Recent content by somnomania

I have a 5-gallon tank with a betta and two snails living in it. I've attempted to get several plants to grow in it, and out of the six already-grown plants I started with, I have two that have survived, and from one of those TopFin packages of mixed bulbs, I have a single lily that grew (but...

We do all our animal-based shopping at Petsmart, and have had no problems that could specifically be blamed on them. Fish, especially, have been good from them. We don't have a Petco near us and I don't like how they treat their non-aquatic animals anyway. We also don't have an LFS anywhere...

Hah, that never even occurred to me as a potential problem. I have a single GE Soft White 15w bulb, as other bulbs seemed too harsh and glaring. Also bettas require/prefer a more filtered light, as through plants, but if a brighter bulb would help the plants grow... Also I take back my...

Okay, so I have a five gallon tank with a Whisper filter and a heater and a male betta fish. When I set the tank up, I had purchased three live plants from Petsmart along with the fish. I was fortunate that the two taller plants actually had two separate plants within each tube. I planted all of...