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It looks to be an earlier version of Aquarium Heaters: Marineland Visi-Therm Heaters Mine has two clips for the suction cups instead of one big clip with two cups.. I'll probably just get this one, lol.

So I finally got around to taking pictures of what I've got to work with, here! Even including the green for you to see, or I tried anyhow. I'm not sure if you'll be able to see them full-sized or not, so *crosses fingers* :x

I know I'm double-posting, that one got long and I just looked some stuff up. I looked on marineland website, and it looks like I probably DID have a penguin filter.. at some point. What I have now is basically a shell of one, with a biowheel. =/ No filter. I have a filter pump (I don't know...

Well, isn't algae one of those things that once introduced it sticks and produces spores? So.. if I put something that was all up in algae infested water back into the tank (i'm referring to the cylinder wheel thing..) won't that just.. reintroduce it? I do not see any filter that fits into...

I'll probably just clean everything and then set the heater in a bucket of water and see what happens, I guess. It'd be ideal to just use that but realistically I don't know how old this equipment even is, because my sister got it from a garage sale. I'd rather be safe than sorry. I love fish...

Yeah, in the coils it's green haha. I have no idea what she did, when that happened etc. They just kinda let her get fish without knowing anything about them so.. It was a submersible one, it's got a plug and it sits in the water with a suction cup to hold it on the side. It says Visi-Therm on...

What about the green inside the heater? It's got like.. metal coils inside it and they are infested with green. I'm guessing it's dry now but .. is it going to come out? Lol. Sorry, that's kinda a weird question I guess. I definitely plan to get new substrate. I'm not sure on plants, I'm...

I wouldn't worry too much about the color contrast of the stand and the canopy, but if you want something that will contrast nicely I'd go for a lighter stain, something to keep it just a bit darker than the natural color of the wood. :) It won't make the black stand out a lot like having...

Thanks for moving it. :) I had debated creating a new thread but this works just as well haha.

Joy- What about Corydoras cochui/C022/Cochu's Catfish? They're relatively small and they're spotted that's sorta cute, haha. I'm really disappointed that I can't get the albinos, they're adorable. :(

Oh no, I understand. :) That would be cool, and I contemplated the idea of toying with breeding smaller species first for experience, etc. They can get along, but you need a ratio of few convicts to pull it off because of their grouping, they'll gang up on oscars. I was supposed to get an...

Joy- I didn't know that they got big? Everything I read said they stayed around 2 inches when mature, that's sorta disappointing. :( I really wanted them specifically because they're kinda pink and cute. I like how they look like little mini catfish, haha. I'll look into the dwarf species...

Hi everyone! My name is Alicia, I'm 22 and live in Oregon. I've got a 12 gallon (20x10x14 approx.) tank and I'm looking to set it up with a small community. I haven't even approached cycling or anything yet as I'm not sure what I'm dealing with. My sister had the tank before me, and let it...