Quote Originally Posted by Cathy_for_you View Post
Yes I think so too. Something new to obsess about

gracias

C4U... Being a fishkeeper.... thats what people who care for fish are callled.. is indeed a great hobby to while time away... yun lang it can be time consuming an meticulous.

Sa initial set up pa lang ng tank, you'll need many man (or woman) hours. There are many websites that deal with filtration/ lighting/ substrate (yung gravel and sand)/ plants etc.

However, sa FH, most of the set ups I see are bare, im not sure why, perhaps those that keep FH can better explain this. One of the important things that get missed out during the initial set up is water conditioning, where in beneficial bacteria is allowed to grow in the tank. Its not wise (even disastrous) to put a fish in new water immedietely even if you already put in anti-clorine.

It may also be good to get the initial tank set up right the first time instead of upgrading to a bigger and bigger tank as your fish grows and upgrading the filtration as well. I've learned my lesson on this strating from 15g to 30g and finally to my currrent set up of 100g.

On the topic of fish, specially FH being lucky.. I believe this is true... the position of the tank shuld be near the door or window.. it is beleived that the flowign water also brings good things(vibes/karma) into the home. Another quality of keeping fish I'm told is that it absorbs stress from members of the household so much so that they get sick.. instead of the houshold member getting sick.

I kept different cichlids (to which the FH belongs to) for a couple of years .... Now I keep turtles...

HTH.....