QCAquaholic
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Hey everyone, I'm Ryan and I'm very new to the aquarium hobby. I don't have much yet, just a crowntail betta and a nerite snail in a 3.5 gallon so far. The betta was a birthday gift that a few sixth graders at the school where I work got me.
This is him the day they brought him. His name is Defender Bender. It was the name they gave him.
I did a lot of research on proper care and have since upgraded him to this. That's an iPad behind the tank that's on various aquarium scenes. He's got a heater, a leaf hammock, a cave to sleep/hide/chill in and three live plants.
I am not a teacher so I do work year-round there. There are five other tanks throughout the school that I take care of during the summer. One of the "tanks" I didn't know about until recently. A teacher had a male half-moon betta in a half-gallon bowl. I just couldn't let that be. I've set up Defender Bender's old box for him for the meantime. At least it's filtered and heated. He loves the floating log and attacks the floating mirror with such ferocity. Yes, he has an iPad with aquarium scenes behind him too.
One of the rooms has two tanks, one fresh and one salt. The freshwater tank has some silver dollars and four or five corys. I don't know what the goldfishy ones are called.
The saltwater tank has a clown fish, a cardinal, some kind of yellow goby, a coral banded shrimp (I think), a royal gramma (I think), some hermit crabs and a starfish. We had some coral too, but we got hit with that red bacteria pretty bad over the summer. The teacher was told to lessen the amount of light they get, but I guess it was too much.
Another science room also has two tanks, but they're much smaller. One has an axolotl.
The other tank has a variety of danios. Sorry for the glare.
I've been doing a lot of research on different fish and am looking to get a 10 gallon and try my hand at aquascaping it some. I'm thinking about some tetras or danios, some corys and maybe some shrimp. Now that I wrote that I don't think 10 gallons will be enough.
This is him the day they brought him. His name is Defender Bender. It was the name they gave him.
I did a lot of research on proper care and have since upgraded him to this. That's an iPad behind the tank that's on various aquarium scenes. He's got a heater, a leaf hammock, a cave to sleep/hide/chill in and three live plants.
I am not a teacher so I do work year-round there. There are five other tanks throughout the school that I take care of during the summer. One of the "tanks" I didn't know about until recently. A teacher had a male half-moon betta in a half-gallon bowl. I just couldn't let that be. I've set up Defender Bender's old box for him for the meantime. At least it's filtered and heated. He loves the floating log and attacks the floating mirror with such ferocity. Yes, he has an iPad with aquarium scenes behind him too.
One of the rooms has two tanks, one fresh and one salt. The freshwater tank has some silver dollars and four or five corys. I don't know what the goldfishy ones are called.
The saltwater tank has a clown fish, a cardinal, some kind of yellow goby, a coral banded shrimp (I think), a royal gramma (I think), some hermit crabs and a starfish. We had some coral too, but we got hit with that red bacteria pretty bad over the summer. The teacher was told to lessen the amount of light they get, but I guess it was too much.
Another science room also has two tanks, but they're much smaller. One has an axolotl.
The other tank has a variety of danios. Sorry for the glare.
I've been doing a lot of research on different fish and am looking to get a 10 gallon and try my hand at aquascaping it some. I'm thinking about some tetras or danios, some corys and maybe some shrimp. Now that I wrote that I don't think 10 gallons will be enough.