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im thinking about making homemade fish for for my Betta to supplement feed alongside pellets. This is my rough list of ideas for ingredients.(all will be blended and frozen in ziplock bags) Mostly(3:4): Any White fish meat Shrimp(peeled) Clams or squid(look for discounted items)...

Maybe uploading directly will work

@ Darn, what other way can I post it?

Uh oh, I don't think my image was attached properly http://s1255.photobucket.com/user/Pineapplesmells/media/IMG_3819_zps1lrs9cr9.jpg.html

This is a photo of my Betta tank I've been cycling for a few weeks. The Betta and horned nerite snails will be shipped on Monday!! I'm so nervous because I've never shipped fish before

I think about 50%. The sponge takes up half of the filter. I tried to stay around 2 ppm

Electricity came on for us a few days ago. My tank equipment and plants are fine, though honestly I feel like a terrible person for worrying about something many would find trivial during such a disaster. Perhaps I am subconsciously grasping for any sense of normalcy after what we've all been...

My 10 gallon aquarium came with a penn-plax cascade 300 internal filter. The filter includes a sponge and activated carbon cartridge. After learning that activated carbon is pretty much useless except for removing medications and chemicals, which I don't need (and also removes tannins, which I...

Not so great update: The dams were forced open and the electricity went out yesterday. We managed to find some generators to power the air unit and save the food in our fridge and freezer. But now my planted tank has no light or filter running. And it's still in the nitrite phase of cycling...

*Update: The water has not breached our home and the flood water is beginning to recede.

The water hasn't breached our home and is beginning to recede

Tropical storm Harvey is close to flooding our house

I want to turn off and unplug everything to avoid any electronics getting destroyed, I just want to know if my internal filter and heater (specifically the filter and the bacterial colonies in it) will be ok left off in the water for a while. My tank is high up on top of a dresser and I don't...

Yeah, I was just worried it would mess with the filtering or cause electrical issues....then I remembered that whenever the filter is on, water goes up into the tubing a little anyways...lol