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Use poster board, I found some 2/$1 at a dollar store, you can layer two and it doesn't look too bad if you cover the layer up nice with plants

We've had these in Canada for a while, I can usually find them in my LFS, although they're going for $20 (CAN) which is a lot cheaper than the UK I believe.

For a 10 gallon it literally takes like 5 minutes. I fill up one bucket, dechlor., suck out another bucket from the tank (2 Gallon buckets), dump the new bucket in, dump the old bucket out, done.

My sister kept a Betta in a bowl (<2 Gallons), did maybe monthly water changes (100%), and it lived for 4 years. These things live in tiny plastic bowls for weeks, I think they must have very high tolerances for ammonia/ect.

Keep the media damp, you can just float it in some tank water and it should be fine. If you get the exact same filter just put your old media into it and you will be good to go, if not, use your new filters media but put as much of the old media as you can into the filter for a while to seed the...

Its just the sand foam, if you have no fish in there just leave it for a couple days it'll go away by itself, then just splash water over the residue to get rid of that.

Well you have a lot of fish but they're all small... You can probably up the tetras/corys like you want, And it would be a lot better for them to be in bigger groups.

I was at a store today and they had regular veiltails beside dragonscale veiltails, the dragonscales definitely had more metallicy-looking scales, and the scaled looked bigger? could just be an illusion but the scales looked bigger than a regular bettas scales. And another difference is the...

Did you just stick it in? or did you use something to make it stay, like tape or something, idk.

I have a 10 gallon tank separated by separators.. It has a HOB power filter. I want to know how I can significantly reduce the flow of the water for bettas, I was thinking of putting a sponge around the intake, how can I go about doing this? There is one section where the filter is, The betta...

I was thinking of that, I'm just not sure about ground space, as long as they don't start breeding I should be fine? BTW my dimensions are 30 x 12 Or is there any community fish that would go well with 2 firemouths? Maybe Tiger Barbs?

Just wondering how this would work.. I have a pretty much empty 29 gallon, I'm having trouble deciding on a stocking :( I would like a combination of Rams, Keyholes, Firemouths? I could do just Rams if I can only do one species. I was thinking maybe 1 of each? or would they get lonely/have...

My sister has a Betta in a bowl, no filter, and I believe she's given up on water changes :blink: , And its been alive for about 4-5 years now? Although it looks like its on its last legs.

I think they've learned not to get near that mouth lol

Bump :(

Happened to me, I bought one used and there was algae built up under the silicon. I wouldn't advise taking the sealant off and resealing, it would be hard and you probably wouldnt want to do it yourself to be safe. What I did was fill it with lukewarm water, put some dishwashing liquid in, gave...

I just got a 30 gallon tank but came without a filter or heater. I am looking for AS CHEAP AS POSSIBLE, but also reliable and effective. I also want quiet stuff, as its in my bedroom. I was thinking of THIS for a filter, really cheap and looks good, I like the no cleaning, and the quietness...

Ok thanks, I just thought it would be really cool to have a group of different looking fish instead of the same ones!

I just wanted to ask a quick question.. If I buy lets say 5 different types of Platy.. will they mix together and form a little school? Or if I have 2 groups of a couple Tetras, will they mix together or stay away from each other? Thanks

I have a 30 gallon tank, and I'm wondering what kind of fish I can put in it. I also have a bunch of other random questions! I really want Electric yellow/Yellow lab Cichlids, how many can I fit in a 30 gallon? If they wont fit, I'd probably get some sort of Ram. Can I get more than 1 pair of...

Ok thanks, thinking of 3 Bolivians Rams for the 20 gallon... Although I'm not sure if I want breeding..

Thanks, ill look into them

Ok I'm thinking 1-2 Rams for the 10 gallon, and 2 Convicts for the 20? And some sort of cory for the bottom of the 20, and some other random fish like different tetras, maybe platies (nice colours), I'm not sure what fish stay around the top, suggestions?

Thanks guys I was hoping a 20-gallon could be turned into a community tank, if I can only get 1 pair that'd be fine. Its not a long tank, its tall, if that makes a difference.

I have a 10 gallon tank set up, with 6 little bloodfin tetras. They are fairly active but mostly just float around. I was wondering if I could get a pair of Cichlids for the tank, and if so, which? My LFS has a special on Golden Rams right now so I was thinking about those... Any ideas? Im not...

Ok thanks for all your help!

I looked for donors but theres none near my area, I have friends with fish though, do I just scrape some gunk off their filter and put it on mine?

Well we have a small Betta in a bowl which is about 5 years old and half-dead, If I took some water from there or even left a cartridge in there overnight would that help any?

What about the stuff you can buy in stores that will let you put fish in right away? Is that reliable?

Well I've read up on how to do it but I didn't think I had to do anything to it unless I wanted it to be perfect.. Those snails seem cool, I'll have to see what the store I go to has though, I doubt they're going to have every type of snail suggested!

I've just left it alone, although I think the filter wasn't cleaned out very well from last time so I spotted 2 or 3 flakes floating around in the tank, and I've added a bit of extra water because of evaporation :angry: The assassin snails look good, as long as they don't breed, but would...

How long should I wait to start putting fish in? Its been cycling for a week now, maybe a day or two more. I was thinking Apple snail.. but I really dont know much about any snails. I want a snail that preferably wouldn't breed, but if it had to it would be a out-of-water egg layer so the eggs...

I've just started up my 10-gallon aquarium again after about a year of it being stored in my closet. I've had it running for about a week now and I just have a few questions.. Do I still need to cycle it for a few weeks if I'm using an old filter and reused gravel/decorations, or will the...