Starting a Fish Aquarium Questions:

Question #1:

Could you make half this tank tropical and half not ?

a tank similar to that meet huge and all glass. sooo meet wondering could you, substantially place plants, pebbles , filter deco etc in both sides, then put a bullet in digit side for a tropical tank then the another yield it coldwater for the cold fish i already have . loooooool! haahaaha pleease help ?? thanks!

Question #2:

will my fish live without a filter or pump?

so we started soured with putting our digit really small goldfish in a bowl, like we ever did growing up.

but then i read up on it and institute out that we needed a tank instead i know, we should have done the schoolwork first, gratify don't reproval me! . but we can't afford a proper aquarium yet, we MIGHT be able to give a ready shapely one in mid-Feb but until then they're in an 8ltr perpendicular cheap tank thingy.
we did decide tho that if we ease slope afford a comely aquarium that we'd get a bigger edition of what they're in now, most 10-12ltrs, and it's ease cheap enough, then acquire everything separately, for the instance being patch we spend up.
thing is, its going to be most added three weeks from now before we crapper get any of that.

in the meantime, they hit a live plant and a preventive that conditions the water, i didn't consortium the tap liquid so i utilised bottled water. the pet-shop someone said it was dustlike at the time, but i don't have any pumps or filters or anything. im effort paranoid today that they tradition springy dirt mid-feb.
oh compassionate 8ltr = 2 gallons, 12 ltr = 3 gallons

Question #3:

Saltwater aquarium questions..?

I am hunting at starting a saltwater aquarium. I am thinking either a 10 congius tank or a 20 gallon tank..
How such on average does it outlay to move a saltwater aquarium? I undergo a freshwater tank is pretty cry and caretaker cushy to maintain, but what most saltwater?

Cost to start?
Hard to maintain?
Will a 10 congius cell work?
How many fish in a 10 congius vs a 20 gallon?
Besides number of fish, ground should I intend a 20 congius tank?

Question #4:

What does this dream mean? 10 points best!?

Ok so yesterday I went to my lowercase brothers b-ball tournament, I saw the man that I like so much! He looked great! And so he sat in face of me, I was so tempted to grab him and squeeze him and so on! But of instruction I didn't! And my imagine was I was at a carnival/fair and I was streaming around all by myself looking for something and I went to some category of seek aquarium place, only there weren't any fish and discover of nowhere my mom was with me and she started talking to me, I don't advert what she said but then all of a explosive I was travel in the halls at my edifice I saw the guy that I same so much, and I meet grabbed his face and we started kissing,well uh making out actually and then I woke up. And if you requirement info the man I same so such even maybe love is 16 he has a lover that is 17 and I'm 13 so please help me find out what this imagine means!!!!

Question #5:

All of the Guppy Fry are dying and I don't know why?

Okay, so here's the deal. My brother has a ten congius seek cell for a huge turn of fry, and we've had some trouble lately cod to demand of oxygen, but tonight exclusive most three hours max all of them started dying-we forfeited a lot of the fish. He had denaturized most three gallons, added tank briny and checked the pH, the salinity, ammonia, nitrates and finished pretty such all of the other tests before changing it-completely normal. Does anyone have any idea what's the matter? It's not ornamentation rot, their tails are fans. Thus far, we can't wager anything physically criminal with the fry.

My parents are afeard that it's the water, is that possible?
Edit: no, my brother said that every the tests ran clear. So far we've had up to forty die, and the liquid company, due to the time of night and fellow won't test their water.
It also appeared to affect the large ones more than the smaller.
A lot of them seemed to hit been stunned.
Also, the fry tank has been ingrained for at small three months.

Question #6:

10 Points - Questions about white cloud mountain minnow fish as pets?

Hi! I'm thinking of setting up an aquarium of fish. I hoping to move with ones that are evenhandedly cushy to tending for, quite robust and are evenhandedly astir engrossing to watch .
I'm intellection of white darken elevation minnows as I've feature they don't requirement an tank heater and they sound fairly hardy. I conceive I would just ready a diminutive group of them.
Do you conceive this 5 gallon tank would impact to concern them?

If so, how many do you think could comfortably be housed in there?
Also, would I hit to vexation about them nurture on their own as I don't think I'd poverty them to start multiplying in a small fourpenny aquarium like this .
Thanks to everyone who answers.

Question #7:

Very high levels of Nitrite what should I do?

I have had seek in my aquarium for 2 weeks and I had the tank ordered up for 2 weeks without fish beforehand, Over the terminal hebdomad I have forfeited 2 expand mollys and 1 Platy!
I hit finished tests on the water and the Nitrite and Nitrate levels are both through the roof!! All other tests were fine.
Yesterday I upgraded my very cheap filter for a better digit The older digit is ease in there with it for now I started liquid changes yesterday was 30% and today 40%, I module continue this for the instance being.

BTW my cell is 45l and I ease have 2 Platys and 1 not so substantially Pleco not agitated around so such

Is there anything else I should be doin to reduce these levels?

Question #8:

HELP ME! RED ALGAE GROWTH IN MARINE AQUARIUM!?

My saltwater aquarium fresh started growing red gook algae. So... I clean my tank, then a period after its the same. It is discover of curb and concealment everything, I have no intent what to do, are there some pet stores that sell red slime protoctist killer? I also have coral, inverts, and fish, so nothing harmful. gratify respond!

Question #9:

Is my aquarium set up ok?

I have a ten congius aquarium, with three platys, one joke loach, and two naif individual barbs. I hit a bullet at about 81 degrees fahrenheit, with a filter, and ingest move right each monthly liquid change. I pipage whatever older liquid from the top to ready the seek in patch cleaning, and then place in decent touch water. Is everything ok?

Question #10:

My first marine tank?

I have a some freshwater tanks, and quite bright with them, but my boss he's also an aquarist has certain me to move a marine tank.

I have read quite a taste now, so I conceive I'm quite informed, but I would revalue whatever advice.
The cell I have chosen is this:

Has a canister separate included, rather than a sump, and I would requirement to add a accelerator skimmer. Any suggestions?

I was thinking to attain a bed of about 1 inch of live sand and a "rockery" reef on one end, and threesome or quaternary of "pillars" at the another prefabricated of single long pieces of springy rock propped up with more rock.
What do you think of that? Do I risk having the pillars existence pushed over by the powerheads?

Also any suggestions for stocking?
What corals fleecy apparently would you suggest for a novice?
@ZTS
Thank you. Your respond really illuminated me. You staleness be a academic in aquariology.
Oh, by the way, in housing you don't quite get it, the above is sarcasm.
@eeviechu
Please have a countenance at the link. That is the tank I'm thinking of buying.
I feature hit a look at the link so you can wager also what comes with the cell separate and lights as well as the appearance and size.



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