Recent content by AquaMan779

Makes me feel better about my snails. At least they didn't die because they needed to get out of the water. I would move the filter but the hood and light fixture that the ten gallon Aqueon kit came with was precut with the filter position in the middle of the tank. Will probably change this...

Sorry for the late reply! I wanted to get things done before I posted, so I was focused on doing that. Good news is that my tank is fully cycled! No new ammonia spikes. Bad news is two of my nerite snails died and I believe this was my fault. I filled the water all the way to the top of the...

Hey, Joe! Thanks, man. Great advice as always, for me and everyone else. I think I might take the hornwort out of the tank because the dead leaves are on the pre filter. I'm thinking of putting all the plants towards the back, the driftwood in the middle and then leaving the front area free...

Many apologies for the late responses. I had bad internet connection today, and I am neurodivergent, so sometimes I lose focus. The aquarium is a 10 gallon. 20 x 10 x 12. Was set up about a couple days before Christmas with sand and a coconut shell with java fern on top. After two months, a...

Dude, you're awesome! I see how many people you help with their tanks here. :) The prefilter fits very well on the filter. I'll make sure to clean it every week. Even after putting on the prefilter, it seems like two more cherry shrimp disappeared, so I only have three of the original ten...

After finding another of my shrimp stuck in the filter intake, I finally got a prefilter sponge. It's a "Marineland® 2-in-1 Bio-Foam & Pre-Filter - Fits 125 to 275" and my filter as an "Aqueon 10". I heard in a YouTube video that the wrong prefilter could burn out the filter. Is this true...

I found another shrimp today, which makes seven total! The last one may be hiding, which is good for my confidence. I thought I lost as many as five of my shrimp in less than half a week. The fish that was in the filter intake probably could have been saved if I were more gentle, so I do feel...

Thank you! I did not know that about the bacteria bed, and I've been researching tanks for awhile.

Thank you, my friend!

I just added 5 pygmy corydoras and ten shrimp about five days ago to a newly cycled ten gallon tank. I know for a fact that two of the shrimp died, one in the filter intake and another was in a coconut cave that appeared to have his body eaten by a cory. I counted six shrimp yesterday and only...

Thank you to everybody who got me to this point! I now have a tank with five pygmy corydoras, ten cherry shrimp and one nerite snail! They all seem very happy now. One corydora died in shipping, otherwise there would have been six. I will probably get another six so they can be happier...

Just found out the nerite is a female, lol.

I was thinking about guppies because of their colors but I don't want the tank to be overrun by them if/when they start breeding. I'll probably just stick to the six pygmy corys, one nerite, maybe some other snails and ten cherry shrimp. Have you ever had these type of shrimp? I definitely...

You are very knowledgeable! I am thinking about changing my order to six thanks to your suggestion. I wanted to make the $12.99 shipping worth it and order more than six fish, but I know it's better to add the fish slowly. I'm thinking of getting some red cherry shrimp to replace the six less...

I read a comment somewhere when I was researching what the brown fuzzy stuff was that the algae was a sign of a tank being cycled. I read what I wanted to see and didn't want to see any contradictory information so I didn't search for any. I wanted animals in the tank so I got the snail. He...