Search results for query: *

What sort of plants do you grow in your jars? The only plant I’ve ever been able to grow successfully without plant specific substrate and a strong plant light is anubias. :lol: Mine flowered too!

Keep in mind that if you drastically change the pH, hardness/softness, etc of the water, you will have to be careful while doing water changes, since the new water would have different parameters than the water already in the tank.

All of the plecos that I know of get too big for a 10 gallon. They also produce a lot of waste.

That would show that they’re alert (and feisty), so yes, it’s good.

I wouldn’t get neon tetras. They prefer cooler water than bettas, and are most comfortable in a school of 6+, which would be a little cramped in a 10 gallon. Cardinal tetras like warmer water, but a school would still be too big for a tank that size. Ember tetras are a lot smaller, so you might...

Bettas definitely enjoy having lots of space. Here’s a picture of my female betta in her 10 gallon (she later moved to a 29 gallon) from a few years ago. :)

I use a five gallon bucket to add new water and another one to hold old water.

Red cherry shrimp. I’ll post some pictures anyway. About half of the shrimp pictured are color crosses.

Yes, different varieties of RCS. I know that it’s usually recommended that they get smaller, more frequent water changes, but that isn’t an option for me right now, unfortunately. :/ I’m going to be doing a lot of large water changes, mainly because the algae is getting so bad, then I’ll...

Just to clarify, by “50% water changes per week” I mean, for example, taking 5 gallons out of a 10 gallon per week and replacing it with new dechlorinated water. With bettas you could probably even get away with 25% every other week, though I tried that with a shrimp tank (shrimp have very low...

50% water changes per week are usually recommended, though if you miss a few you should be fine. For a betta, you’d really only need 25% weekly water changes, or 50% every other week, but it doesn’t hurt to do more. Also, you might want to check out sponge filters, if you can’t find anything...

10 gallons is a good size. Though it may require some more maintenance due to its size, the water parameters will be more stable than a smaller tank. Female bettas don’t need other fish for company. This link details the nitrogen cycle, which is an important part of starting up an aquarium...