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I've seen these, while a nice idea there just isn't enough water for any fish really including a betta. Maybe you could get a couple of ghost shrimp?

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looks like a microwave :D anyways fish: ghost shrimp, mystery snail, betta you could get a couple of ghost shrimp, a betta and a mystery snail, or a betta and a ghost shrimp or if you really like snails you could get like 2 snails

Sadly, I don't think it's big enough to rescue your frozen goldfish.

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Officially fishless until after the move....tune in later for details!

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

That's pretty high tech, Bob....did you have a seizure when you opened it? ;)

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thanks for all your concerns.












































I think.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

:D Just looking out for your welfare.

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update


wrapped some sphagum moss in a coffee filter and put that under the plate in the ugf.

added couple of sprigs of some kind of moss/plant.

then a week later (yesterday) add 2 feeder guppies. cost .43.

now waiting to see if they last more then a week or so.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

I want one!!! My birthday is only....4 1/2 months away! :D

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Lead me not to temptation...I can make it there myself just fine, thank you

put in a couple of feeder guppies 2 days ago. I still see one there.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

I give up What?

don't know. Not beside the tank. perhaps under the UGF plate. the slits do look wide enough.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

Wait you put not one but two feeder guppies in a small container of less than one gallon?Bob you should know better.

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I do.

Which is why I would never buy this tank.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

Buying it or not,you shouldnt have even thought of placing any fish in there.

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"Come to the dark side....we have cookies...and filters/heaters/and water changes!"

Thats bordering on animal cruelty. Not only the tank size, but not using dechlorinator is harming those fish.

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Sound good.

Now we have to define cruelty.

This tank came with an undergravel filter and a plastic plant.

Had I set it up that way and immediately added a fish especially any normal sized fish I would agree.

But that is not what I did.

I removed the plastic plant and replaced it with live plants. I also added spahgum moss under the filter plate. I then let it run for a week to outgass the chlorine break down the chloramine and get the plants established.

Once I had checked to insure the plants were still green and therefore alive and growing I added two feeder guppies. These are less then 1/4" long. And otherwise would have been used as food for larger fish.

four days later one of those fish is still alive and well. Instead of being eaten by some other fish in another aquarium.


This tank (however well intentioned by the giver) is ridiculous and it is my firm hope that people reading this thread will use these techniques for the purpose of preventing cruelity by following these same exact methods.

Or even better not buy something like this to begin with.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden

Just an update.

Last weekend the relatives that gave me this tank visited.

The plants are showing new green growth which on this small of a tank is just little ittty bitty new stems with a couple of leaves.

The feeder guppy was there and hard to see. He tends to hide a lot.

Also am getting cloudy water. So looks like I will have to take my own advice and kill the lights. (in ths case light? )

And it is about time to start adding food as well. If I can grind up a flake to get small enough pieces and quantity for ths fish.

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fw leiden since 1979, fo salt since 1979, mixed reef 55g 2002-2009. Strong emphasis on the tank taking care of itself. Balanced with plant life, no water changes, tap water, no filters in FW. Only dosing calcium, alk, mag in marine reef tanks. http://www.aquariumforum.com/f15/my-...ods-26410.html
recent tanks (till 2009) 7 years- 10g FW leiden 7 yrs, 55g mixed reef 7, 2 yrs, 20g FW leiden, 10 g fw leiden , 29g mixed reef, current tank 55g leiden