wes.crockett

I thought about it. What I like about the Hygger is the place for bio-media as well as it being more streamlined (against the wall and such).

Greeeaaaatttt... So bad water. nice. ok. I'll have to look in to that more then. As for the filter, it is rated for up to 20g and it certainly looks to have great flow. Honestly though, I am thinking about switching to the Hygger sponge filter... I really like the idea that it is driven by the air pump (T off from my air stone and call it a day) and, thus, no worry about priming and it looks super simple to clean out. Watched a review about it from KGTroppicals too, who raved about it. I looked in to modifying the Aqueon and it seems engineered against it as opposed to the Fluvals or others. https://www.hygger-online.com/product/fish-tank-water-filter/

I think it's mainly the cherry shrip. Thanks! Yeah, There are about 100 things I would do differently... Different substrate, different decorations, different plants... lol. It's a Petco Special... 10gal Aqueon Rimless, Aqueon QuietFlow 10 Pro using their replaceable carterages. I bought a pad of ammonia-reducing filter material for the front and added a Fluval pre-filter. Re-test below.

1) Nabby for life 2) Posting some photos here 3) I'm going to check out that quarantine video for sure We just stopped by the LFS and checked out their otto's.. It's so deceiving seeing these fish on YouTube and in photos but then seeing them in holding tanks... always so much more micro in person. They look like they would be great for our tank though. On another note, just got my first Aquarium Coop shipment in so I gave the strips a go. Thinks look good I think. Can anyone validate from the below shots? I will say, I set this tank up on July 2nd and added six tetras on the 9th, so it certainly wasn't properly cycles (as you can also tell because I'm down to 4 tetras after buying 1 more later... followed by an Ick outbreak). That makes sense! I'll make sure to do that. Amano was what I was leaning towards if nothing else just to not have a huge outbreak of 200 shrimp in 4 weeks..

Fair enough. How long do you do that? If I got one or two otto's could I just put them in a 5gal bucket with some tank water from a water change and add a sponge filter or something simple? I have an extra heater (78 set-temp) on hand I could use with it. I am really wanting to get into this but, before my wife lets me go hog-wild, I need to get this first tank (technically my 7 year old's) dialed in.

DOH! Yeah, Totally meant Otto's, not Corys... my bad. As for Hillstreams, yes, I see that is what they prefer as it's their natural conditions, but there is a lot of content out now showing that they can still thrive in calmer and warmer. I would say that, due to my over the back filter pushing down, and my larger than needed air stone, the current is probably higher than the betta would prefer. When I said cory, I totally meant Otto... Glad to see it as a recommendation from you. For Otto's, do they need to be quarantined? I don't really have a setup for that at this time.

Hi all, New to fishkeeping. I have a tank that has 4 tetras (2 black, 2 glow light) and 1 male Betta. I have a few live plants and a few decorations. For algae control, I have a single Assassin snail who isn't doing a whole lot. I have a fairly over sized air stone and use a over-the-back filter that seems to be fairly good overall for the 10 gallon tank its on. I really want to/need to get an algae eater as the decorations and plants are starting to form layers. I would really like something like a Hillstream Loach which, as we know, would probably be fine in the tank parameters, but I'm just not sure about being too overstocked. Other options would be either Amano or Cherry Shrimp. I like the idea of the Cherry Shrimp breeding, but, I don't want to get too many, though the betta may help with that too. Final option may be some sort of Cory? What would you go with in this case? Reddit, i'm sure, would say that I'm already a murderer for having any fish in a 10 gallon tank ( /s there, but they are pretty assertive) but many of the videos from AQ Co-op and others seem to be a bit more lenient for fish/gallon on micro tanks. Thanks all, Wes