I am moving my fish to a new tank and after doing some research on this stuff, I bought some but I’m not exactly sure how to use it. I was going to put 1/2 old water, 1/2 new in my tank and use new plants, gravel, rocks, ect but I’m not sure what to do after that. My tank has a betta, some mollies, and a glofish.

the good bacteria you need lives in your filter, hences you never clean your filter with tap water, so you shouldn’t need a starter

imo i would pour about 75% water in to be safe from chlorine burns

if your using a new filter put it in with the old filter for a few weeks so they both have good bacteria, then take the old one out for emergencies

Does using a mechanical filtration (filter floss cartridge) and a biological filtration (bio-wheel) at the same time in a 29 gallon tank affect the amount of time for the proper bacteria to grow on the bio-wheel? thank you in advance.

i had a aquarium dirty tank and after a year i was sick of the red/brown coloring. i recently tried to clean it recommended by someone at my local pet store. Unfortunatly doing so destroyed my tank and all my gravel went underneith my dirt. i only have two plants anyways. crypt and an onion root plant (crinium something…), my other plants died a few weeks after having them even with a new light. besides that my tank is in good condition.

There are many aquarium plants that can live just fine simply rooted in gravel. I thin Crypts are one of them, not sure about the other one, but if it’s a survivor in your tank, it’s probably OK

Others needs special conditions, lights, nutrients, CO2 to all be in balance.

If you switch the tank back to a ‘low -tech" planted tank you can run it OK with only gravel and decent lights etc.

Ian

Answer this too, Is there any cheap filter, tank packages?

Don’t go cheap. The starter kits suck.

Get your tank, buy a decent filter with atleast 3 way filtration atleast 2x the gallons of your tank, add a heater at a rate of 50 watts for every 10 gallons.

If you’re at all serious about the hobby, you’ll soon be throwing out everything from that starter kit minus the tank anyways…

The cheapest way to build a fish tank is to do it right the first time.

i have a 36 gallons aquarium tank

dont listen to neseyy he is a dumbass, Never put cichlids with anything else… I have cichlids in a 36 and they are beautiful…….. if you do get cichlids make sure they are all the same type (south american) and (african) and same size. Good luck
Edit: Oh ya Discus also cost about 50-120 dollars a piece and are so docile… they should never be with anything not there pH, they have to have a acidic pH not suitable for anything he listed

What is the difference between an airstone and an airpump in an aquarium fish tank? can they be used as a replacement for one another. can i have and airstone with out an airpump/filter?

an air stone is a stone with many small holes that goes on the end of the tube connected to the air pump. the air pump pumps air into the fish tank, then the air stone separates the air into many small bubbles, making the air pump more efficient, and creating less disturbance on the surface. you need an air pump for an air stone, but you do not need an air stone for an air pump, although I would highly recommend it.

I recently got my first tank, with three guppies. I’ve noticed that the PH levels are at about 8.0 and know they should really be lower for the little beggars.

How do I reduce this slightly? Thanks in advance.

Leave the pH alone. Better that the pH is slightly off and sable than constantly fluctuating as it will be if you try to "adjust" it

I have an Extra tank and want another pet but not fish so something like a reptile or critter. Preferably one that is easy to care for.

Thanks

A single Crested Gecko or Leopard gecko could live in there. Two female mice or a single dwarf hamster.
Crested Gecko’s live well at room temperature basically.
Leo’s need an under tank heater.
Mice will need at water bottle, and a running wheel.
Same thing with the hamster.

A pacman frog can also probably live in a 10 gallon.
You could also probably do some type of display with poison dart frogs… But I’m not sure about these.

My kid brother (16) is being a pain in the butt and punches the aquarium whenever he feels like it.
I don’t think he’s putting an angry punch in but it is enough force that it would make the water and glass tremble a little.

I am just really concerned about the fishes.

yes it could, it will also stress your fish out pretty bad, I dont know what to tell you, I would apply some kind of sanctions to get him to stop. if he is 16 he should certainly know better.

i have heard that in aquarium sump the water is siphon into the sump from aquarium tank and then returned back to the aquarium tank through power pump.But in my country, power failure is common, at least 2 to 3 times a day. So the siphon system will not work for me as it will get sump to overflow.So i thought of getting another power pump through which i will pump the water from aquarium tank into sump.

It wont work as you will never get the flow of the two pumps to match. So either the sump will empty, or the tank will empty, either way you have overflows or pumps running dry and burning out.

What you need is an "Overflow siphon". This is a more complicated S shaped siphon tube that is a combination siphon AND overflow and actually controls the level of the water in the tank. It wont loose prime or empty the tank in the event of a power loss. Water remains in the first section of the siphon even when the pump stops. When the pump starts up again the siphon simply starts flowing again.

Notes on how they work and how to build one are here.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=219465

Ian