive. Next thing I know I am buying a tank, a filter and everything else i need to set up my first real aquarium.
I will keep out of the nitrogen cycle and stuff, but here are the specifics of my first tank.
Tank: 80 liters (20) gallons
Dimensions: 24X12X18 (inches)
Filter: Internal power filter 300 liters/hour (8 watt, Boyu)
Livestock: 2 Goldfish
2 black marbled Angelfish
2 Black moors
1 plecostomus(Sucker fish)
Substrate: Marble chips
Lighting: 20W CFL lights
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Ever since I was a kid I was intrigued by aquatic life. I was used to trapping fish in roadside puddles that were connected to the rivers and keeping them at home until they usually died a few days later. I had no clue what I was doing and being young it didn't occur to me to study and find out what I was doing wrong.
Fast forward ten years later, My dad randomly gets a 4 litre fishbowl and gets two goldfish just for fun.I am 20 years old now and I decide let me do this right. I go online and study as much as I can about goldfish keeping. I quickly find out I am not keeping them right and I don't have a filter for them. So I started doing 100% water changes daily so that my fish does not get ammonia poisoning.
A week later I am shopping with a friend. I am supposed to stall him as we had a surprise for him at the local restaurant so I suggested we check out the local aquarist, just for fun you see. And what happens next was like a total blur. I see all these fish and I totally fall in love with fishkeeping. For courtesy sake I asked the aquarist how much a two feet tank costs and found out it is really inexpensive. Next thing I know I am buying a tank, a filter and everything else i need to set up my first real aquarium.
I will keep out of the nitrogen cycle and stuff, but here are the specifics of my first tank.
Tank: 80 liters (20) gallons
Dimensions: 24X12X18 (inches)
Filter: Internal power filter 300 liters/hour (8 watt, Boyu)
Livestock: 2 Goldfish
2 black marbled Angelfish
2 Black moors
1 plecostomus(Sucker fish)
Substrate: Marble chips
Lighting: 20W CFL lights
Next post: Guide to breeding Opaline Gouramis
