So I bought a Whisper filter for my 5 gallon today. It has 2-10 gallon capacity. The thing is huge, and I'm bummed about having a huge black blob in my tank. But life goes on... So do I just follow the instructiions and put it in? My tank's been sitting, full of water- no water changes- since Vitara died (it's been at least a month now). The water's clean, but I noticed a fine layer of some kind of material on the gravel and plants the other night. Not sure what that is. So should I rinse the whole tank and start all over? Also, the filter's instructions say to replace the (I want to say cartridge- is that the right word for what I'm trying to say?) every four weeks. Is that right? Good thing they're cheap!
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So I finally had a chance to visit that new pet store. The people working there were very friendly, but I was unhappy with just about everything else. I think they'd just set up the fish tanks, and had no idea what they were doing. All the fish looked positively ill (I'd guess to the level of ammonia in the tanks- those were the symptoms they were showing). And they didn't have any Endlers.
I don't know where I'm going to find any... I was mosly displeased with their bettas. They had them all on a shelf (none of the cups had lids, and none of the fish looked very healthy), and below them were every torture chamber of a betta home you can imagine... Including one betta in a very tiny bowl 3/4 full of gravel. They also had a goldfish in a tank with about 5 inches of gravel (layered in colors) on the front counter. It had a filter, and was probably 2.5 gallons or less. They also had an odd assortment of large fish in a larger tank (maybe 40-50 gallons?). 3 large fish (I couldn't identify on sight, maybe Oscars), about 10 goldies, and several crayfish? Plus ONE guppy. It was really odd... All the animal's cages were too small, as well. At least they didn't have puppies! Can't say the same for kittens...
Anyway. So I still need a test kit (at the rate I'm going, I think I'll just ask for it for Christmas! lol), and probably another plant to help hide the filter.
Fun fun! Oh, I need a step-by-step fishless cycling guide, too!
(NOTE: The following has nothing to do with my questions. You can skip the whole paragraph and reply without missing anything. Feel free to!
)So I finally had a chance to visit that new pet store. The people working there were very friendly, but I was unhappy with just about everything else. I think they'd just set up the fish tanks, and had no idea what they were doing. All the fish looked positively ill (I'd guess to the level of ammonia in the tanks- those were the symptoms they were showing). And they didn't have any Endlers.
I don't know where I'm going to find any... I was mosly displeased with their bettas. They had them all on a shelf (none of the cups had lids, and none of the fish looked very healthy), and below them were every torture chamber of a betta home you can imagine... Including one betta in a very tiny bowl 3/4 full of gravel. They also had a goldfish in a tank with about 5 inches of gravel (layered in colors) on the front counter. It had a filter, and was probably 2.5 gallons or less. They also had an odd assortment of large fish in a larger tank (maybe 40-50 gallons?). 3 large fish (I couldn't identify on sight, maybe Oscars), about 10 goldies, and several crayfish? Plus ONE guppy. It was really odd... All the animal's cages were too small, as well. At least they didn't have puppies! Can't say the same for kittens...Anyway. So I still need a test kit (at the rate I'm going, I think I'll just ask for it for Christmas! lol), and probably another plant to help hide the filter.
Fun fun! Oh, I need a step-by-step fishless cycling guide, too!
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I just don't have room for anything bigger than the 5 right now. :-/