Okay, so I was doing some research and I have conflicting reports, so I thought I'd throw this to the forums.
I have a 10 gal tank that I keep up with. It's being cycled currently and is home to a betta and two nerites. I know that it's not ideal, but I stay on top of the water changes and there are several anubias, a java fern, and a marimo moss ball in to help offset any ammonia at least a little bit.
This tank is kept at a steady 80 F and, as mentioned, I go in and do 50% water changes at least once a day. Ammonia is usually .25 PPM after 24 hours (an improvement from being .5 every 12 hours!). I gravel vac carefully, especially when Roanoke misses some food, but I do drop food for the snails (they tend to ignore it).
I have another 10 gal tank home to four guppies. And a redtail, but it was an impulse buy from my friend and I already told her that the tank is too cold and too small. He's going home, and I'm probably going to pick up a heater for the tank anyway over the next few weeks. I just ordered some anubias petite and java moss from ebay (to be split between Roanoke's tank and a gumball machine plant tank), and I am going to be getting guppy grass and duckweed for Roanoke's tanks. I'm hoping to get some frogbit too, but I have to wait to hear back on it. All that will be divided between the two 10 gal.
I was wondering if, after my 10 gal cycles, if I could get afford a few tankmates for Roanoke, be the snails moved to the guppy tank or remain. I was looking at a school of ember tetras most recently since they seem fairly small and quick, and my tank has a significant amount of plantage so far to provide plenty of hiding places (I also have a lot of silk plants).
Roanoke is a fairly normal behaving fish. He'll flare at his reflection and likes to wedge himself in leaves that press against the glass while I watch. He's a beggy guy too, so I'll have to make sure the tetras get at their food. The only time I've seen him be aggressive at anything besides his reflection is when I tried fasting him and he knocked over Houdini the snail. He did examine Horny when he was added to the tank, but he didn't try to bite at him.
I'd rather not stress any fish, and I have a third, much smaller tank just in case the embers don't do well with the guppies or with Roanoke. But if it's just generally a bad idea, I'd rather get it out of my head now than cause any fish stress being shipped here and then transferred between multiple tanks before being put in a smaller tank until I got a fourth one that's a good size.
I have a 10 gal tank that I keep up with. It's being cycled currently and is home to a betta and two nerites. I know that it's not ideal, but I stay on top of the water changes and there are several anubias, a java fern, and a marimo moss ball in to help offset any ammonia at least a little bit.
This tank is kept at a steady 80 F and, as mentioned, I go in and do 50% water changes at least once a day. Ammonia is usually .25 PPM after 24 hours (an improvement from being .5 every 12 hours!). I gravel vac carefully, especially when Roanoke misses some food, but I do drop food for the snails (they tend to ignore it).
I have another 10 gal tank home to four guppies. And a redtail, but it was an impulse buy from my friend and I already told her that the tank is too cold and too small. He's going home, and I'm probably going to pick up a heater for the tank anyway over the next few weeks. I just ordered some anubias petite and java moss from ebay (to be split between Roanoke's tank and a gumball machine plant tank), and I am going to be getting guppy grass and duckweed for Roanoke's tanks. I'm hoping to get some frogbit too, but I have to wait to hear back on it. All that will be divided between the two 10 gal.
I was wondering if, after my 10 gal cycles, if I could get afford a few tankmates for Roanoke, be the snails moved to the guppy tank or remain. I was looking at a school of ember tetras most recently since they seem fairly small and quick, and my tank has a significant amount of plantage so far to provide plenty of hiding places (I also have a lot of silk plants).
Roanoke is a fairly normal behaving fish. He'll flare at his reflection and likes to wedge himself in leaves that press against the glass while I watch. He's a beggy guy too, so I'll have to make sure the tetras get at their food. The only time I've seen him be aggressive at anything besides his reflection is when I tried fasting him and he knocked over Houdini the snail. He did examine Horny when he was added to the tank, but he didn't try to bite at him.
I'd rather not stress any fish, and I have a third, much smaller tank just in case the embers don't do well with the guppies or with Roanoke. But if it's just generally a bad idea, I'd rather get it out of my head now than cause any fish stress being shipped here and then transferred between multiple tanks before being put in a smaller tank until I got a fourth one that's a good size.
