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Oriole Lyric

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  1. Oh wow! Okay! Thanks. I'll probably work on it next weekend or during Christmas weekend. Thanks for your help.
  2. I have an elite 799 air pump and was thinking of making a filter out of a bottle and some extra sponge and lava rock that I have. I don't know if the air pump is enough though. It doesn't say what size tank it is for. I tested it in the 10 gallon, I think it will work. I don't have an allowance, I only get birthday and new years money, but its okay because lots of neighbors throw away aquarium stuff. And new years is coming and I know some going to be throwing away alot of stuff. Fingers crossed some are fish stuff.
  3. They love their gold standard and anyone not following the exact equipment list is not a good owner. Some even call the younger members animal abusers before they even get a fish just because their air pump is for a smaller tank. Like I agree on getting the basics the best you can, before the fish, but if you already got it, and it's more expensive than you thought, take the time and effort to make the changes, maybe you will have everything in 1 week or 1 month. Don't have a fancy hob or sump ? Make a sponge filter or box filter. Lots of times parents get fish without knowing what they need, and the group puts alot of the blame on the kid rather than their parents. What are kids gonna do? Walk 6 miles to the pet store with money they don't have? Knock door to door asking if anyone is willing to take their fish? People in the group are so weird.
  4. I prefer salt treatments over meds. I don't salt dip my betta, I just dose the tank for a week. One of my bettas is in a 2.5gal, because any bigger and he stops swimming and eating. I think it partially blind. According to the betta group I'm in, I "promote bad betta keeping habits" when I help others who have bad setups, by suggesting gradual upgrades or diys especially to people who are younger than I am, and trying hard, and cannot drive yet or get paid for chores and not say they have to have all the right equipment now.
  5. Only my betta and I think there are now 8 ramshorn snails in the tank. I don't think I will get anything else. My tank has 1 anubias, 5 pieces of dwarf sag, 5 marimo, 3 clumps of java fern and I am asking for a banana lily and either rotala or pearl grass and an anubias nana petite for Christmas. Its been growing for 6 months and I have a nicrew light. I got the tank and filter at a garage sale. The lady who sold it to me said it was big enough and is for 5 gallons and is bigger than the one my neighbor gave me. It has ceramic rings and a sponge in it. My tank also has some red lava rock from home depot for decoration, since I couldn't fit anything else in the filter. The filter pads got dirty too fast and didn't rinse well so I switched to a sponge. But if you think the bigger filter will work for the 10 gallon then that's good! I will use the 3 gallon filter in my 5 gallon for quarantine or for extra snails, I'll use some left over sponge that I have for it. Does that sound okay?
  6. My neighbor gave me a 10 gallon tank for my betta and my ramshorn snails. They had a 3 gallon filter, I have a 5 gallon filter. My mom won't let me get a 10 gallon filter. Can I build a canister filter for my betta using my 5 gallon filter's water pump? I found some big food containers we never use. And my dad said I can use the tubing in the garage. One is 1quart and the other is 2 quarts. They would both hold more media than my 5 gallon filter. Will that work for my 10 gallon or will that not be enough water flow? My betta doesn't like fast water. I baffle my current filter, but with the bigger tank, I might not need the baffle anymore. Thanks
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