Longkang fish brought me here!

[hencpu]

Hi everyone! Totally newbie in fish keeping, but has been learning the hard way for the past 2 months.

One day my 3y.o son brought home a bunch of longkang fish (mosquitofish) from his school trip. In a frantic effort to keep the fish alive, i started to research & buy tanks & equipments. In the end all of them died after 3 wks even with proper filter. But thanks to the poor fish, I've learned the basics of cycling, water parameter, ph shock, etc

Then i started 2 nano tanks, 1x 3.5g for planted only & 1x 5g low light plants with cardinals. On the 3.5g plant-only tank, i managed to grow the HC on AS well with DSM, but it melted a few days after being submersed. For the 5g cardinals tank, the fish were healthy within the 1st 2wk, but then everything went downhill & my fish died rapidly with rotten fin & fungus. Tried H2O2 & some medicine but it was too late. I guess it columnaris, since the last few fish died with badly rotten body. Tear the tank down to disinfect.

Hopefully wont repeat the same mistakes again & can learn more from the senior bros around here

[hencpu]

Gee, I think I sound like a newbie who's trying to act smart

Didn't mean that, I probably got too carried away with enthusiasm while describing my experience

[felix_fx2]

You are welcomed to share your experiences anytime

[hencpu]

You are welcomed to share your experiences anytime

Thanks, felix_fx2

[stormhawk]

Everyone has to start somewhere. My first fish tank was when I was 5, and I remember I kept Oscars with guppies in the same 2 ft tank. Needless to say, they were eaten.

[GuppyLover]

Heheh welcome! When I just started , I added a flowerhorn with angels around 1inch. You should know what happened next

[hencpu]

Thanks bros for the welcome & sharing your past experience

[Jianyuan]

Welcome man to the AQ family, most of us started out somewhere and experienced failures. Its where we pick ourselves up and learn.

[fotoudavid]

I remember when I was young, my 2 ft goldfish many pieces in it, water so so bad I cannot see them. Then change water 100% tap water. At nite, off the air pump save electricity. That was 25 years ago.

[hencpu]

Welcome man to the AQ family, most of us started out somewhere and experienced failures. Its where we pick ourselves up and learn.

I remember when I was young, my 2 ft goldfish many pieces in it, water so so bad I cannot see them. Then change water 100% tap water. At nite, off the air pump save electricity. That was 25 years ago.

Thanks, Jianyuan & fotoudavid for the welcome & sharing your starting experience.

[hencpu]

Wah, many of you have been keeping fish for decades. Many things to learn from everyone here

[diazman]

my first fish i kept was the goldfish at 5 years old (gift from my parents who eventually poisoned me into fish keeping till today), kept changing the tank's water everyday

[wongce]

my first fish is also long kang fish... i caught them in actual long kang in front of my house... LOL... i think it was when i'm around 6 years old?? LOL.. really bring back a lot of memories..when esp when i tried to catch the fishes together with my dad...

[hencpu]

my first fish i kept was the goldfish at 5 years old (gift from my parents who eventually poisoned me into fish keeping till today), kept changing the tank's water everyday

my first fish is also long kang fish... i caught them in actual long kang in front of my house... LOL... i think it was when i'm around 6 years old?? LOL.. really bring back a lot of memories..when esp when i tried to catch the fishes together with my dad...

Thanks for sharing your experience

[shawnmichael]

I remember I had a goldfish when I was about 4 yrs old.
I fed him milk.
It died of cause.

[Shi Xuan]

Hi everyone! Totally newbie in fish keeping, but has been learning the hard way for the past 2 months.

One day my 3y.o son brought home a bunch of longkang fish (mosquitofish) from his school trip. In a frantic effort to keep the fish alive, i started to research & buy tanks & equipments. In the end all of them died after 3 wks even with proper filter. But thanks to the poor fish, I've learned the basics of cycling, water parameter, ph shock, etc

Then i started 2 nano tanks, 1x 3.5g for planted only & 1x 5g low light plants with cardinals. On the 3.5g plant-only tank, i managed to grow the HC on AS well with DSM, but it melted a few days after being submersed. For the 5g cardinals tank, the fish were healthy within the 1st 2wk, but then everything went downhill & my fish died rapidly with rotten fin & fungus. Tried H2O2 & some medicine but it was too late. I guess it columnaris, since the last few fish died with badly rotten body. Tear the tank down to disinfect.

Hopefully wont repeat the same mistakes again & can learn more from the senior bros around here

I share a similar encounter as you. I use to do a lot of net dipping in the longkang at the back of my house. Killed a huge portion of the catch most of the time due to blatant mistakes on my part but I'm a far cry from that now. Nonetheless, looking back then, it never fails to bring a smile on my face.

[hencpu]

I remember I had a goldfish when I was about 4 yrs old.
I fed him milk.
It died of cause.

woah! haha

I share a similar encounter as you. I use to do a lot of net dipping in the longkang at the back of my house. Killed a huge portion of the catch most of the time due to blatant mistakes on my part but I'm a far cry from that now. Nonetheless, looking back then, it never fails to bring a smile on my face.

Thx for sharing, bros