Tostada
Aquarium Advice Freak
I have a 30 gal. which is fully cycled. I decided to make a new 5.5 gal. tank to put on my nightstand. I've got all the parts together for the 5.5 gal. except the substrate.
I have a Penguin 200 on my 30 gal, and I got an AquaClear 20 for the 5.5 gal. I figured it would be a good idea to put the AquaClear on my 30 gal. along with the Penguin until the AquaClear can build up some bio-filter. I've had both filters running on the 30 gal. for a day now. Should I just wait until I start seeing gunk on the AquaClear's bio-media? How long should that take?
I have a big mystery snail in my 30 gal. who is really being picked on by my swords. He's looking worse everyday. He used to have the brightest gold shell I'd ever seen, and he was always running around the glass with his feelers all the way out. Now he doesn't move much, and when he does he's ready to jump back in his shell at any time. His shell is looking pretty bad. It has little cracks in it, and a pretty big chip out of the edge. The swords keep biting at him, right at the edge of his shell where it shuts.
I was thinking of going and getting some gravel in the morning then putting water from my 30 gal. in the 5.5 gal and just putting the snail in there by himself without a filter.
Am I going about this wrong? I guess I don't even know what my snail eats except for algae. Should I put flake food in there?
I was also wondering just exactly how the cycle on my 5.5 gal. is going to work. I mean, I'm not going to have much in the tank. I'll have the snail, maybe a couple shrimp, and then either a betta or a couple guppies. That seems like a really low bio-load to me, so I assume there won't be much bacteria in the filter. Will this create any problems? I'll also have some plants in there.
Thanks!
I have a Penguin 200 on my 30 gal, and I got an AquaClear 20 for the 5.5 gal. I figured it would be a good idea to put the AquaClear on my 30 gal. along with the Penguin until the AquaClear can build up some bio-filter. I've had both filters running on the 30 gal. for a day now. Should I just wait until I start seeing gunk on the AquaClear's bio-media? How long should that take?
I have a big mystery snail in my 30 gal. who is really being picked on by my swords. He's looking worse everyday. He used to have the brightest gold shell I'd ever seen, and he was always running around the glass with his feelers all the way out. Now he doesn't move much, and when he does he's ready to jump back in his shell at any time. His shell is looking pretty bad. It has little cracks in it, and a pretty big chip out of the edge. The swords keep biting at him, right at the edge of his shell where it shuts.
I was thinking of going and getting some gravel in the morning then putting water from my 30 gal. in the 5.5 gal and just putting the snail in there by himself without a filter.
Am I going about this wrong? I guess I don't even know what my snail eats except for algae. Should I put flake food in there?
I was also wondering just exactly how the cycle on my 5.5 gal. is going to work. I mean, I'm not going to have much in the tank. I'll have the snail, maybe a couple shrimp, and then either a betta or a couple guppies. That seems like a really low bio-load to me, so I assume there won't be much bacteria in the filter. Will this create any problems? I'll also have some plants in there.
Thanks!