I was given a tank and set up for what i think is tropical fish
so i have a 130L tank (from what ive worked out on the net)
a ton of gear including air feed stuff and allsorts
and im not sure what can do in it or anything ....

any suggestions and advice?

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Give me a full list of everything you've got, as there's sometimes a few pieces of equipment that newcomers are overlooking...

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

Here's what you'll need...

• A filter, take a look at the Fluval U-series or Eheim Aquaballs
• A liquid master test kit for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate
• Some different substrate (sand looks very natural), that is if you want live plants or catfish
• Obviously some more decor
• A digital thermometer, avoid the stick-on LCD ones
• One small bottle of 8.5% ammonia solution, to cycle the filter
• Two clean, plastic 25 litre buckets that haven't previoiusly been used
• Two 5-6" fine-mesh nets
• A gravel siphon
• A spare heater

Total cost = approx £100 if you shop around, this excludes fish and plants.

how many fish could live in the tank?
im not sure weather to just have fresh water or not

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

That depends both on the size of individual fish and the space requirements (either for swimming space or to establish territories) of individual species. I certainly wouldn't put in any fish that exceed 15cm/6" in length.

The term 'freshwater' encompasses most fish that you'll see in aquatic stores, including tropical freshwater fish, Goldfish, Koi etc. There are also tropical saltwater or marine fish, and there are also several 'brackish' species that live in less saline water than marine species. You can't mix saltwater and tropical fish in the same tank, however some brackish species can adapt to both full saltwater conditions or freshwater.

okay well im not sure i can get to grips with the whole regulating the temperature thing and id rather start with something that is fairly simple first as fish arent something ive had before

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

Your heaters have thermostats to regulate the temperature. That's the easiest part

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ahhh i was sooo worried about them being cold and me not knowing ahaha stupid me not knowing anything .... im going to read up i think .... any threads or websites recommended?

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Odin my beautiful KC reg GSD
Freya my baby KC reg GSD
Beefcake the bunny
Our little leopard gecko Sparticus

"He is your friend, your partner, your defender, your dog. You are his life, his love, his leader. He will be yours, faithful and true, to the last beat of his heart. You owe it to him to be worthy of such devotion."

Have a browse around the fish section. You can see mine and a few others here Fish keepers of the world unite!
I'm sure Chillinator will be able to direct you to a forum when he is back on

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