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I heard salt + very hot scolding water works real well from what I've read but not sure? Maybe there's other methods out there o_O. However, I tried using rubbing alcohol on another tank and it ended up ruining it. Turning it into this whitish color =\. So, I'm not sure what products are out...

I live in Washington; I would like to order Betta's online seeing how they have such a wider range of types & colors. But I'm not sure how it goes on packaging and other stuff o_O. I'm also kind of worried it'll carry diseases like ich and what-not :\. I'd like to get this fellow

I bought a nice API Fresh Water test kit; it was $31.99 but was on a discount 20% since it's the holidays =). It works very well and is accurate.

The tank isn't empty right now. It has my sick Betta [has ich] in it; but I'm getting a 2.5 gallon tank later to house my betta while I get this 5 gallon tank underway. It's acrylic... how can I sterilize it without ruining the acrylic?

Ahh, I see! I'm starting off fresh. My Betta was in this tank and it had ich... so I'm going to like sterilize the acrylic tank with some very hot water later and scrub it real well (will it work or o_O or is it even needed? Will a good scrub down get rid of any of thise guys or what?). What...

I'm going to do fishless cycling. Does the bio-wheel contain the bacteria or how does the bacteria get there if it doesn't? I'm going to go buy ammonia from wal-mart later. I'm thinking of getting stress zyme... or this other stuff that comes in a red or was it yellow [there were two, one for...

How often should I change the water? How many drops of aquari-sol & what % water change?

^_^ I'm very happy. Two or three days ago my betta was covered in all these white little cyst/spore looking things. Now they're all gone. I have a 5 gallon tank raised to 86 degrees with 6 drops of Aquari-sol and most of the spots are gone on my Betta. He's looking a lot healthier; he's alone...

Is that bamboo alive or dead?

I cycled my tank incorrectly though the first time though [no ammonia I believe]. I have taken out the biowheel and the filter. Will the biowheel still work? My betta is looking better though; its color is coming back slowly! I turned off the water cycling thingy mabob and the water is settling...

I have a 50 watt -> Rena Cal Basic Aquarium Water Heater. I'm planning to go with real plants, still haven't decided on sand or gravel or what kind of ground stuff I need. Yeah, I just have my betta in right now. The only thing in right now is the mechanical filter [the blue filter pad stuff w/...

Okay, I don't have another tank and right now I'm putting my betta fish on lock down in this tank [he has ich, raising temperature to 86 degrees and administerring some copper stuff to kill the parasites]... I didn't put ammonia in the think so my filter probably didn't work. Can I let my...

I have a bio filter [aqua-tech 5 tank]; I cycled my tank without gravel or plants... uhh is this bad? o_O... It has the bio filter thing... it has the carbon w/ the blue mesh thing and then a bio wheel on the right of it. Can I just take out the water... add the sand... then add new water or...

I jsut recently got an Aqua-Tech 5; it's a 5 Gallon bow tank. It has a bio filter and other stuff. I'm planning to get a whole test kit for everything tomorrow. It's very big ^_^, and I like it a lot. I have yet to put fish or anything in it. I'm looking to get tropical fish; not sure what...

Spent a good $40 on this; 5 gallon tank for my Betta and maybe some friends soon. I was curious on a few things; What would you guys recommend on doing? I've already put the water and conditioner in, and I have it going right now. There's nothing in the tank except water and the filter and the...

There's these little white spots on my beta... not sure what it is o_O. What can I do? It just appeared today o_O. I didn't see it the other day.

That's a nice tank! I think I might get one setup like that; I was curious on cleaning though? With all the rocks. Doesn't it become a hassle cleaning all the rocks every week or how do you clean it? I don't want a huge bright lights though. Just a water filter & heater will be fine? Not sure...

Okay, I got a thermometer and it seems the tank is at a nice 75 degrees. I like to buy water for the fish. It's less of a hassle; I mean ~$1 for a gallon of water? There's distilled, purified, spring water etc.? Should I get some spring water? I'm planning to get this--> Link "Marineland...

I'll be getting a new tank tomorrow. A 5 Gallon tank. Also, what kind of water should I specifically buy? Right now it's swimming in Nestle Pure Life [purified water] "enhanced with minerals for taste" - Purified water, calcium chloride, sodium, bicarbonate, magnesium sulfate? Here's a...

What's a good water heater for smaller tanks?

If I get a 5 gallon tank ~$30 starter kit thing. I was curious on the cleaning? I'll just have one Betta in there and nothing else. If I have anything else, not sure what I'd put in there. How would I go about cleaning the tank? It'll have a filter and everything but not sure about the whole...

Hmmm, what would be a good small tank? Mind you, I live in a college dorm.

I was just kidding, just needed to get some attention for a few newbie questions :P. Anyways, I got a tank and a betta. The lady at the pet store said it was fine for my beta to be in mildly cold weather [live in Washington]. I'm not sure what my room temperature is, but it gets cold like in...

I want to breed my betta aka the bettarat0r into a fighting machine. What kind of steroids would you recommend and what daily regimental workouts should it do? Thanks. :good: