Recent content by athenaisfishy

im in the middle of "converting" my 5 gallon tank with a betta named Casper, in to an all-planted tank! I already have a few plants in the tank with him: an anubias and four moss balls. The tank is heated, filtered and near my window, so i hope all my plants will have enough sunlight. tomorrow...

hi, i have 2 aquariums: one 5 gallon (with a male betta named Casper) and one 10 gallon (betta sorority). Im starting to "convert" my 5 gal into a planted tank and already have anubias and moss balls! I will probably have some questions about my tank later. My 10 gal is heavily "planted" with a...

Hi Bill, I don't know if your betta would be able to "hear" the music, but it would most likely stress him out because he will feel the vibrations. could you possibly move the tank into a quieter room/place?

ok thanks so much for telling me! yeah, i think he had a minor injury yesterday and i was gone the whole day so i couldn't do a water change so the ammonia spiked.

i have a mini sponge filter with an air-pump in my 5g tank with a betta, mystery snail, and three ghost shrimp. after about 2 days, i can clearly see debris and waste building up around my sponge as well as a slimy whiteish coating on my tubing. how often should i clean my filter/tubing and how...

Plants would certainly help with the water quality but you would obviously still need to do water changes and tests. Plants shouldn't effect feeding, i have a 10g planted tank and my betta seem to easily find the food although it can depend on the personality of your betta. some are completely...

Thank you so much! i was getting really worried, i will try and maintain good quality water and keep testing with my API!

nitrite and nitrate are both at 0. i see what you mean, thanks so much for helping me out, ill try not to slow down the cycling process by bringing everything to 0. Nitrate should be at 5-10ppm, right?

I just did 2 water changes about an hour ago, and I have the API freshwater test kit. I did do a ton of research on how to cycle your tank with a fish, most of them state that it takes a while. whenever i test for ammonia, it comes up at 0 (i see clear 0 on the test kit and so does my dad, but...

sick betta? yesterday, when I woke up, I checked on my 5g betta tank and saw there was a small indentation on my betta, Casper’s head. I just shrugged it off and thought maybe he hit his head on something and it would go away. today, he looked the same, I went to the movies for about 3 hours...