SharpieItBlack
Aquarium Advice Regular
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- Jan 28, 2013
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Ok so my boyfriend read somewhere that you can do a closed eco system in a tiny one gallon with one tetra and like five snails... please back me up when I say this is a bad idea for the fish or the snails.. it just seems like a recipe for disaster. No water changes because what he said "the pant does all the filtering for you". I don't believe this at all... help please? I'm trying to convince him to start off right in this hobby as I have the experience. He told me that the article he read had success with it so it must work right? I believe it's a recipe for failure. Especially with our city's horrid water. Straight out of the faucet the water is .5ppm ammonia, .25 ppm nitrItes and 15ppm nitrAtes.
Any tips to help him start off right? I don't want to see this fail and him get upset, I wanna help him start right to have a super awesome tank and guide him into the fish keeping hobby!
Any tips to help him start off right? I don't want to see this fail and him get upset, I wanna help him start right to have a super awesome tank and guide him into the fish keeping hobby!