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Wow, Thank you for the responses! he has been in the 5 gal for about 4 months now. I have a glass type thermometer in there and it says 79~80( hard to tell so small) water test shows 0/0/10~15 as for cycling the sponge filter got a good squeeze of filter spooge from our tetra tank that i did...

so my wire brought home a betta fish home. he spent about two months on a "quarantine" tank that was a large frosted Rubbermaid tub about (4 gal). after about a month he stared making bubble nests. We got a 5 gal glass tank and moved him into it with all his stuff and he seems fine but stopped...

need more info about you tank, how long has it been up and running? what are you water parameters ect? if all is well and you feeding them decent food just give him another week or two.

didn't think about that, I could do that but at night it wouldn't have the cfl heat and would drop down. so the next question is how big of the temperature swing can cardinal tetras take? all in all i think a good trim and rinse is on order. link

well i couldn't tell you why they (cfls) did but they did. after removing them my temp went down to 76, (set point) i haven't touched the heater since i first put water in the tank. i'm reluctant to mess with it now, i don't want cooked fishies. I do need to trim, in the past week they have...

First I wat to thank the forum for all the help getting started. This has been a great resource helping me understand the nitrogen cycle, figure out proper lighting, do a fishless cycle and a diy co2 reactor. here is the current setup: you can sort of see my crappy lighting fixture. The hood...

if you have a home (beer or wine) brew supply near you there is a product called starsan (acid sanitizer) its a no rinse sanitizer that dose wonders for stone and mineral deposits. edit>> didn't finish my thought, I would dilute according to the directions and let it soak. in this case i would...

ok, suite your self. the science is that every pump in the world will only have 32 net positive suction head. that is because at the suction side of the pump pulls a vacuum and atmospheric pressure will support a water column of 32 feet. the model of the pump will require a certain amount of...

First i am an aquarium noob, but i have lots of pump experience the water flow that you show here is not the best, to pull all three canisters under vacuum could lead to cavitation of the pump. I would place the pump so that the canisters are under pressure or if there is a concern for the pump...