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Getting Started with a Freshwater Fish Tank
Ron:
Overall I think it's a great starter for people. I see a few opportunities for refinement possibly ...
- I'd clarify the heater breakage relative to water level. It's an issue for all heaters and the real problem with submersing the non-submersibles is water infiltration.
- The first time bacteria are mentioned, clarify that they colonize surfaces. Lots of people seem to think they are free-floating in the water column. Reading between the lines yields the clarity, as you mention it relative to various filters, but making it more obvious might be better.
- I'd suggest a greater percentage water change than 10-20%. IMO 20-30% weekly would be better for beginners.
- Add something about overfeeding since that's a common issue IMO with people new to the hobby.
Maybe others have input?
linuxrulesusa:
--- Quote from: Ron on March 22, 2013, 11:19:39 PM ---Overall I think it's a great starter for people. I see a few opportunities for refinement possibly ...
- I'd clarify the heater breakage relative to water level. It's an issue for all heaters and the real problem with submersing the non-submersibles is water infiltration.
- The first time bacteria are mentioned, clarify that they colonize surfaces. Lots of people seem to think they are free-floating in the water column. Reading between the lines yields the clarity, as you mention it relative to various filters, but making it more obvious might be better.
- I'd suggest a greater percentage water change than 10-20%. IMO 20-30% weekly would be better for beginners.
- Add something about overfeeding since that's a common issue IMO with people new to the hobby.
Maybe others have input?
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Thanks for these suggestions. I will work on incorporating these corrections/adjustments in.
As far as overfeeding...that's one of the hardest things IMO to explain to people because a 'pinch' is vague and 'as much as they will eat in two minutes' is generally way too much, correct?
Steve:
--- Quote ---As far as overfeeding...that's one of the hardest things IMO to explain to people because a 'pinch' is vague and 'as much as they will eat in two minutes' is generally way too much, correct?
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Since getting back into fish keeping I started out by following that whole "2 min rule"....and lost two fish to Bloat. So I dunno about anyone else but yeah I think the 2 min thing is pretty misleading. Now I usually feed them about what they can eat in about 20-30 seconds max and that seems to be pretty good IMO.
Ron:
--- Quote from: linuxrulesusa on March 22, 2013, 11:41:02 PM ---As far as overfeeding...that's one of the hardest things IMO to explain to people because a 'pinch' is vague and 'as much as they will eat in two minutes' is generally way too much, correct?
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2 minutes is way too long IMO. I agree with what Steve suggested above, 20 seconds or so if fine. Healthy fish are hungry fish.
linuxrulesusa:
--- Quote from: Ron on March 23, 2013, 08:20:45 AM ---
--- Quote from: linuxrulesusa on March 22, 2013, 11:41:02 PM ---As far as overfeeding...that's one of the hardest things IMO to explain to people because a 'pinch' is vague and 'as much as they will eat in two minutes' is generally way too much, correct?
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2 minutes is way too long IMO. I agree with what Steve suggested above, 20 seconds or so if fine. Healthy fish are hungry fish.
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All right, I made some adjustments.
Any other input?
Thanks.
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