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My roommate wakes up before me. I'll have her check it when she gets up as well, and ask her to turn on the light when she gets up. I'll be sure to tell her that if the water is to cold to put the hot water bottle in it as well.

Yeah. I already to have a thermometer attached to the side. The light isn't to obnoxious for me to live with going all the time since it's a very soft light, but I read around that it is best to give them a day night cycle. So I want to be able to do that for them as soon as possible.

Alright. Thank you very much! Also I will be able to have that heater for them in about two weeks. So we'll all have to rough it for a little while.

I have some of all those veggies thankfully. I had asked him for a snail and said /maybe/ a pleco since I wasn't sure about it's comfort in there. He ended up getting both of them. He's a really sweet guy and tries really hard to give me whatever I ask for. . . not always with the proper...

A lot of the decorations and things came from the older tank as well, so hopefully that will help a little bit? But the fitler itself is fresh, and yes it is an undergravel filter.

I'm going to see if I can get that heater, is it okay for me to have the light going during the day and switch to the heater at night? Or should I just forgo the light for now and keep my room lights as their light source? The room I live in is well lit during the day though very dark at night...

There is a pump going and it has a new filter. The tank has been running for about a week before it was brought over to me, and they used some water from his fathers tank to get things going. Like I said I had little control over what was done or put in there, he was just really excited to try...

I mention arbitrially a few months ago on Facebook that I was considering getting fish again (I haven't had any since I was a child). My stepdad jumped on this and put together a tank for me as a Christmas gift. He got a hand putting it together from people he knew (everything is second hand)...