EMPTY tank any ideas

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PartyAnimal1UK

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I have a spare 6 gal i know it isn't big (i've got very limited space) but does anyone have any ideas.

Bascailly i did have it with a betta in it i tried it with a filter just a box filter attached to an air pump but he didn't like it so i tried it without, but the water always tended to look slighty murky and have a film over the top well anyway in the end he died and i haven't used the tank.

I was hoping to be able to use the tank without a filter coz at the mo i can't afford a better tank or filter and i'm sure you all know the pump is annoying, so i want to be able to get away without, so i need a fish that does not require a filter i know there isn't many, so does anyone have any ideas, i would prefer more than one which i know i have limited space but with just one fish in there it look sorta bare.

Also soes anyone have any ideas as to how to keep the film at bay and why does it form, i lthough maybe floating plants would that help. What i thought may look nice is a group of male guppies do they require a filter, please help i would love to get this set up again thanks in advance.
 
I live in the uk and to be honest with i haven't seen a CHEAP power filter. I wouldn't really want to spend the money on a filter for a tank that size as i would like to be able to save for a larger much larger tank as i'm sure we all say. thanks but does anyone else have any ideas thanks again.
 
i'd go with either the Aqua Clear 100, its $13 at petsmart, and pretty tiny. the whisper 100 is a bit smaller even for about the same. whisper's clog kind of fast though.
 
Thanks so much for your help, but i was looking for ideas of what fish i could keep in the tank preferably a shoal ( i would like guppies) without a filter.
 
The box filter'd be fine. I'm not sure that our American posters understand how much more limited, and expensive, our range of equipment often is in the UK.

Having said that, http://www.aquatics-warehouse.co.uk/acatalog/aquarium_supplies_HAGEN_S__107.html shows a Fluval+ No. 1 for £12, + £4 for packaging and delivery.

Given what the Leicester water is like - hard as nails - I wonder if a pair of shell-dwellers would be an intersting idea.

If you can get them, that is.
 
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Too be honest i don't think we can, yes i agree it is soo hard to get stuf over here, i don't actually want to use the box filter as i don't like the pump and want to be able to use this tank without a filter.
 
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