Re: 1 gallon tank

• From: "NetMax" <computeralias@xxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:11:01 -0500

"Mellie101" <mellie101@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:1138574255.708820.267210@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello,  my daughter recieved a goldfish in a one gallon tank.  This
> started my interest and we have just moved him into a 55g with 2
> buddies and another to go in when the ammonia spike drops and I can see
> that he is healthy.  The 1 gallon tank had a little 15 watt bulb for
> light.  It recently blew and I bought another.  I've noticed that the
> tank water is getting quite hot.  Somewhere between 78-81.  I'm keeping
> the light off during the day and only putting it on for a hour or so in
> the evening when the room temp drops.  Any day know the black moor in
> there will go into the big tank.
>
> My question is, could I keep some very small tropical fish in it.  I
> know it is very small but thought maybe 6 neon tetra's?  Hate the
> thought of a tank sitting empty.  Once the gold fish get big it wont'
> even work as a hospital tank.
>
> Anyway, just a thought
> Thanks
> Mellie

Do you have access to a swamp?  Lake, river or creek will do too, but 
swamps and slow creeks seem to be best.  Take your child with you and 
collect a glass of water.  Put it into the 1g bowl with a bit of 
vegetation and a few flakes of food every few days, and tell her to check 
every day for life.  You should get a variety of bugs, beetles, daphnia, 
nemotodia etc showing up.  To a child, watching a variety of bugs going 
through their stages could possibly be much more interesting than a 
single fish.  Dragonfly larvae can be particularly interesting to watch.

ps: put a screen over the bowl, to hold the evolving flyers ;~).
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