I plan on getting a ten gallon tank next week. I already have a heater (though its a little big for a ten gallon, I think I can just turn it low) I was wondering what kind of filter would be best. I'm thinking a whisper ten or maybe twenty, a regular hang on the back filter. Is there a better filter for less than 25 dollars? Also, I do not intend it to be a planted aquarium. Is it ok to have it without a light, or would that adversely affect the fish?
Also, about cycling. I'd like to speed up the cycle by adding some gravel from my established tanks.
Ok- A really stupid question. My Whisper 30 filter bag will probably not fit in the filter I get for the ten gallon, so can I just float it in the water for a few days to seed? I'm sorry, that is a very stupid question but I really don't know. Or do I take carbon out of the filter bag and use that to seed? Please let me know.
I am moving over some of the fish from my overcrowded 29 gallon. I was planning on moving the four neons to the ten, and also my female (non-pregnant) molly. I know a ten gallon tank is small for a molly, but I have to separate her from my rapidly growing baby male. That way I can keep him, (I'm really attached, he was my first fry) but I don't have to worry about keeping another one to make a trio of three. (which would be nice, but no room) I have to keep this female because she is very old and half-blind and my lfs won't take her. Plus I've had her a long time, since I started, and she's sweet.
I'm keeping the five black longfin tetras and four barbs in the 29 gallon (the lfs won't take them, says they are too old because I had them for a year) but I was wondering if I could fit a platy or two (same sex) in the ten gallon tank with the molly and neons, or if I should leave it at that. I also might want to leave some room in the future for some kind of algae control, be it a snail or two (though they aren't doing much of a job in my 29 gallon) or a few ottos. Although maybe in a non-lighted tank it won't be a problem. It still would be nice to have a snail or some kind of bottom dweller, but not necessary.
I have found in my experience that mollies and neons are delicate fish so they would be bad to move to an unestablished tank. Should I move them when I seed the tank, test the water every day, and be prepared to do a lot of water changes, or is that too risky?
That would leave me:
10 gallon
4 neons
1 molly
(1 or 2 platies)?
29 gallon
5 black longfin tetras
4 gold barbs
1 molly
4-6 platies
Hopefully several ottos
Is that better?
Also, about cycling. I'd like to speed up the cycle by adding some gravel from my established tanks.
Ok- A really stupid question. My Whisper 30 filter bag will probably not fit in the filter I get for the ten gallon, so can I just float it in the water for a few days to seed? I'm sorry, that is a very stupid question but I really don't know. Or do I take carbon out of the filter bag and use that to seed? Please let me know.
I am moving over some of the fish from my overcrowded 29 gallon. I was planning on moving the four neons to the ten, and also my female (non-pregnant) molly. I know a ten gallon tank is small for a molly, but I have to separate her from my rapidly growing baby male. That way I can keep him, (I'm really attached, he was my first fry) but I don't have to worry about keeping another one to make a trio of three. (which would be nice, but no room) I have to keep this female because she is very old and half-blind and my lfs won't take her. Plus I've had her a long time, since I started, and she's sweet.
I'm keeping the five black longfin tetras and four barbs in the 29 gallon (the lfs won't take them, says they are too old because I had them for a year) but I was wondering if I could fit a platy or two (same sex) in the ten gallon tank with the molly and neons, or if I should leave it at that. I also might want to leave some room in the future for some kind of algae control, be it a snail or two (though they aren't doing much of a job in my 29 gallon) or a few ottos. Although maybe in a non-lighted tank it won't be a problem. It still would be nice to have a snail or some kind of bottom dweller, but not necessary.
I have found in my experience that mollies and neons are delicate fish so they would be bad to move to an unestablished tank. Should I move them when I seed the tank, test the water every day, and be prepared to do a lot of water changes, or is that too risky?
That would leave me:
10 gallon
4 neons
1 molly
(1 or 2 platies)?
29 gallon
5 black longfin tetras
4 gold barbs
1 molly
4-6 platies
Hopefully several ottos
Is that better?