Kiskadden
Aquarium Advice Regular
I am interested in getting a Fluval spec 5 as a starter tank... I have read that keeping larger tanks is easier, but are small tanks really that hard for beginners?
I have read up on fishless cycling and would have to start completely from scratch as nobody I know has fish nor are there ANY LFS's around here save petco and petsmart...
I was thinking of making it a planted tank and having a betta, and either some rili shrimp and/or apple snails (could use help figuring out how many rili shrimp and/or apple snails I could have without exerting too much bioload for my setup).
Well really, any advise would be helpful at this stage since I am just planing for now till I really have an idea set in stone? Maybe none of this will work and have to start from scratch again, but good to know now while its just text on paper.
I have read up on fishless cycling and would have to start completely from scratch as nobody I know has fish nor are there ANY LFS's around here save petco and petsmart...
I was thinking of making it a planted tank and having a betta, and either some rili shrimp and/or apple snails (could use help figuring out how many rili shrimp and/or apple snails I could have without exerting too much bioload for my setup).
Well really, any advise would be helpful at this stage since I am just planing for now till I really have an idea set in stone? Maybe none of this will work and have to start from scratch again, but good to know now while its just text on paper.
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