Have you set the tank up and left it a few days - a week to let the bacteria settle?

If the water isn't right, it'll kill the fish quick smart.
Lose the ammonia, nitrites and ensure the PH is right (testing every day)before thinking about fish.

Never buy anything (including ornaments or plants) at Pets at Home, or you'll be infested with snails. If you do et them, invest in an assassin snail or two.

If you have live plants in the tank, ensure your fish are nibblers, cos they'll eat the plants. The best way to counter this is to get special veggie fish food which means they're not hungry for the plants.

Finally, ensure the mix of fish you get are compatible with each other - you don't want them eating each other.

Recommend the places on the Beccles Road, and Taverham Garden Centre - they'll give you good advice.

Posted By: Arganth on September 10th 2013 at 13:20:48

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Anybody keep tropical fish (NCFC) - hoolahan, Sep 10, 10:16:41
- Get some cichlids they're smart, just don't mix them as they're nasty buggars (n/m) (NCFC) - Mickdundee, Sep 10, 18:30:12
- Have you set the tank up and left it a few days - a week to let the bacteria settle? (NCFC) - Arganth, Sep 10, 13:20:48
  - I want an Assassin Snail.. nothing else. Just one of them. Awesome. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 13:38:19
- He works on the Thames barrier !! (NCFC) - Foxnews, Sep 10, 12:57:19
- In me under-pants (NCFC) - harry boulders, Sep 10, 11:54:12
- the most helpful sarcastic post (NCFC) - scruffy, Sep 10, 11:29:19
  - Advice not advise fail ;O) (n/m) (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 11:38:41
    - haha, maybe (NCFC) - scruffy, Sep 10, 11:41:27
  - I've also heard that you have to disconnect your internet to give them perfect conditions (n/m) (NCFC) - scruffy, Sep 10, 11:30:14
- They drink Lilt (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Sep 10, 11:14:46
- Stripey ones suffer from an ovewhelming sense of existential ennui (NCFC) - norway, Sep 10, 11:10:31
  - Ocam's razor is also useful here (NCFC) - scruffy, Sep 10, 11:33:00
- Do tropical fish keep people, sometimes? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 11:03:31
- yes i believe people do (n/m) (NCFC) - sotoncanary, Sep 10, 11:03:04
- I used to have some guppies... they liked watching the snooker so (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 10:50:41
  - sure it wasn't pool? (n/m) (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 10:51:18
    - Didn't have Satillite. Also I struggled to remember their names so had (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 10:55:11
- Don't let them off the lead when you take them to the park (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 10, 10:47:55
- not in England (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Sep 10, 10:45:21
  - not strictly true (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 10:48:04
- dont forget to bath them every other night. (NCFC) - I Am Hoot, Sep 10, 10:43:43
- You lot are as bad as motty and his chumps (NCFC) - hoolahan, Sep 10, 10:42:57
- Don't drop your toaster in the tank (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Sep 10, 10:37:12
  - Or if we are to believe the world of advertising... a battery powered razor (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 10:40:59
- keep them in a tank of water (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 10:36:55
  - At a pinch, the cistern will do. As long as the pipe isn't too wide they won't get flushed (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 11:04:56
    - would you adam and eve it.... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 11:15:07
      - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Man, Sep 10, 12:06:23
  - Excellent advice. Also avoid Pirana... especially if you are keeping smaller fish in the (NCFC) - Pixelman, Sep 10, 10:38:30
    - exactly. also don't allow them to operate heavy machinery on the day you get them home (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 10, 10:41:22
- nice with Chips (n/m) (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 10, 10:23:38
  - You can let them use JCB's up to 10 Tonne right away ! (n/m) (NCFC) - Men without hats, Sep 10, 10:57:02

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