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Hey Colin Thanx for the v detailed reply! Glad to know I can continue using my new light!

Ah ok. Thanks Byron! I did some preliminary research in suitable tankmates for bettas before I bought my cories. And lots of betta sites said cories are good. I like cories too. I used to keep them and they have oodles of personality. The LFS where I bought them also said they would be...

Thanks Byron for the detailed response. It's an issue that I have been puzzling over for as long as I have had my cories . When I had only my Betta, it wasn't an issue at all, as many Betta set ups are bare bottomed. But for cories, it appears to be a different story. I have been sifting...

Thanks Byron. Can you explain a bit more why the bare bottom poses health risks? I do try to scrub the tank floor using filter wool at weekly water changes, which I was thinking would help keep the floor clean...

My tank is half bare bottom and half leaf litter. I am tempted to try out sand substrate. But I read somewhere that sand or any other fine substrate poses a risk to bettas, who might try to swallow it thinking it's food, and choke on it. This was apparently experienced by someone on another...

The flow from my fluval HOB filter is also too fast for my 10 gallon tank. I use a piece of filter wool at the outflow to slow down the flow.

Hi I used to keep fish when I was much younger, and then I got back into the hobby a couple of years ago. I now have a 10 gallon tank with a few bronze line corydoras, a betta and a nerite horned snail. I used to use a Twinstar 450 light and it was lovely, but it has no dimmer and no timer...