Recent content by aquabella

Gotcha; that helps. Thank you. And there's probably something to be said for letting your fish work it out for themselves--if someone's hungry I'm sure it'll find a way to grab something. I just worry because the oldest fat neon gets Marlon Brando-triangular-obese at feeding time, while her...

K, I will do the tubing in the meantime. I haven't done anything to the filter in about a month, and it's probably due. I'm not sure how to deal with the cartridge though--snip a piece of it off to "seed" the replacement? Is it bad to just replace it with an uncolonized filter? There *ought*...

Okay, I will be extra careful with the worms and other food. Should I keep the worm quota down to 2x/week, say? Is it best to do dry food as a basis, with worms or whatever treat far less often? Probably... I guess I didn't think I was overfeeding, although maybe even though I was only...

Hi everyone, This is my first post so I'll try to give a full picture of what's been going on; thanks in advance for any insight you can give me. I'm brand new to fish-keeping. And sorry for the novel. I started with a single male Betta about 4 months ago. Of course I tossed him in an...