Newb looking for some advice.

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there are different kinds of daniios, zebra danios are one kind.
you could cycle the tank with small schooling fish. then if you like peaceful, geo tapajos redheads are very nice. they do well with schoolers, so you'd have variety in tank appearance and action.
Geos do need xlnt water care, frequent changes (but most of us here do that with all fish) and they like to be in groups.
You have to weigh out the level of hardiness you feel comfortable starting out with.
There are so many different options for a 75G!
 
Hello; Danioes (SP?) is a name for a group of fish. Among the smallest and most common danioes are the zebras and their varities. There are also some larger fish in the danio clasification. The giant danioe is one that gets faitly large. Sorry for not being very clear in my previous post. I don't know what is new to you.
One more thing comes to mind. What will your water source be for the tanks? Will you use tap water or well water?
 
Ahh, so Danloes is similar to a school of fish? Now I'm catching on, lol I'm really new to the fish ordeal I'm trying to learn a lot in a short time. I appreciate your patience with me. I will be using tap water to fill the tank. I'm thinking i should start out with some zebras to get the tank established. I wouldn't mind having 2 types of groups that get along or just 2 or 3 other oddball fish that get along.

Thank you again
 
Hello; When using tap water it is good to know what chemicals the water company uses to treat the water. This will help to determine what home chemical treatments, if any, may be necessary to make the water safe for fish. Some water companies use a combination of chlorine and chloramines (sp?) to treat the water supply. If your company uses these it will be necessary for you to add some chemicals to any tank water to make the chloramines and chlorine inert and harmless to the fish. Many water companies, such as the one I get water from, only use chlorine to treat the supply water. I am able to make the water safe for use in my tanks by simply storing the water in containers for a few days.

(Note- Some members are strongly in favor of treating water like mine with chemicals anyway. There two advantages with this method. First is that you do not have to have a lot of water sitting around in containers like I have now. Second is that the water can be changed almost straight from the tap where I have to wait a few days for the chlorine to become inert. The advantages to my method is that I have not had to buy or use any water treatment chemicals for over 50 years. A second advantage is that I always have many gallons of water on hand in an emergency.)
You can find out from your water company what method they usee to treat the tap water you will be using. They will tell you and likely will have a water quality report available. You can also just go ahead and buy the home tank water treatment chemicals and use them. I will leave the suggestion of which chemicals to use to other members who haveexperience with them.
 
if water is treated, I'd just use something that removes both chlorine and chloramines, because the water company isn't going to notify you if they intensify treatment. unless you have a friend working there ;-)
 
petspoiler said:
if water is treated, I'd just use something that removes both chlorine and chloramines, because the water company isn't going to notify you if they intensify treatment. unless you have a friend working there ;-)
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Hello; I wondered about this myself. I went to the local water company last year and kept asking about it untill I was passed up to the main water engineer responsible for running the water plant. According to him water plants are required to give public notice any time such changes are made in the treatment of a water supply. He also told me that such changes were not often made as that a very involved process had to take place.
 
That could depend on the state and/or district. If a contamination issue arises, treating the supply for drinking safety has priority over notifications.
My community is on a well, and this has happened several times.... crack in a main line, etc.
First they treat, then they notify- and that is to inform us to boil water or buy bottles for drinking.
I'm glad my water is not treated very often. The taste of it is awful.
 
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Is what I would suggest... way cheaper then buying it via your local shops. HIgher the watts the less it actually costs you to heat the tank.. the faster a tank heats up the less electricity it'll use within' reason. I would also get a floating thermometer, thought ive never had an issues with the pro heaters its worth haveing a thermometer to be 100% sure everything is working properly.

water conditioner imo is a must... prime is good as a general one, i'm personally fond of aquasafe. imo it breaks down heavy metals best ( on a well and our water has alot of nastyness in it)

do a 25% water change very week religiousely, and a 50% monthly. Vaccuming your gravel every time you do.. and you'll liekly have no issues with water quality once your tank is cycled...

if you dont mind my asking what general area in central Wi are you? I may be able to stear you towards some LFS that can help you.
 
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