Recent content by hansgruber7

Sounds to me like you introduced some sort of disease or parasite with the new guppies you introduced. I doubt it's a water quality issue if you haven't changed anything significant. You could try to figure out what it might be and treat it. You could also look into the Aquarium Co Op...

It's a bit tougher, but you can find your own drift wood and there are ways to make sure you aren't introducing any parasites or issues. I haven't done it, but I know people who have collected their own driftwood for free successfully.

I wouldn't do it. I tried it and a single assassin was latched onto my nerite for an extended period trying to kill it. Had to rescue and separate it. I have more than one tank so what I do now is rotate the snails back and forth between tanks to alternately help control algae and pond...

I think it looks great. I would add a piece of driftwood and maybe a couple more plants in the back and some floating plants. I would remove the whole squidward looking house because I think that makes it look less natural and distracts.

Hard to say, but I always lean toward giving him a chance. Sometimes things look worse than they really are.

This looks fine to me. I kind of like the looks of tannins in the water personally. Looks more natural. If you can't stand it, the only solution is to remove the driftwood. But I think you should leave it in. It will stop eventually.

How strong is your air pump and how big is your tank? Bettas don't like a lot of water disturbance so it could be an issue if you have a strong sponge filter in a small tank.

Looks like maybe some type of algae eater maybe? Can you donate it to a local fish store? If you feed it and do a few water changes it should be ok.

He doesn't look healthy to me, suggesting some sort of water quality issue. 2G is also pretty small for a betta in my opinion.

I think you can set up a deep tank in a way that works for a betta, but I think a shallow tank works better because there is less wasted space. The betta will want to spend most of it's time near the surface.

I think for a betta, the goal is to get as large a tank as possible as long as it is shallow water. They don't like to swim up too high to get air. But the further they can swim horizontally the better.

I think 2.5G is too small. Go for at least 5G. A 10G is ideal really. Also, easier to stay on top of water quality with a larger tank.

I have kuhli loaches with shrimp and a betta and they do great, as long as the tank is big enough. I wouldn't try it in anything smaller than a 20G though. That's on the low end.

How were you able to cycle the tank in a week? Did you add filter media from an established tank or something? In my experience, Neon tetras tend to be weaker because they are so overbred. It could be that if there was a problem, they would be less resilient. You could also have got a bad...

I think Nerite is the best option. I have a nerite with my betta and they do well together. The only point to note is that if you get a female nerite, they lay little white eggs everywhere that never hatch. I don't mind, but some people don't like that.