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Water is still a bit cloudy after moving things around today but here is a new photo. I'm liking the black background, should have done it with my 30gal when I had the chance. I attached a bubble wand to the bottom glass on the left side under the sand which ended up working better than I...

Cool thanks for all the suggestions so far. I'll remove some of the sand to lower the depth. I think the avg is close to 2.5-2.75" right now.

What would you recommend as an appropriate sandbed depth? I hadn't thought about doing an eel. I read that the peacock eel likes to bury under the sand? Also it said something about keeping the water level low so that they can't slither out of the tank. The dwarf rainbows look like a nice...

So the MTS struck again and I decided to pick up a 20gal long aquarium. I wanted to do a sand substrate this time instead of gravel, so I got some of the pool filter sand that most everybody recommends. I didn't know exactly how much sand I should use so I just put the whole 50lbs in there. I...

Well it looks like the 1st stage of the cycle finally started. Today I tested the water and my ammonia ppm is down to about 1.5 and the nitrite ppm is up to 2.0. Sweet.

I've read various numbers for ideal temperature, usually it's between 77 and 86 degrees. The page below claimed increased rates of nitrifying bacteria production all the way up to 95 degrees. With two heaters I could easily reach that temp but better to be safe and not risk killing any...

Yes those were factors I considered before deciding against the bettas. I wasn't as concerned with the water depth as I was the water movement. My male betta in the 5 gallon seems to enjoy the slow current from the Whisper filter (water level matches the output of the filter so there's no...

Here's an update on the tank: I'm not going to do the community female betta tank after some consideration. It's impossible to find them locally and I don't want to risk the live Internet ordering. I decided to get a separate 5 gal tank for a single male betta and will put some community...

Well actually sunlight causes algae but you've got the right idea. If at all possible you will want to keep your tank away from direct sunlight.

Hopefully you have better luck at a pool store, that is if you can find one. That's kinda weird because my Petsmart has very competitve prices on their filters. I guess it's because they have the heaters marked up around 100% :wink:

I must have the next book in the series... it's called Saltwater Aquariums for Dummies, by Gregory Skomal. My freshwater book is by the same guy but it's not a "for Dummies" branded book.

I placed an order from Big Al's Jan 2nd in the morning and they emailed me shipping confirmation yesterday. I think they got a little behind since the free shipping promotion ended Jan 2nd @ midnight and there were probably more orders than usual.

Update: I got the tank, stand, and light canopy today at a local store. 30 gallon long tank (14Hx12Wx36L). I also removed the wall outlet next to the tank and installed a GFCI protected one as recommended in case of electrical short circuit. I got some tank decorations, silk plants, and 50...

I plan to keep the tank heated at 80 degrees. Room temperature in our house can get up to 82 in the summer so the water shouldn't get hotter than 80 during any part of the year. When I get everything set up I will do a fishless cycle with ammonia to get it ready for live fish.

Thanks for the reply. I spent a number of hours yesterday going through the older posts on this forum, getting some information about different betta setups. I'm planning to get two small filters and put both at the same end of the tank such that the other end will be relatively low current...

Hey everybody! I'm a brand new member to this forum but I have done some general reading about FW/SW aquariums and have kept individual bettas in the past (2.5g filtered aquariums). I'm considering the purchase of a ~29g tank to house a group of betta females. In the past I did try keeping...