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Originally Posted by sapiloncat80
this is my first thread.... feel free to comment yo...
after almost 2 years having a 5ft planted tank with hundreds of small fish, pleco, shrimp. recently buy 3 Gf and put in inside. next 2 days 1 Gf die. the other 2 left look so weak just dun wan to swim. just release that my Gf cannot fight with my guppy when eating food. Gf always run away as for the guppy that snap everything.
so decided to make my own Planted Goldfish tank
D-6... googling for more info....
1. many thread here says cannot put Gf with plant... they will eat all the plant. but still tank without plant to me is dead tank (even though with fish  ). what plant is better ?
2. create tank with plant means that we need to put sand below. heard that Gf also might eat the sand and choke => afraid it will be die. should I use medium gravel instead of sand ?
3. Plant = need CO2 unless moss type. but Gf need many O2. is it OK for Gf ?
4. I am planning to use ext canister (more tidy and easy maintenance). read also that canister no good for Gf coz it stockpile nitrat and amonia inside. to solve it also to add more O2 inside like air bubble and place the inflow water higher than water level. is it correct ?
5. after reading bro blackgf thread : <sorry cannot paste the link>
waks... so difficult to have a Gf tank... so many disease... and need coral reel gravel to filter the water... is it really necesssary or only when ur gf got disease then u do that ?
please guide me all the Gf shifu and bros...
tonight start to hunting all the equipment.... wish me luck guys
cheers.... |
Hi Bro, first off let me hazard a guess why your goldfish didn't do well in your planted tank. Generally planted tanks have much lower pH compared to goldfish tank. So when you buy your goldfish, you put them in and they suffer a pH shock, after about half a day they will look sian sian like that.
And you've underestimated the humble goldfish, if they are in top form, there is no way your guppy is going to take away any food from it. Maybe even your guppy and shrimps will become food for the goldfish
Your doesn't seems to be in a good state at the moment.
Next, yes you can have a planted goldfish tank but it does look abit strange, trust me........ done that. But it does has it benefit. Nana is one of the most recommended for goldfish, windelove and java fern is the other tougher ones that can tahan the goldfish. These two plant don't need CO2, so you don't have that problem.
Yes you can use canister but trust me they are a pain to wash. What I do is use multi-filtration. A HOF for mechnical ie. waste and un-eaten food and a canister with filtered intake (fill with Eheim Substrate and CR) for biological.
I do have a stack of small coral chips in my canister to help buffer the water, it's best to keep pH above 7 when keeping goldfish. No the coral chip are not for disease prevention.
Like all fishes, the art of keeping goldfish is the art of keeping good quality water. If you can maintain that, you'll have no problem with your goldfish. Screw up pH and Nitrogen and you'll better start open a pharmacy