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    Are you planning on adding more livestock in the larger tank? Are you using live plants? How heavy do you plan on planting? Tank size ratings on filters are based solely on the maximum gallons per hour that the filter can pump through itself. So increasing the media capacity wouldn't give you a filter rated for a larger tank. There's very little difference between a 5 gallon filter turned all the way up and a 10 gallon one turned all the way down other than media capacity. Are you sure it's a 5 gallon filter? If it came with a 5 gallon starter kits it's probably actually a 10 gallon filter. Both the topfin and aqueon 5 gallon kits come with 10 gallon filters. Lastly if the only livestock going in is a betta and some snails I don't see a problem with using the 5 gallon filter, especially if it's a planted tank (which bettas prefer). If you're worried about biological filtration capacity you can do what I do in my 10 gallon grow out tank. I use a prefilter sponge on the intake as my only mechanical filtration and fill the entire media compartment with biorings. The prefilter sponge will also prevent your bettas fins from getting sucked into the intake.
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    1 29 hex 1 10 gallon 1 5.5 gallon And a 20 gallon sitting empty... For now
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    I'll preface this by saying I have never kept gourami, but I've researched them quite a bit when looking to stock tanks. Most gourami seem to be considered relatively non aggressive especially honeys, but the are territorial fish. Housing multiple males together it would be best practice to plant heavily to break up sight lines. Females are very rare in the hobby because they don't look as good so unless you specifically seek out females you're going to end up with all males. As for how much open space to leave for corys. My display tank barely has an inch of unplanted substrate and my corys are breeding regularly. As long as the vegetation isn't so dense that they can't swim thru it they seem happy. I took out my hydrocotyle tripartita Japan because it was too dense and replaced it with a ton of cryptocoryne undulata red in the foreground that they can swim thru.
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    So the "tank" I'm thinking of doing this with is actually a 7 gallon cylinder and the base is 1 inch thick. Given the low volume and thickness of the bottom glass I'm not very concerned with the bottom losing integrity or seals failing. I'm planing on using it for a planted vase and don't want any cords or tubing coming up through the opening, but not sure if I'm confident enough to go no filter. The idea for the tank came about when I saw a similar vase at a craft store and immediately thought of an antique piano lamp I have in storage that would look awesome lighting a small planted tank.
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    So say I was thinking of drilling the bottom of a tank to run airline that way in order to hide it. It doesn't seem that it would require modifications other than just not using the base iirc there's actually a spot on both ends to connect airline but I just wanted to check. Is there any reason it wouldn't perform as well in that configuration?
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    I agree with most of the other answers here that a goldfish is simply to big for a bowl unless you're able to find one that's 20+ gallons. Given good filtration and plants 1-2 gallon bowls can be used for bettas, shrimp, or some nano fish. Just keep in mind that tanks that small are going to be hard to keep stable possibly even after they are well seasoned. I've been considering doing a planted betta vase for awhile. I've got my eye on a 12x12 cylinder but that's actually close to 7 gallons.
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    @Jollypop4321 as said by others there are several reasons to fast fish. I try to fast the adults every Sunday, but sometimes I forget. I do it to encourage scavenging since I know I overfeed (I can't help it) and there is food in nooks and crannies that they'll ignore unless I skip a day of feeding. Fish can also get blockages from overfeeding so regular fasting helps prevent that. But mostly it encourages my fish to help keep their tank clean.
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    The one in the picture is no longer made unfortunately. They reformulated all their food and it's Sera natural now. It's available at Petco and Amazon but it isn't nearly as good as it used to be. @Michael's Fish RoomRoom did an unboxing recently of food sent to him from someone in the UK I believe that included a similar product. Maybe he can let us know how it compares to the Sera tabs. I'm hoping it's similar to the old Sera product.
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    @Drummer230 I wouldn't do an angel in a 20 long. 1 angel in a regular 20 is doable but a long is not tall enough. Why not do a pair or trio of guppys? If you don't want to deal with the fry they will control their population themselves. Plus if fancy guppies are hard to find in your area then you should be able to sell them fairly easily in the future if you change your mind about dealing with fry. Personally I would plant heavily, then let the shrimp get really well established. Then add 5 corys, 5 otos and finally a trio of guppies. Most people would say 6 for the corys and otos but odd numbers look better. If you keep your water clean and parameters stable all those fish may breed for you which is really cool (the otos are the hardest of those to breed), but the adult guppys and corys should keep the populations in check so you don't need to worry about pulling fry to keep it from overcrowding.
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    Wait I was wrong. The square bottom ones are about the same price per bag as what I paid on Amazon for flat bags. The flat bags on that site are less than half the price of the ones I bought
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    Wow really wish I had waited for @Dean’s Fishroom to respond. I got impatient and ordered some off Amazon and am doing the taped corners method, but paid more than double the price per bag.
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    One of the big box stores near me has tissue cultures of it and I keep meaning to pick it up, but every time I go it's like 2 days till payday and I don't have any extra money so I say I'll get it next time.
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    @Casual aquatics I believe it's a root feeder. It's also my understanding that most if not all "water column feeders" actually absorb nutrients more readily thru their roots than through their stems and leaves. It's just that they've adapted so that they absorb nutrients thru their stems and leaves efficiently enough that they CAN do well when the water column is their only source of nutrients. I think @Daniel and his dirtedvnermvecocomplete might help show if that's true or not.
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    That's from fully grown adults of the larger species. I think one of them gets to something like 4 feet! The one my school had was maybe 6-8 inches and felt like a shock from a 9 volt.
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    The science buildings at my high school had several tanks. But one of the coolest was an electric Catfish. I'm not sure which species it was but there are several that are under 12 inches fully grown. Really cool to watch them electrocute their prey to immobilize it.
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    @Cory New product idea!!!! Could roll out one of the sticker designs as an ornament each year!
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    Yea @Cory suggested dropping of samples in his breeding for profit series as well and I think that may be the move I'll go with. Still not sure about the price I'll ask for if they want to do business but I'm thinking $1 each right now.
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    I'm gonna try calling my LFS in the next few days trying to sell the corydoras paleatus I bred. I don't know what to price them at. I know this species sells for $4-6 locally but I'm not sure about how to take that info and come up with a price that's competitive. Is there a general rule fish stores use to determine pricing that I can use to determine what I should sell fish to them for? For example do they usually sell fish for 4x the wholesale price? In which case I should ask for $1 each to be competitive.
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    There are a ton of cichlids that would work in a 40b. Check out Primetime Aquatics and KGTropicals on YouTube for ideas they are both cichlid guys.
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    I agree with @gardenman moving the eggs before they hatch is much easier. I remove them from the glasses by rolling them off with my finger as suggested by @Dean’s Fishroom in a video awhile back. If they're on plants I cut off the leaves and move the whole leaf. I've got about 40 fry/juveniles in grow out tanks now
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    I think a lot of people will agree that if breeding is a part of the hobby for you then selling fish is a great way to help offset the cost and if you're lucky it'll make the hobby "free". But if you want to make real money you need to treat it like a real job.
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    Completely off topic but I couldn't stop myself. @Ken Dyer why do you consider your town a "small town" with a population of 40k? That's a larger population than some cities (Atlantic City has a population just under 38k) I've recently discovered some people don't even consider population when calling someplace a small town. It blows my mind after growing up in a town of about 4k and now living in a census designated place of about 1200.
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    So I currently have 2 tanks in the basement running on hobs I had around, but since they house fry I want to change them to sponge filters. When we finish finishing the basement (hopefully spring) I'll install shelving for my tank and will eventually be running 7 or 8 tanks down there. They'll all be running sponge filters so I'm trying to find the most cost effective way to power them. A linear piston air pump seems like overkill since they usually power entire fish rooms, and while I love my nano USB air pump buying/running 8 of them doesn't seem like the best option either. Any recommendations for a pump that can power 8 sponge filters that's reliable but doesn't break the bank?
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    Collection regulations mostly iirc. I believe some states will issue a permit to colle t and keep for scientific purposes. Observing the breeding habits is an acceptable scientific purpose.
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    I had 77 open tabs on my phone 52 where this forum. Everytime I want to go to the forum I hit the shortcut I saved rather than just opening chrome. #nermproblems
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