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Is light a good enough source of heat for a fish tank?

Posted on April 13, 2012 by admin| 5 Comments

If I have a 10 gallon fish tank that I want to put some freshwater fish/frogs/shrimp in, will i have to purchase a heater?
Or can I use a light as the source of heat?
What is the cheapest heating source? I’ve seen something called a heating pad?
Does anybody have any advice for me?

Also, in a 10 gallon tank, will my goldfish be fine without a heater? Since they dont have one in their current tank? (I’m just thinking about when they outgrow it)
10 gallons too small for a goldfish? they are only 1.5 inches long…?
and the petco lady set me up with a 3 gallon tank and 2 fancy tailed goldfish…haha but from what ive read they’ll outgrow that!

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What should I put in a 10 gallon fish tank?

Posted on April 7, 2012 by admin| 4 Comments

I’m starting a freshwater aquarium; it’s 10 gallons, and I was thinking of doing a tropical freshwater assortment of fishes. I was thinking of guppies or platies, but how many of them? Also, should I put ghost shrimp in there to “clean up” the tank as well?

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Getting a 29-gallon fish tank. Suggestions?

Posted on August 20, 2011 by admin| 8 Comments

My dad said we might get a 29 gallon fish tank in the living room, yay! It will be a freshwater tank. What are some good fish I could keep in there? By the way, I have my own 10 gallon tank in my bedroom with a few guppies, dwarf platies, and ghost shrimp, so maybe something a little different than this? I also have a betta tank in my room too.

So the bottom line is this: What are some fairly interesting and not-that-hard to keep fish that will live well in a 29 gallon tank?

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what is the best thing to do for a beginner fish owner?

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin| 5 Comments

hey everybody. just got a 10 gallon fish tank a couple weeks ago. i have 5 different types of community fishes. 2 shrimps and 1 bottom feeder. i’m sorry i don’t know their scientific names. anyway i have a heater, and a whisper filter. i clean the tank almost every week which is a pain in the ass because i’m a working student. i wanted to know what else i can do to keep them cleaner. i’ve fed them less than i did at first. i totally clean the whole tank. i took out most of my granite just coz it’s so hard to clean them as well. i have a real shrimp bamboo, 1 fake short plant and 2 coliseum ruins as decor. they’re real tiny though. i’m thinking of getting one of those auto feeders coz i’ll be on leave for more than a week. i’m not sure which is best. can you guys advice what else can i do? and what else my tank needs? thanks so much!

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New 10 Gallon Fish Tank (shrimp, frogs, or what?)?

Posted on October 17, 2010 by admin| 3 Comments

Hello everyone, I’m getting ready to start up a new ten gallon freshwater fish tank this summer. I’m not new to fish and I already have a 30 gallon freshwater thats been running for a few years.

I have an empty 10 gallon and I was wondering what I should put in it. I was thinking one of these things:
- Inverts (Shrimp, snails, ??)
- Dwarf Frogs
- Crayfish

or maybe something completely different.

So what should I do? Looking for some god ideas or some info on the ones I came up with!

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