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Nova_C
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Joined: 03 Nov 2004
Location: Calgary, AB
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It's black aquarium coarse sand and one bag of flourite mixed. The red stuff is the flourite. It worked out pretty good.
Yeah, I know the pleco is gonna be huge. The pet store I go to buys fish back, so I'll sell him back once he outgrows my tank and get something else. The problem was that it was either a common pleco at $4 or something rarer at $50+. I didn't feel like spending that much on a pleco.
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rales12
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Joined: 03 Nov 2009
Location: Wyoming
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| Posted: 2010.08.01(Sun)8:07 Post subject: |
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I might use that substrate mix for my next tank  I can already see it shaping up in my head... haha
Yeah... $50 is a bit much. >_< |
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Nova_C
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| Posted: 2010.08.03(Tue)6:41 Post subject: |
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Okay, the 5 gallon is decorated. Should be ready for a betta in a couple days.
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Nova_C
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| Posted: 2010.08.05(Thu)6:09 Post subject: |
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So, all my little guys are doing well. The pleco especially seems to be very active and healthy. The Angels continue to rule the tank with an iron fist, though.
I picked up my first ever betta! I got a Towuti snail as well, which is a neat little snail.
So that should be it for stocking. I may add one other bottom feeder to the 55, but for now I'm done. A few more plants and then it's just maintenance. 
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rales12
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| Posted: 2010.08.05(Thu)9:44 Post subject: |
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| That's a neat little tank. And a very pretty beta! |
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Nova_C
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Location: Calgary, AB
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| Posted: 2010.08.15(Sun)14:41 Post subject: |
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So, uh. My betta disappeared. Simply gone. I have no idea what happened to him. I was looking for any sign that he'd jumped out but couldn't find anything. I think I spent 45 minutes scouring the area around the aquarium, moving furniture, checking everywhere. Nothing. Crazy.
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Caton
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Joined: 28 Jul 2009
Location: Washington State, USA
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| Posted: 2010.08.15(Sun)14:53 Post subject: |
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Did you check in the filter thing?
Sad...I have lost a fish and after tearing up the tank for 30mins I found a skeleton 
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rales12
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| Posted: 2010.08.15(Sun)15:30 Post subject: |
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| Nova_C wrote: | | So, uh. My betta disappeared. Simply gone. I have no idea what happened to him. I was looking for any sign that he'd jumped out but couldn't find anything. I think I spent 45 minutes scouring the area around the aquarium, moving furniture, checking everywhere. Nothing. Crazy. |
Do you have a dog or a cat? They may have snacked on him.
Betas are jumpers. I keep saran wrap over my beta tank so that she doesn't end up on the floor. I've read that if there is a hole big enough for them to go through, they'll go through it. To avoid it, I suppose you could get some kind of cover for the tank or lower the water level as low as you can so he can't get out of he does jump. |
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Nova_C
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Location: Calgary, AB
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| Posted: 2010.08.16(Mon)0:01 Post subject: |
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Unfortunately this tank doesn't really allow for either of those solutions. :/ Perhaps I should replace the betta with something else that can live in a 5 gallon without a heater and isn't a jumper.
PS. The only other pet I have is a corn snake, so I don't think anything ate the betta. 
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Caton
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Location: Washington State, USA
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| Posted: 2010.08.16(Mon)3:51 Post subject: |
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KILLER SNAIL! 
Have it as a shrimp tank, get some b/c grade crystal red shrimp if your pH is low 7.2 or lower
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