My 10 Gallon Fish Tank (2)

[pigpod12]

dude your tank is a really good set up nice job on it 5/5 tank

[SGardner11]

@pigpod12 ty very much sir

[kmscutie132]

please tell me the red tailed shark is upgraded. the tank is too small for it.

[SGardner11]

@kmscutie132 i donated the shark to a petstore. when i donated it was 5 inches already

[cosplayboy69]

was me myself and irene in the backgournd lol XD , i love that movie, and man i hope that rainbow shark dosnt get big and eat all the other fish, but it prolly wont.

[SGardner11]

@cosplayboy69 yes it was =]

[devonmeloan]

how much was it and where did u get this its nice

[notreallyfamous]

did the betta fish ever attack the other fish?

[SGardner11]

@notreallyfamous nope, it never attacked any other fish. it was pretty calm and peaceful. it was the shark that was the killer

[Asultion]

@notreallyfamous No You can put Betta fish in with other kind of fish, they only fight their own kind.

[musicandbuze]

how big did the shark get?

[SGardner11]

@musicandbuze it grew close to 7 inches. it got big fast, especially after eating everything else in there -_-

[MattndewBlog]

nice tank but who was doing it in the back lol

[SGardner11]

@MattndewBlog i was watching me my self and irene and there was a taco bell commercial

[disasterpiece25]

wtf is going on in the background?

[SGardner11]

@disasterpiece25

i believe that is me myself and irene playing on my tv in the background

[devonmeloan]

@disasterpiece25 ikr

[TheAquariumKid]

not bad but if i was u take shark out sooner or l8er it well kill uer betta paltys and guppys, i had one it killed my snail betta and a neon tetra

[SGardner11]

@TheAquariumKid yea, i figured that out a long time ago. it killed alot of stuff ha. i still liked it though

[TheAquariumKid]

@SGardner11 yeah late reply but it okay

[CarterBoyy227]

Nice set up, simple but good. I like those natural looking pebbles rather than single color rocks.

[SGardner11]

thanks. all but the shark has died. all the others died.... well cause of the shark. he eat most of them. =[

i miss having the cat fish.

now i moved to a different look, still natural though. check out my gold fish vid. =]

[Flomounier1]

nice mollies, is that a beta in there?

[SGardner11]

Yea. The beta was real healthy at that point. The whole tank was then. But within a month or two, the I got the shark to grow almost full size and it went Jason on all the other fish. I finally donated him and made it into a fancy goldfsih tank for my pops. I;ll probably make a vid for it pretty soon.

[SGardner11]

LMFAO. I wondered why you would say that. haha.

Closest place is el darado park by my university, but the water is to murky for it to live long.

[ATF6281914]

I don't see no shark.

ATF

[SGardner11]

It's a "Red Tailed Black Shark" and it's when its a baby. ha. It got bigger. Its not like a tiger shark, haha.

[ATF6281914]

I'm that stupid. I'm saying that I only see fish in that tank; no sharks.

ATF

[ATF6281914]

Nevermind. I see him at :16-:24.

ATF

[SGardner11]

Hehe. ;-)

And as a matter a fact, were figuring what to do with him now.

He just killed two guppies which makes it about 80 dollars worth of fish that he's killed. Hes about 6 inches now and no pet store around here would take him back.

[ATF6281914]

(That comment below's supposed to say, "I'm not that stupid...".)

Wow! He's a hungry feller.

Just release him into a nearby lake.

ATF

[Mywesties5]

Does the betta fish get along well with the other ones? I wanted to get a male, but I heard he will fight with other fishes with bright colors !! can you help me with this ?

[hobbyguy217]

ARE THOSE Sunburst Platies AGGRESIVE?

[SGardner11]

nope, they were extremely friendy, just my shark literally ate off there scales and they died slowly =/.

i like my shark too much to get rid of it though

[rjmaryjane]

hahaha...those "red" tetras, are also called serpae tetra's lol

[SGardner11]

yes, yes they are. =]

[netweit]

what kind of guppies are those with the black fins and orange body?

[Bong811]

those aren't guppies. those ones are the sunburst platties. they look great... as long as they dont eat all the food u put in for the tank.

those lil dudes eat and eat and eat. and can just keep going.

[netweit]

how big do platties grow? whats the biggest one you had?

[SGardner11]

the biggest the one i gotten so far is about an inch and a half, and its plump.

that thing sometimes hogs the food from the rest. well, he hogs it until the red tailed shark get irritated and chases it off.

[netweit]

oh because i heard they got to 4! inckes when full grown but i guess not

[SGardner11]

ive only had mine for like 3 months.

and i heard there max size is about 2.

ill look it up right now though

[netweit]

i heard about these things that plattys need to live: pH 7.0-8.2, KH 10-25

what is kh? and the ph levels are the highest the fish can resist?

[SGardner11]

honestly, i haven't checked all that stuff.

all i do is do water changes every monday.

plus from all my reserach all my fish i have in there are all tolerant of most sitatuions so thats why i have um in there haha.

i might get flamed by fish lovers for this, but if u toss those platies into any freshwater tank, they should be fine all long as it's not over crowded

[netweit]

so you just ignored those ph things and your plattys have thrived for a long time? oh and for my 10g aquarium, how ofter shuld i do the water changes

[SGardner11]

i don't exactly IGNORE the ph, but i don't test it. instead i just do regular water changes.

and for a 10 g, i read with in a months time you should change out 50% of the total water.

so what i do is every monday morning i take out 15% or so of the water and replace it with new fresh water.

4 x 15 = 60 but hey, its about right.

oh and yea, those platies have thrived greatly. one of them is huge, close to 2 1/4 iches! its huge! My sharks still bigger and hasnt even grown 1/4th its max size!

[jonsprettylady]

hey have you had any problems with your betta with your other fish? i have a ten gallon tank with 2 sunburst platies and 2 tetras, and i kinda wanted a betta i just didnt want it to hurt the other fish

[SGardner11]

The betta is surprisingly peaceful.

Hes also kinds strange at that. I read that they hate fish flakes and pellets and would only eat their own betta food, but my betta seems to like the sinking wafers and tropical flakes.

I see him lots of times going up when I'm feeding all the other fish, taking whatever flakes he can fit in his mouth and going into the cave with the shark. I kinda think they share their food!

Oh, and google "Freshwater fish compatibilities". That might help you pick.

[jonsprettylady]

oh wow thats great to hear, i really wanted a betta, i might still get one :) thanks for the response! :)

[SGardner11]

No problem. And hey, you never rated my tank ;-)

Oh and a friend told me a tip. The betta will be less aggressive to other fish if you excerise him once in a while. By either holding up a mirrior or another betta next to the tank.

Also, try to give the betta a cave plants to hide in cause they will get tired from the filter. Thats what they told me

[jonsprettylady]

aw haha i'm sorry, your tank is really pretty honestly, its alot better than mine its all plain :P i need more decorations.

thanks for all the tips, i'm probably going to the pet store tommrow to look at some bettas <3 thanks again!