Recent content by cfosgate

+1 with Mebbid

Get a fishbowl?

Nerites lay eggs all the time. These eggs will not hatch in fresh water and will dissolve fairly quickly.

For a top you may comsider making one. Search DIY aquarium top on the internet and you will find plenty of options. As for lighting if you want inexpensive again you can DIY. Or, you can just buy an expensive light.

Plants may go through a "melting" period when switching tanks due to different water, light and ferts. They should adjust and begin to grow once they acclimate to your tank.

Definitely easier with more water. It's much easier to maintain stable parameters in larger tanks. The bigger the better.

Nerite snail eggs do not hatch in freshwater so good to go.

I've had that pump on a 55 and it does just fine.

You should probably not move a livebearer into a breeding net until she squares off and is a day or hours away from giving birth. It would stress her too much.

I have one of these. Strong pump but not silent as the name would imply.

Mine tend to stay in one place too. I would do 6 in a ten gallon but wouldn't have any additional bioload in the tank.

Definitely need it lower as in your second pic. Also, most people put the intake pipe and the outflow pipe on opposite sides of the tank to improve flow.

They all say that for liability purposes. For this it should be fine. That line just get's them off the lawsuit hook should somebody ise their products improperly and have a problem.

Do you have just the two fish in the tank? Don't fuss too much with ph right now. As the cycle gets going the nitrification process will bring ph down quickly so high is good for now. Any fish-in cycle I have done has taken about 8 weeks and during this time you should check ammonia levels...

No issues with Krylon it's aquarium safe after curing. I use it in and out of the tank. Visual effects are your biggest problems and you can use a razor blade if necessary to cure that issue.