Subj : Re: Newbie-How Many Fish? To : All From : Iain Miller Date : Fri Jan 02 2004 06:34 am "Fish Keeper" wrote in message news:9099-3FF49148-8@storefull-2294.public.lawson.webtv.net... > for crying out loud. this is a little girl with a five gallon tank with > a frog and a little fish. > if you want my opinion.....get another little frog and maybe one more > fish. the less you have in the tank the better. don't worry about all > that testing stuff....we are not talking about an elaborate system with > exotic expensive fish here. if you want a catfish or large snail that > would be fine. small cory cat would work o.k. > change out about a gallon a week of water (using same temp and > dechlorinator). enjoy them and forget the test kits. We'll have to agree to disagree on this. I'm sure the OP wants this thing to work & the more you know about what's going on the more likely it is to do so. Next step might be to get a bigger tank with more fish - who knows. Either way the cycle applies whether its 5 gallons or 500 gallons. My kids (5&7) help look after the two tanks we now have & the testing is all part of it - indeed, they remind me to do it from time to time & they enjoy knowing that we are doing the best we can for our fish. They also learn from it. A while back we set up a 10G with only two platties in it & we had more problems cyclling that than with either of the two bigger tanks we now have - Nitrites nearly went off the scale (probably because we over fed - hence the stuff I wrote about not doing so). I. --- þ RIMEGate(tm)/RGXPost V1.14 at BBSWORLD * Info@bbsworld.com --- * RIMEGate(tm)V10.2áÿ* RelayNet(tm) NNTP Gateway * MoonDog BBS * RgateImp.MoonDog.BBS at 1/2/04 6:34:46 AM * Origin: MoonDog BBS, Brooklyn,NY, 718 692-2498, 1:278/230 (1:278/230) .