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Pre-filter with sponge on the intake...... finer sponge will reduce the intake flow..... especially when it gets dirty.

Or move your cycled filter to the new tank...... it will help clear up any more nitrites present..... and simply put in back in the 20g when you need it. This is the reason I have two filters on most tanks...... lots of options!

You're almost there! Keep dosing with ammonia (only to about 2-3ppm now), monitor and WAIT for the nitrites to start to drop......(this can be a frustrating wait... I know!). Personally, I've done a 40% water change BEFORE my nitrites were at zero, and they just continued to linger at the low...

As an avid homebrewer...... I've had plenty of experience with fermentation. Get your temperature right for fermentation (72F), and you should see near instant results. Brown sugar prob wasn't the best choice, but ultimately will ferment. Corn sugar or brewers sugar is actually best....... but...

Nice job Aviva!

Do yourself a favor....... change out that substrate now! Old and contaminated substrate will cause all kinds of grief that you could otherwise avoid. Good lesson here for cleaning anything 'used' thats going to be put into a fishtank, from decor to substrate to filters. Let your NITRITE spike...

Tear down and store what you don't want to tinker with...... Don't sell. Sounds like you'll be back at it in no time!

+1 to cherrys

Only a matter of time before betta decides he likes the taste of shrimp. Shrimp do much better (you'll see them more often) without any predators for tankmates. Even the tetras will pick at the shrimp stressing them out. Just my two cents worth...... Betta will appreciate the live treats anyway!

Cheap ghost shrimp for me....(10 in my 2.5g) waiting on my LFS to bring in some cherry reds. I put the sponge filter in to lighten the almost daily water changes. An air stone at least to circulate the water to prevent stagnation. If your house is warm thru the night (70F)..... heater may not be...

Yes to cycling it....... I've kept a 1g planted (dirt/gravel) which required water changes every two days to keep the water clear. Switched to a 2.5g reg gravel with a sponge filter planted...... I'm much happier with it. Filtration helps..... as does a heater if the night temps get below...

OK. So I got sick of 90% water changes every two days in the 1g bowl. I put a DIY sponge filter in my 2.5g and aquascaped it with driftwood, java fern and moss with a moss ball for good measure. All ten ghost shrimp are in and enjoying the new digs. The original bowl was organic dirt capped with...

Nice tank!

Cryptocoryene will get tempermental when you move/transplant/change lighting and frequently 'melt' it's leaves away. Don't panic on that one..... it will eventually re-establish itself. If your grass has new growth..... don't worry about the old stuff dying off...trim it away as the new growth...

+1 iheartbettas This would be a much faster method of establishing a BB colony into your new tank IMO. Squeeze them right into your new tank and let the sponge pick up all the good 'juices'. I wouldn't trust that One or two weeks would have cycled your new sponge sufficiently to handle much of a...

Today, I added a clean-up-crew to the BC to take care of the diatom algae consisting of 1 emerald crab, 5 small hermit crab, and 4 snails. They went right to work immediately. Love it! :clap:

LMAO @ Nascar Drafting! :woot:

Keep up the daily water changes. Like SlappyMcfish said...... a 1 g isn't much trouble for water changes. Filtration is def the way to go for any tank...... finding a suitable filter small enough for a 1g may be difficult to fit in such a small tank. Bettas love calm water, which a filter in a...

I WISH my dwarf gourami would stand up to my red serpaes more often...... the serpaes are the bullies in my 33g. He doesn't seem to get it, that he's 3 x the size of the little red troublemakers. I would def say that my gourami is peaceful! (33g - 7 black skirt, 8 red serpae, 2 silver tipped, 2...

Otocinculus will do ok with all listed. Not sure how it would fair with chiclids. Anybody else have input on that? Oto does a great job with algae.