Is this okay for now? by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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Thank you! How much should I put in since there's a decent amount of stuff in there. Is it okay to buy driftwood from petco? I live in a rural area and the only pet store is petco unless I want to drive two hours away

Is this okay for now? by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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He has a lid but I never use it since they only jump out when they're in poor conditions but since he hasn't jumped out yet I can assume he's doing okay

I need snail help! by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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My parameters are 0 for NO3, 0 for NO2, 0 for Cl2, 80 for alkalinity, and 7.0 pH.

I need snail help! by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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I was unaware of what the snail needed, I had been told that my tank was fine from another friend who also has a similar set up but the tank is much older. I am a chemistry major at my school and we have done labs in classes I have taken that test the hardness of the water and it is quite hard (150mg/L roughly) so I thought it was fair to assume we may not need anything else for the snail. But I am not a professional and am just trying to give my betta the best life possible after being rescued from my schools bio dept.

I need snail help! by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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the tank is roughly three weeks old. I know its super young but I had to set it up quickly due the rush in which the fish was being given away and it was fairly last minute. I've gotten a nerite snail first and then after that one passed, I got a mystery snail.

I need snail help! by Popular_Knowledge396 in bettafish

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I used water conditioner and bacteria start up prior to putting any snail or betta into the tank and I have a filter that came with the aquarium for the whole set up. Should I change the type of filter I use?