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[lovebuzz]

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[bunjiweb]

Easiest way to get lots of snails fast is to buy a couple of plants like vallis or something, plant them then wait a few weeks and you will have hundreds of snails lol.

Ben

 

[clutterydrawer]

not necessarily. I've bought a lot of plants and only got snails twice. it's a hit-or-miss type thing. common pest snails would be good though if you can get some. I used to have some in a cookie jar (bout 1-2 litres) which bred pretty fast!


i'd recommend panda cories for the 10g as they are significantly smaller than bronze. they are a bit sensitive tho - keep the water and substrate nice and clean! they would appreciate a sand substrate and need to be fed sinking pellets/wafers alternated with meaty food like bloodworm or blackworm. most other common, top-dwelling fish need a staple diet of flake.

if you breed guppies you *need* somewhere to accommodate teh fry, tehre will be a lot of them.

what is your pH?

 

[Tempestuousfury]

You don't necessarily need fish to cycle your tank. You just need a source of ammonia from a lfs and administer it at regular intervals until the tank stabalizes. If you want to do it with fish, livebearers and danios are the fish of choice, at least for many aquarists on this forum.

Now, you might want to put those guppies and corydoras together in a ten gallon tank. That way you get fish in different strata of the tank. Make sure you get algae wafers and shirmp pellets for the corydoras. They're not pooper-scoopers, ya know.

With the guppies in the ten gallon, you can set up a five gallon tank with a sponge filter and aertaion as a rearing tank. That way you can save more fry and feed the fry properly.

Bettas should be fine in gallon tanks. It's better to have them in those big bowls--it makes them happier than in those cramped cups that so many people keep them in.

The ADF should be a good additon to the betta tank. You can get info on them in the amphibians forum on this site. They need live or frozen meaty foods, so as long as you can get blood worms and brine shrimp...

Dwarf puffers are very territorial. I kept three together in a tank and one died from the stress of the move from the lfs. Then another died because it wouldn't eat. Finally, the one stayed alive for about a month, during which time it shredded apart the antennae of my ghost shrimp. It is suggested that one puffer be kept per 15 gallons of water. Not sure if that's true, though. You should be able to find answers in the oddballs section here.

HTH

 

[Tempestuousfury]

to the forum, by the way. It seems as though you haven't introduced yourself in the newbie section. Why don't you go there and tell us a little about yourself?

I forgot about the snails. Well, I would not suggest what you are doing. These guys are prolific breeders, and they can begin breeding after around 2 months after hatching. I would suggest going to an lfs and asking them to give you a couple of small snails from their plants. Most lfs will be more than happy to do that for you.

 

[lovebuzz]

Thanks.

As I said I don't have a water test kit so I can't test PH just yet. Panda cories ehh? I'll have to get some info about those.

Hmmm fry...well there are culls, some get eaten, other ones will be used as food, and the lucky ones will be kept. I think a lot of it will be letting the natural cycle of things go through.

 

[lovebuzz]

Whoaaaa new to the list: Siamese Algae Eater

I'll probably get one because I read that adults are aggressive toward each other. Will this go ok with the corys and guppies?

Wow this is going to actually cost some money. Time to start searching for good deals..

 

[SirMinion]

Whoaaaa new to the list: Siamese Algae Eater

I'll probably get one because I read that adults are aggressive toward each other. Will this go ok with the corys and guppies?

Wow this is going to actually cost some money. Time to start searching for good deals..

Adults are large and aggressive to everything steer clear.

 

[Teelie]

Whoaaaa new to the list: Siamese Algae Eater

I'll probably get one because I read that adults are aggressive toward each other. Will this go ok with the corys and guppies?

Wow this is going to actually cost some money. Time to start searching for good deals..

That's Chinese Algae Eaters that are aggressive as adults. Siamese are fine and stay small.

 

[lovebuzz]

I checked some sites and it says exactly what teelie says, that the chinese algae eater will be aggressive but not the siamese.

 

[clutterydrawer]

Moral of the story: make 100% sure that what you are buying is siamese, not chinese. and check it for yourself, don't just trust the lfs staff to tell you what it is.