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[bubblewrap]

Hi everyone I'm new to this site but not to aquarium life. I hope I can learn a lot from the other members and I appreciate all the help and answers I recieve. :dive:


I currently have a bubbletank (makers are hawkeye international) It basically looks like a bubblegum ball machine. (For pics you can visit hawkeye international's website) I would like to get a small fish (colorful, and low maintanence) to put in the tank (considering a guppie or two) I however cannot find info on what type of fish would be a good cadidate for such a small tank with only an airiation system and not a filter. Any suggestions :help:

[OrionGirl]

None. All fish need filtration. I'd look at modifying the aeration into a box filter that will provide media for bacteria to colonize. Shouldn't be tough, just a matter of swapping the airline tube into a box filter instead or the aerator bar--or even putting in a T, to run both.

[TKOS]

At that point look at endlers live bearers also called endlers guppies. Like guppies but smaller.

As for a filter looking out of place in a small tank, try growing java moss on top of it. I did this in my 5 gallon betta tank. The whole side of the tank is covered in moss and you can't see the box filter at all.

[Halo]

Endler's livebearers are a very good choice. I got some free from the city for mosquito control, and moved a few into my tank to cycle it. On a diet of colormax, their natural colors emerge, and the males look like little swimming dabs of paint. They are easy to care for, though you will need a little filtration. And the better the lighting in your bubble tank, the more the colors will pop. Fair warning though, if you include a female in your tank, you're going to have a massive swarm of baby fish in no time at all! Another fun thing with Endler's is, their color patterns change somewhat over time, so you've got more of a show than with guppies, although the guppy/endler crossbreeds give a pretty good show as well.

[mvigor]

Yes you could use the air line to power an undergravel filter like Lee's Hexagon Undergravel Filter (http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=55HIiIlrMq4&offerid=80424.124192&type=2&subid=0). It's a small hexagon but it should fit into the bottom of your round tank. It lets the beneficial bacteria grow in your gravel.

A Betta would be the perfect fish to keep in there.

[aquariumhobyist]

just get a betta.

[reignman40]

Even with a betta they are still going to need some sort of filtration. I suggest a small undergravel filter as others have suggested. By the way do you happen to know how many gallons the tank is?

[mooman]

I think I've seen these tanks. I think the aeration system you speak of is the filter. It has a tube running down to some kind of undergravel type box filter no? Does it have a warning sitcker on it telling you not to put it in front of a window as the tank can act as a lens, focusing the light and causing a fire (with a little diagram of this happening)? I thought that was funny. I would use a small undergravel filter as suggested above.

[nlmadison]

Just checked out the Hawkeye website and the "bubblegum" tank does have an undergravel filter system. Its a 2 gal.

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