Recent content by PetBettaFish

Thanks John Paul!! There is a nearby Lowes I can go to too, so surely between Lowes and Walmart I'll be able to find the right bulb! Thank you so much! :)

Hehe, I have no job or bank accounts, so yeah, no money or way to order. Broke college student here! :razz: Victor was a birthday gift to me from Mom and Dad :) Thanks, I'll look for a different bulb then, surely I can get that at Walmart! Thanks a lot Bluerose :D I always keep an eye out for...

Victor's a dorm room fish, if you haven't figured this out yet :razz: Couldn't stand to put him in a little bowl like most people do!!

I'm a financially dependent college student with parents that don't allow me to order things off the internet :razz: My local petstore is pretty cruddy, so it's between that and Walmart for me! My light I'm using is a desk lamp, maybe I can try to find a different bulb?

Plants can't use LED lights?? Well, crud :mad: My tank doesn't have a hood for me to put a light bulb in, and my local pet stores don't carry any hoods for 2.5's either. I do have a little under gravel filter I can put in, but the current is too strong even after a tried to baffle it, and it...

So today I bought a Java Fern and a Marimo Ball. My poor Marimo has some brown spots on him, will he recover? I've become quite attached to this little moss ball, my fish loves it and I've already given it a nickname :oops: Anything I can do to help with the brown spots? I really would like to...

Awesome, thank you!! I'll look for all these at the pet store and hopefully it'll keep the water cleaner! And I'm hoping Victor will like them better than the silk plants he has :)

Thanks for all your help Zelilaa and John! :D

Thank you, that's more of what I was lucking for! :D I did some research on the Dwarf Anubias last night, and I was really hoping to try it out. I haven't looked up Pennywort or Java moss, so I'll be sure to do that! Would Water Sprite also work in the tank? I also really liked the Marimo balls...

That, and I'm terrified of screwing up the nitrogen cycle :shock:

I was hoping there would be some floating plants or plants I can temporarily take out of the tank that I can add in for a few bucks. I know everyone on this site really seems to like filtering and cycling, but as a college student I would rather go low-budget and just clean the water myself and...

Does a tank have to be cycled to be planted??

Hello everyone! I have a an unfiltered, un-cycled 2.5 gallon tank for my pet betta fish, Victor. It's heated to about 80 degrees F and I change 90-95% of the water every 2-3 days. I would really like to add some plants so that way I won't have to worry about ammonia getting out of hand (I'm...

I know it's been a REALLY long time, but I just thought I would update! Victor is healthy and beautiful once again, my little buddy is doing great!! Thanks for all of the wonderful advice! :)

Ok, I have a tupperware container I can put him in, I'll take him home! :)