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The way a sponge filter works is you connect the air line to the intake of the sponge filter or to a small air stone. The air pushes downward through the intake tube and as it rises it creates bubbles that in turn sucks water into the sponge from the outside in. It is one of the most effective...

Hello your German Blue Rams are fine for a ten gallon tank. I do not think that i would add anything else though except a male. The size tank you have will make it difficult to have anything else in there with the rams. the rams get almost three inches per fish and they are very sensative with...

with such a small tank I believe you will constantly fight this battle the only thing you can do put some ice cubes in a plastic bag and float them on the top to cool the water down but my advise is to try you best and purchase a larger tank so you can more easily control the temperature.

Hello and welcome to the community. I was looking at your post and noticed that you have albino tiger barbs in a ten gallon tank. I believe your tank is over stocked as tiger barbs and reach three inches when they are full grown. I would upgrade to a larger tank

There are a good deal of tropical fish that are good for beginners such as some tetra's, barbs, danio's, cory cats and many others. I will suggest a few for your size tank Platy's or Zebra Daio's for the top 3 Platy's or a school of six or more Danio's A school of 6 or more tetra's or...

Sand substrates are great and the only word of caution is to not get it too deep as it can lead to dead spots in the sand which can be harmful. I would also make sure your sand that you choose is suitable for aquarium's. All sands sold in your LFS should be fine. Also to clean sand I suggest...

I agree you need to up the count of the current schooling fish in your tank. I also recommend Rams either a Ram Cichlid or Bolivian Ram Cichlid instead of dwarf gourami's. Dwarf Gourami are know as sickly fish and often die with little warning. If you are new to the hobby I would recommend...

no you don't have to shut it off. I usually feed on the opisite side from my intake tube though so any food wouldn't immediately get sucked up. Im not a fan at all of turning my filters on and off and a lot of canister filters unless they are the new type are difficult to prime so you sure...

I also use quarentine tanks and what i do is i have a sponge filter that i have in my largest tank that is hid by decorations and plants. When i need the quarentine tank i just take the sponge filter from the large tank that is already seeded with bacteria and place it in my quarentine tank and...

I dont know that i would add Kribensis they are also bottom dwelling fish like the two german blue rams. I would echo a previous post and go for either another couple German blue rams or a couple Bolivian rams or looking at your stocking list i might would add more lemon tetras they would look...

Neons are good fish but they are a little sensitive for approx a week after introducing them to the tank. Just keep trying also i would recommend buying them in larger numbers because they need to be enough of them to school maybe a minimum of six or ten. You may also try a different acclimation...

One cool thing about the aqueon is they have a built in wet dry filtration mechanism that also helps with bio filtration and it polishes the water but i don't believe you can go wrong with either filter. Another filter i like that is HOB is the Hagen Aquea Clear filter

The Mono or sometimes called fingerfish comes from the coastal and inland waters of Africa and Asia. They grow very large and need at least a 50 gallon tank. They are a brackish fish as they mature. There water parameters are as follows. 75 - 82 deg F, PH 7.2 - 8.4, KH 8 - 12. They are semi...

I agree it may be too rough for them too but I believe the rams would be ok

is your heater turned up. The bacteria you want will reproduce at its best in the mid 80's so turn your heater up if you have not and keep doing what you are doing it will eventually totally cycle.