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I want to keep increasing the amounts of tanks I have but it’s just so costly! I bought a 5 gallon tank last year which cost me £80, and i’ve heard something about a £ per gallon, which sounds great. Can anyone give me some advice on where to shop?

You could use something such as a shot glass (make sure it’s been boiled first to remove anything harmful) and bury it in the gravel/sand to make a little cave, your corys should be able to access it and use it to get away from the other fish.

It will be fine but make sure to stop feeding flake so there is no excess food, and feed enough sinking wafers for all your fish.

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I have a 60l tank with four juvenile dwarf puffers. I have read that they are appropriate to keep with otocinclis and I have a decent amount of algae so this would not be an issue. However, I was curious if anyone has any experience with other fish/ invertebrates. They already co-exist with...

I concur, i’ve seen bristlenoses grow to 6 inches before, and they require at least 30 gallons of water.

Personally I would leave the light. If you experience any issues in the future then consider changing it. You could easily keep a group of 10 neons in a tank this size. A group of about 6 pygmy cory catfish would also be sufficient. As for snails I would recommend some sort of nerite, however...

This pleco will grow far too large to live in a tank of this size. I hope you have another place to move it to and this is only temporary.

It should take about 6 weeks.

Did you clean the gravel before adding it to your tank? This will make your water cloudy but after numerous water changes it should settle down.

Looks to me like a bladder snail.

Just a suggestion but you could try to find an extremely small mesh and run it through the water like a net to try remove them? But i don’t know how big they are so it may not work.

This should be a sufficient amount of space for the tetras, although i’m not too sure about hatchet fish but I do know they don’t move much. As for the cories I would encourage you to get a large group of probably 6-8 instead of just the 4.

Here in the UK you can pick about 4 up for £25.

I think you are correct about the Bacopa from google searches this one looks the closest to the plant I have.

Sounds good. I’ve always wanted a blue velvet shrimp tank.

I purchased it a few weeks ago and threw away the tag with the species name accidentally.

Looks great! What type of shrimp do you plan to keep in here?

Believe it or not I actually want pond snails to feed to my puffers as I only have a breeding colony of malaysian trumpets.

Yes, they are pregnant. It’s not too easy to tell exactly when they will give birth so just keep an eye on them.

It looks like some sort of freshwater limpet.

African dwarf frogs could do well in a tank this size.

What are your water parameters?

I have one male betta, I only purchased it yesterday, any name ideas?

It may be inbred. I have had guppies accidentally inbreed and they come out with some strange looking fish.

I just purchased some live copepods as live food for my dwarf puffers and betta fish. I did not realise they were marine until after I had got home. Does anyone know if these are fine to feed to freshwater fish?

I would suggest you go with just one type of fish to start with and leave to a couple of weeks at least before you add another type.

Yep! That’s him.

Great! Thanks for the advice. Currently on my way to my lfs to try this out I will keep updating on how it goes.

I have been watching this youtuber who creates self sustaining tanks which require no CO2, no filter, no ferts or anything but a heater. He adds live plants then he had drilled two holes in the clear lid and put sweet potatoes in them. They had grown out and the roots into the water. I have a...

The best way to do this would be to purchase a filter (sized to fit your 60litre) and add this to your already cycled aquarium, leave it there for about 6 weeks then remove and add it to the 60litre tank and this will instantly cycle it after being added. Alternatively, if you have anything...

Thank you for providing a link.

I think 6-8 would be a good number for a tank this size. As long as you do weekly water changes of at least 50% it should be fine.

Does anyone know anything about this species? Tank size? Could I keep them with regular dwarf puffers? Do they require salt in the water? How large do they grow?

It would be better to use the old sponge as it will immediately be cycled, as it contains lots of beneficial bacteria. However, squeezing out the sponge into the other one could speed up the cycling process but it would not be an instant cycle, make sure you have a testing kit.

Looking awesome! I can’t wait for my puffers to breed.

What size is your tank? Ammonia? Nitrate? GH?