"Jay Kaner" wrote

I'd appreciate any advice

Which you've all given, and a big thank you to you all for that.

After reading all the replies it seems the tank is a bit over crowded. Tho'
with regular water changes, as per the advice, it shouldn't be too bad.

I bought this tank to see how I would enjoy keeping fish, which I do. I
have room for a 4 foot tank and thought if I enjoy having the fish then I
would upgrade to a 4 foot tank and sell the smaller one.

But from what i can gather it's not the best idea to have the coldwater fish
with the tropical ones ( the fella I bought it off said that wasn't a
problem keeping them together. He said you couldn't keep tropical fish in a
cold water set up but you could keep cold water fish in a tropical set up)

So what I am thinking now is to get a 4foot tank and put the tropical fish
in there and keep the smaller tank as a cold water one for the cold water
fish. I *have* to keep them because my daughter loves the fantail and the
black moors (because the black moors look like E.T!! they're E.T 1 and E.T
2)

All the fish I've added are tropical, I know that for sure. And out of the
ones that came with the tank, the fighting fish is too.
The fantail, the orfe (that's what the guy i bought it off said it was
called) and the black moors are cold water (please let me know if I am wrong
with this) It's just the black widow i'm not sure which tank to put him/her
in.

With a bit of luck I should be getting the bigger tank soon. I'm keeping my
eyes open for one in the local classified ads and ebay for when the right
price/distance to pick up comes along.

I think under the circumstances this is about the best way for getting the
best balance. Separate tanks for cold and tropical. I won't get the neon's
till then.

Thanks again to all who replied. Very helpful...even if some of it went
whoosh!!!! Like i said, I am new to this. But I'm finding it enjoyable so
I will learn as I go along.