BettaMamaPDJ

Thank you both! I feel a lot better about my plan now. Have a good weekend 💕

I recently lost both my bettas in death, for different reasons. I have a 10 gallon tank with a divider and wanted to make sure that it will be clean and ready for new fish. I believe that Darcy just died from old age. I had him for over 2 years and he just slowed down, then stopped moving and eating and died 2 weeks ago. Jason, as far as I could tell, had a tumor. He had an interior growth on his right side and an exterior growth on his left side, which when I took him out this morning, right after he died, seemed to have popped…? I checked the water parameters after I took him out and everything seemed to be ok, though I will check again later today. I’m planning on replacing all the silk plants, but keeping the current gravel, rocks, and wood. Will suctioning the gravel, and doing 3 water changes (75%, 50%, and 50%) over the next 2 weeks be sufficient to clean the tank ready for new fish?? Any advise would be appreciated. Thank you!

Hi! I just got some new Aquarium Co-Op sponge filters for my tank and am planning on replacing the old ones. I have a 10 gallon betta tank with a center divider and a sponge filter on each side. The tank has been established for over a year. I know that I will need to set the new filters in the tank while the old ones continue running, and that I should only add one new filter at a time, but how long should I wait before taking the old ones out? My brother said a month, but I’ve also seen 1 week. My bettas love their plants and I don’t have a lot of spare room in the base of the tank, plus one of the old filters has gotten noisy and it’s driving me crazy. Any advise would be appreciated! Thank you!