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1. Make sure the betta is in a decent environment - enough to allow a couple of plants and some roaming room. 1 gallon is an absolute minimum, 2.5 gallons is a better minimum. Some might say 5 or even 10 gallons, but this is overboard unless you plan on keeping other fish as well. 2. As...

Welcome to the hobby, sounds like you have some things to learn. First off, whatever Cycle you have used has been wasted if you have no fish yet. That stuff is meant to be added with the fish. It's a very unreliable product anyway and if there's any advice I can give you, it's don't...

I prefer to think of it as always 6 or more regardless of size. With certain aggressive species I'd raise it to 10, while some more robust species will do just fine with only 2-4. It's a good idea to question each species individually in all aspects.

Betta's live for over 5 years, so they are far from senile. To keep them happy and alive - keep them in clean water, in enough space to allow for some plants and swimming room, and do not overfeed them or their containers. They thrive best in heated water of about 78 degrees, and like all fish...

All you need to do is make sure nothing harmful introduced through them. Take care of this by placing them in a large pot of water and boiling them for about five minutes. Make sure they are cool before you use them and you're all set. Those rocks are inert and will cause no harm to the fish...

The pump shouldn't be loud, I'd take it back. These bowls are designed to look pretty on a desk, but the design is actually lousy in every way for fish keeping. It is not good for communities or goldfish. In the end you can only keep a few very small fish, but you do have a couple of...

You're going to get lots of different answers and lots of disagreement, but this is based on my 20 years of fish keeping. 1. Yes you can. Despite the whole you MUST do a fishless cycle thing you find online, you can certainly still do it the old fashioned way. With only 6 little tetras in a...

Are you going to let complete strangers tell you what you like? If you like driftwood, go with it. If you like rocks, go with it. If you like both, go with it. As long as you have spots for the plec and dojo, the fish could care less. There's nothing like live plants, but make sure you set...