Aquarium Info

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Right now I have a 10 gallon tank with one male betta fish, heater, air pump, and filter. I also have 3 fake plants, a fake rock set-up, and some gravel. I would like to introduce some neon tetras and cory catfish because I’ve been reading that they would get along fine with my betta in it’s aquarium. How many tetras and cories should I purchase and what else do you think I need?

I have a 55 gallon with 3 2″ cichlids, 1 6″ jack demsey, an algae eater, and a narrow black fish, don’t know what it is but he has a hammerhead and my son calls him a shark, but he’s not the typical silver type mini shark. He’s 5″ –> anyone know what he might be called?.

I have few fish & I haven’t done a water change in quite a while — about 10 months. We have very hard water so I know the water gets harder if you don’t do water changes and just keep topping off the tank, however, all of the fish were happy anyway & I had no fatalities.

(1) I did a half tank water change 2 days ago. How soon can I add new fish?

(2) While vacuumming the gravel, as you can imagine, tons of particles fog the tank during my cleaning. I felt really bad. Is this bad for this fish? Is it hard for them to breathe?

(3) Is it normal for fish to open and close there mouth inside the tank? I never noticed but am nervous

(4) Can I add Oscars to my cichlid/jjack demsey tank?
We have hard well water. (no chlorine)

This is the first time i saw her do it and my betta is bitting my platyies? of course i just got her not so long ago so yeah

I just added bubble stones to my aquarium. It smelled fine. But the other day, I replaced the water and gravel. Now, It smells aweful!!! It gets worse everyday. I use AquaSafe, and i can’t figure out what can make it smell so bad! It was fine before the water and gravel change, but neither are bad. Please help, it smells really bad!!!
The stones were fine at the beginning. It was after I switched the water and gravel. The aquaSafe probably didn’t do it because I used it before I switched the gravel and water.
No, i just replaced the water. Why would i need a filter. I just replaced everything! The air bubbles wouldn’t dislodge bacteria because there has to be bacteria to dislodge.
You guys aren’t reading my details. It’s a rather new tank. I put the fish in for about a week. I cleaned it out. I put new rock & plants. Now it stinks. Listen to what I have to tell you. And to those who are serious, thanks.

I have a betta in a small round bowl. There is no filtration system; just some gravel and an artificial plant. Please can you tell me when and how to change the water? Since I got him I have simply been ‘topping up’ the water when it evaporates.
Just to let you know .. I’ve only had him a couple of days, so I don’t think I’ve been neglecting him. It’s warm and dry in my bedroom so that’s why the water’s been evaporating. I do want to be good to him .. that’s why I asked the question.