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I love stocking 10g tanks! My 10's are stocked as follows: 5 male guppies, 3 male endlers, 1 oto, 1 ghost shrimp 6 male endlers, 2 african dwarf frogs, 1 oto 3 apple snails (and babies!) 6 harlequin rasboras, 6 cherry shrimp - This is my current QT tank, but I may just leave it as is or add a...

I had the same problems about 6 months ago in Texas. On really hot days I dropped the water level a bit, opened the hood and ran a fan over the top of the tank. My smaller betta tanks were more problematic, they stayed at 85-86F (30C?) most of the time. This was even with the air conditioner...

Something that hasn't been mentioned yet - a small school (4 or 5) Harlequin Rasboras. They stay small, are not at all agressive, shoal tightly together most of the time and look awesome in a planted tank. Plus they like the same kind of water conditions that your betta enjoys. I just added 6 to...

Current list: 6 male bettas (5 - 2", 1 - 1.5"): 1 red/green BF HM (MojoJojo), 2 PK (Velma and Daphne), 3 CT (Professor, BananaBetta and Grape Ape) 11 female bettas (8 - 2", 3 - 1.5"): 4 red chili HM (Pepper, Jalepeno, Chipotle, and Tabasco), 1 marble 1/2 giant HM...

I've cycled 6 tanks (3g - 20g) using Bio-Spira. The last 4 set-ups I cloned using established filter media, but I added a half-dose of Bio-Spira as well, just to be on the safe side. The complete cycles took between 8 and 14 days... *but* ammonia/nitrite spikes were *very* small (<.5 for amm...

Snails are a very poor host for most fish diseases. Most information that I have seen says that you do not need to quarantine them unless they are coming directly from the wild... It's too bad you don't live in the US - I have well over a hundred baby apple snails that are going to need a new...

Here's my list of tanks currently in use, smallest to largest: 2 gal Eclipse - 1 female Betta 2.5 gal bowl - 1 female Betta 2.5 gal mini-bow - 1 male Betta - HM 2.5 gal mini-bow - 1 male Betta - Plakat 2.5 gal mini-bow - 1 male Betta - Plakat 3 gal Eclipse - 1 male Betta - CT 5 gal Eclipse bow...

That's a great link! The one I'm considering looks very much like the last picture of the "Veiltail Strain". It's either a female or still too young to tell, I don't know when exactly they get their bristles. I think I'll stop by the LFS tomorrow and see if it's still available... Stacey

I visited a LFS near my new work today, and they had an Albino Long-Fin Lyre-tail Bristlenose Plec. It was little (maybe an inch and a half), and very ugly-cute! :wub: The guy at the LFS said that the albinos grow slower than regular BN, and that they stay smaller. Is this true? He said that...

My 10 gallon has 5 male guppies, 1 oto and 1 ghost shrimp...

356 US gallons, I believe... :drool: I'm very jealous.... Stacey

I voted "other", since "any available flat surface" wasn't an option. 10g and 2 5g hex's on the buffet in the dining room 5g nursery tank on the bathroom counter 2 1.25g betta bowls on the desk in the office 5g divided on my nightstand 20g, 10g, 3g and 2.5g on what used to be a coffee table Oh...

Just another data point - I tried an oto in my 2.5g with one betta. They got along fine, but there wasn't enough algae to keep the oto busy, so I had to supplement with wafers, and found that the oto produced enough waste that I had to clean the tank twice as often. I do have one in my 5g with...

I have cycled 6 tanks using Bio-Spira, ranging from a 3 gallon to a 20 gallon. Each has cycled very quickly (though not instantly), and in each case the levels of ammonia and nitrite never got high enough to do any damage to my fish. I posted a summary of these cycles here...

OK, so I should be able to line the current hood with mylar to increase WPG, yes? Is there something special about the mylar on a roll made for hydroponics, or can I use one of those mylar blankets or even cut up a mylar balloon?

Y'all feel free to send your extra neon caves and bubbling scuba divers my way - we'll put 'em to good use! :P One of the things *I* personally wanted when I started this hobby was a way to include my kiddos. The guppy tank is brightly colored, with brightly colored fishies, who like to...

Y'all would *hate* my guppy bachelor pad (actually it was set up for my 6 and 3 year old girls). It's a 10g with 5 male guppies of all colors/tail types. Decorations are plastic hamster tubes and rainbow colored flourescent plants, with a rainbow colored neon cave and tower tossed in for good...

John, I've read that bbs are not appropriate (too large?) until after the first week - do you supplement with anything else before then, or do you find that they do ok with that? I'm hoping you'll confirm that bbs is ok, because that seems to be the only culture I'm having any luck with at the...

Thanks for the response! I've revised the list a little after doing some more reading. Removing the wisteria and the hornwort, adding Crypt Lutea. Any recommendations for the type of fertilizer I will need to add? Current lighting is a single 30" 20 watt flourescent, which I know is inadequate...

I got a 29 gallon tank to replace my 20 gallon, so I will have room for more girly bettas. I want to use real plants, and will need a fair amount to provide adequate hiding places/escape routes. I don't intend to upgrade the lighting much - planning on saving that expense for when I get a "big"...

Just to provide another data point, I have a 10-gallon w/male guppies. Started with 4, now there are 5. They play together in the filter current, and get along great. There's a bit of chasing, but no nipping, and generally look happy and healthy. One of them is a shrimp killer, but I don't know...

I posted some of this in reply to another post last night, but here's my experience with a bit more detail: 5 gallon, 1 betta: Completely cycled in 9 days. Never showed ammonia. Nitrites peaked on day 2 at .50, went down to .25 for 3 days, showed a trace for the next 4. Nitrates held steady...

I've completely cycled 4 tanks using Bio-Spira, and I'm in the process of cycling 2 more (nearly complete). 3 were 5 gallons, 1 a 10 gallon, and the current 2 are a 3 gallon and a 20 gallon. Every tank has cycled differently. What has been consistent is that they have cycled *very* quickly - the...

I have otos in with my betta boys. Little worker bees, great at keeping the algae off the glass, and *so far* no harrassment by the betta. Stacey

Just wanted to do a quick intro before jumping in... I'm Stacey, and consider myself an "educated newbie". Until a couple months ago my fishkeeping experience was limited to a Betta, who lived in an uncycled bowl with me for about 2 1/2 years. After he died, I decided I wanted to do a "real"...