Re: Small Aquarium or Fish Bowl?

[Flash Wilson]

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 11:09:46 GMT, Phil > wrote:
>I'm thinking of buying one of those small plastic aquariums for my daughters
>room. Plastic and cold water will make it pretty safe in the event of an
>accident.
>What I am wondering is will it need filtration or can I treat it as if it
>were a fish bowl.
>I holds around 10-12 liters of water, I'd prefer to not have any powered
>devices at all on it if possible.

I use them for my Bettas, although I have the slightly smaller
8-9 litre versions. The ones I use are advertised as being for
stick insects, toads, and small fish. Plastic, with hinged lid with
small ventilation holes in it.

Seem fine to me - I just put gravel, plants, water and fish in as
usual, with water changes of course because there is no filtration,
and a desklamp over the top keeps the temperature constant - obviously
you don't need the lamp if you've got cold water!

HTH.
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Flash . o O ( www.gorge.org )

[Paul]

Phil wrote in message >...
>I'm thinking of buying one of those small plastic aquariums for my
daughters
>room. Plastic and cold water will make it pretty safe in the event of an
>accident.
>What I am wondering is will it need filtration or can I treat it as if it
>were a fish bowl.
>I holds around 10-12 liters of water, I'd prefer to not have any powered
>devices at all on it if possible.
>
>

Sounds fine to me! I would advise maybe a small goldfish, or a couple of
guppies. Make sure you have a few plants in there and some lighting.

[Paul]

~Vicki ~ wrote in message
>...
>A dojo loach or two would work too. They are cold water fish and easy
>to keep in a small tank. My daughter has two in her 2.5 g in her room.
>They have been in there for a year now and are funny to watch.
>
>Vicki



ok.. sorry for the misinformation. I have seen plenty of gold fish in a 10
litre tank before... I'm talking about an inch long gold fish here... I had
one when I was 10 through to about 13...

[Paul]

sorry I just realised what I was saying... I am imagining a ten litre tank
to be alot bigger.. sorry I didn't know what I was talking about!!


Paul wrote in message ...
>
>~Vicki ~ wrote in message
>...
>>A dojo loach or two would work too. They are cold water fish and easy
>>to keep in a small tank. My daughter has two in her 2.5 g in her room.
>>They have been in there for a year now and are funny to watch.
>>
>>Vicki
>
>
>
>ok.. sorry for the misinformation. I have seen plenty of gold fish in a 10
>litre tank before... I'm talking about an inch long gold fish here... I had
>one when I was 10 through to about 13...
>
>

[~Vicki ~]

sorry I just realised what I was saying... I am imagining a ten litre
tank to be alot bigger.. sorry I didn't know what I was talking about!!
>
>
>
It is ok. Litres, imperial gallons, us gallons...It is all a little
confusing sometimes.

Vicki

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: Small Aquarium or Fish Bowl?
>From: "Paul"
>Date: 8/4/2003 11:35 PM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>
>Phil wrote in message >...
>>I'm thinking of buying one of those small plastic aquariums for my
>daughters
>>room. Plastic and cold water will make it pretty safe in the event of an
>>accident.
>>What I am wondering is will it need filtration or can I treat it as if it
>>were a fish bowl.
>>I holds around 10-12 liters of water, I'd prefer to not have any powered
>>devices at all on it if possible.
>>
>>
>
>Sounds fine to me! I would advise maybe a small goldfish, or a couple of
>guppies. Make sure you have a few plants in there and some lighting.
>

Goldfish require a minimum of 10g (US) per Goldie.
NEVER put a Goldfish in a fishbowl. They need a good filtration system to
survive.

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: Small Aquarium or Fish Bowl?
>From: "Paul"
>Date: 8/6/2003 12:28 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: >
>
>
>~Vicki ~ wrote in message
>...
>>A dojo loach or two would work too. They are cold water fish and easy
>>to keep in a small tank. My daughter has two in her 2.5 g in her room.
>>They have been in there for a year now and are funny to watch.
>>
>>Vicki
>
>
>
>ok.. sorry for the misinformation. I have seen plenty of gold fish in a 10
>litre tank before... I'm talking about an inch long gold fish here... I had
>one when I was 10 through to about 13...
>

Yeah, and the small..inch long Goldfish can reach 16 inches long!
However, if you kept it in a bowl it never saw a ripe old age.

[Phil]

Thanks guys ... I didn't come back to check for about a week, thanks for the
input. I was thinking a betta and a mystery snail and if I can get a ghost
shrimp here then one of them too.
:)

[blove]

no goldfish, they get huge fast and they require daily waterchanges because
they are extremely dirty. and they need a high amount of oxygen in the water
to live.

guppies need a filter and they would do better with warmer water.

"Paul" > wrote in message
...
>
> Phil wrote in message >...
> >I'm thinking of buying one of those small plastic aquariums for my
> daughters
> >room. Plastic and cold water will make it pretty safe in the event of an
> >accident.
> >What I am wondering is will it need filtration or can I treat it as if it
> >were a fish bowl.
> >I holds around 10-12 liters of water, I'd prefer to not have any powered
> >devices at all on it if possible.
> >
> >
>
> Sounds fine to me! I would advise maybe a small goldfish, or a couple of
> guppies. Make sure you have a few plants in there and some lighting.
>
>

[mindmeld]

i strongly recommend the white cloud mountain minnow... a pair probably. they
are quite reliable.

AcH.

Phil wrote:

> Thanks guys ... I didn't come back to check for about a week, thanks for the
> input. I was thinking a betta and a mystery snail and if I can get a ghost
> shrimp here then one of them too.
> :)