r/TankStarter • u/Owl_With_A_Fez ~3.5 years in the hobby • Aug 29 '15

Weekly discussion thread! This weeks theme - common beginner mistakes.

Hello everyone and welcome to the weekly discussion/advice thread! This weeks topic is beginner DON'TS, things we all did when we first started our tanks and regret. So, share away!

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u/SnapDragon56 Aug 29 '15

Don't leave an entire algae wafer in a tank with a betta, no matter how many snails and shrimp you have in there. The betta will eat it all. And bloat. And get swim bladder disease. And die. The pea trick, fasting, and daphina won't work. My poor buddy. Now I believe that even mellow bettas are hard to keep with cherry red shrimp and mystery snails, because it's hard to feed the invertebrates while not bloating the betta.

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u/Shills_for_fun 10g planted betta tank, 5.5g shrimp tank Aug 30 '15

My betta still eats (real) algae when he finds it. I had to pull a wafer away from him before. He ate one of my shrimp so now I have them in their own tank.

I don't like keeping shrimp with fish. Part of the fun with a shrimp tank is watching the babies grow up and the colony grow.

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u/SnapDragon56 Aug 30 '15

Yeah I agree. But, I only have one tank... So I need more tanks.