35 litres per fish?

[dogtanian]

I have recently bought a 15 litre aquarium starter kit from a well known
hardware store.
I have 1 shubunkin in it, is 15l not really big enough?
Have changed water & removed undergravel filter as it was pretty useless:
didn't realise you had to vacuum gravel as well!

[Geezer From The Freezer]

dogtanian wrote:
>
> I have recently bought a 15 litre aquarium starter kit from a well known
> hardware store.
> I have 1 shubunkin in it, is 15l not really big enough?
> Have changed water & removed undergravel filter as it was pretty useless:
> didn't realise you had to vacuum gravel as well!

15 litres is much much much to small for a shubunkin! You need about 35 litres
minimum
ideally you would need about 70 litres!

[Günther Ritter]

"dogtanian" > schrieb

> I have recently bought a 15 litre aquarium starter kit from a well known
> hardware store.
> I have 1 shubunkin in it, is 15l not really big enough?

It is a very small aquarium.
If the fish is 3 cm, it is ok for 2 or 3 days ;)
If the fish is more than 3 cm, beginners here can check it on:

http://www.shubunkin.de/volumen.asp?go=1

regards

Günther