DD had goldfish as a baby/toddler and obviously has happy memories. She has now decided she would like to try a tropical tank for xmas. Been to the aquarium shop and decided she'd like lots of tetras, some snails and a couple of bigger fish.
However, my memory of the years we had goldfish are of trying to clean and lift the huge tank. Our sump filter was awful to keep clean (hated that job) and goldfish just seemed the most dirty of creatures please reassure me that:-
a) Small tropical fish don't need the complete tank emptying regularly
and
b) There is a nice easy tank out there we can buy which has an easy to clean filter
Looked at biorbs and aquastyle so far. Are they really as easy to keep clean as the manufacturers would have you believe?
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DD wants to go tropical for xmas- advice please!
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pugsandseals · 26/10/2010 14:21
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