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Six to eight Ghost Shrimp in a 10-gallon tank won't normally add enough to the bio-load to count. They are fun to watch and will help keep the tank clean.

I've heard ghost shrimp also will eat fish waste, so I've added a few to my tank. The substrate is black sand and waste isn't as easy to find as it was just a few weeks ago without any substrate at all. Someone is sure to be offended. But, with a bare bottom tank, it was obvious that ADFs...

I use an expired credit card to scrape hard water marks from inside an occupied glass tank. Outside the tank, I use a white vinegar/hot water solution.

I added a juvenile female ADF to a divided cycled 10-gallon tank back in February. Because she was so small, her section was only 2-3 gallons. In March her section was increased to 5 gallons. In April, the divider was taken down. She and the female Betta are great friends. It's a joy to...

Ours likes leaves that reach the surface. They gentle the current in her 10-gallon cycled tank. She lays in them sometimes, with just her nostrils above water. Her favorite decoration at the bottom of the tank is a small, upside-down, clay pot saucer, with a 2" wide opening I chisled in the...

It depends. I like sand in cycled aquariums, because gravel traps debris. But, for accomodations requiring 100% water changes, I prefer a thin layer of gravel. Our Betta is transferred to a clean bowl weekly. It's easier to clean the dirty bowl by removing gravel than it would be to remove sand.

I use Tahitian Moon sand, purchased at Pet Smart. It's black. Rinsing it wasn't the chore I imagined it might be and it doesn't seem prone to floating. The residents like it, too.