Hello everyone.
It's been 10+years since my last aquarium.
I've been on and off regarding tropical aquariums since i was 12 (over 40's now). I've built several ~30-40gallon tanks through all these years but never really managed to grasp the whole concept about maintaining, aqua scaping, getting the right fish etc.
I always loved this hobby for the engagement it has and i could spend hours sitting, enjoying and relaxing next to my tanks.
About a month ago my wife and daughter came home with a dumbo betta...and here we go again!!!!
Went out bought 2X 2gallon bowls(thought of trying something different this time) since these were the largest i could find at the time(a week later my local store brought some 3 gallon bowls...i'll get back to this later)
I didn't want to spend a lot this time since i don't know what i really want to do...stay with bowls...build another tank...
Anyway...both bowls have fine gravel, drift wood, anubias petite, limnophila sessiliflora, java moss, marimo moss ball and duckweed (planning on adding Dwarf Sagittaria as well).
My daughters, has the betta and 2 nerite snails
After cycling for 3 weeks the 2nd "experimental" bowl i added 2 endler guppies and 4 red cherry shrimps.
I currently run them with mini powerheads i had in my garage from the past with no heater.
I'm doing 30-50% water changes every 2 days.
Temps here in Cyprus / Mediterranean range from 115F(46C) in the summer (now) to 46F (8C) in the winter.
The bowls now in the middle of the summer are at 27-28C (80-82F) with the AC running all day. Powerheads do increase the temps by 1-2 degrees C so i just ordered 2 sponge filters and 2 air pumps to replace them.
I don't want to run any heaters...i know i won't be able to do so with the betta fish so that will need one. My home in the winter goes as low as 65F (18C) at night a couple of weeks each year ... all other days are above 19-20C (66-68F).
I've been told/read, endlers will be OK without a heater.
I was planning on buying 3 X 3gallon bowls...replace the existing ones and use the 3rd to separate male/female endlers as i beleive i will have endler fry in the next few days.
I made some research for fish that could survive the winter(and summer) with room temperature as new additions and could go with endlers:
-gold ring danios
-celestial perl danios
-bloodfin tetras
-chili rasboras
-medaka ricefish
If i go without heaters i'll be placing the 2 bowls on a shelf i made OR I could build a 10gallon long, narrow rectangular tank and place it on the small table in the living room which could run a heater if it's required although i'd rather skip it as i will need the 3rd tank(bowl) to separate the endlers thus complicating things.
Sorry for the long post...won't happen again!!!
It's been 10+years since my last aquarium.
I've been on and off regarding tropical aquariums since i was 12 (over 40's now). I've built several ~30-40gallon tanks through all these years but never really managed to grasp the whole concept about maintaining, aqua scaping, getting the right fish etc.
I always loved this hobby for the engagement it has and i could spend hours sitting, enjoying and relaxing next to my tanks.
About a month ago my wife and daughter came home with a dumbo betta...and here we go again!!!!
Went out bought 2X 2gallon bowls(thought of trying something different this time) since these were the largest i could find at the time(a week later my local store brought some 3 gallon bowls...i'll get back to this later)
I didn't want to spend a lot this time since i don't know what i really want to do...stay with bowls...build another tank...
Anyway...both bowls have fine gravel, drift wood, anubias petite, limnophila sessiliflora, java moss, marimo moss ball and duckweed (planning on adding Dwarf Sagittaria as well).
My daughters, has the betta and 2 nerite snails
After cycling for 3 weeks the 2nd "experimental" bowl i added 2 endler guppies and 4 red cherry shrimps.
I currently run them with mini powerheads i had in my garage from the past with no heater.
I'm doing 30-50% water changes every 2 days.
Temps here in Cyprus / Mediterranean range from 115F(46C) in the summer (now) to 46F (8C) in the winter.
The bowls now in the middle of the summer are at 27-28C (80-82F) with the AC running all day. Powerheads do increase the temps by 1-2 degrees C so i just ordered 2 sponge filters and 2 air pumps to replace them.
I don't want to run any heaters...i know i won't be able to do so with the betta fish so that will need one. My home in the winter goes as low as 65F (18C) at night a couple of weeks each year ... all other days are above 19-20C (66-68F).
I've been told/read, endlers will be OK without a heater.
I was planning on buying 3 X 3gallon bowls...replace the existing ones and use the 3rd to separate male/female endlers as i beleive i will have endler fry in the next few days.
I made some research for fish that could survive the winter(and summer) with room temperature as new additions and could go with endlers:
-gold ring danios
-celestial perl danios
-bloodfin tetras
-chili rasboras
-medaka ricefish
If i go without heaters i'll be placing the 2 bowls on a shelf i made OR I could build a 10gallon long, narrow rectangular tank and place it on the small table in the living room which could run a heater if it's required although i'd rather skip it as i will need the 3rd tank(bowl) to separate the endlers thus complicating things.
Sorry for the long post...won't happen again!!!