Im lookin 4 a cheap or free 10-20 gallon aquarium. If pssible I'd like it with a strter kit but it dont hav 2.
Mar 29, 2008 by Stan | Posted in Fish
Please don't tell me Freecycle or Craiglist cause I already looked ther.
don't=doesn't
pssible=possible
I have a budget of $50.
I already have some supplies such as gravel, gravel cleaner, bucket, dechlorinator, and aquarium bacteria.
You can definitely buy a 10g glass tank for $10. A small hang-on-back filter will probably run you around $15. A small heater is usually a little less than that. You'll also need a water dechlorinator, and I know mine cost less than $5 (Prime). Fish food is obviously necessary, but what you should get depends on what kind of fish you have and how long you want the container to last. You'll need a water test kit with ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and pH as a minimum. You'll also need a bucket that's for aquarium use only, and a gravel vacuum to clean up your tank and help with water changes. You'll want to get a glass scraper to help clean away the inevitable algae bloom. If you want to stock the tank immediately, you'll also need to buy a product called Biospira, which is a refrigerated bacterial starter colony. There are similar unrefrigerated products, but they don't actually work. If you don't get the Biospira, you'll need to wait a few weeks for your tank to cycle before it'll be ready for fish.
Freecycle and Craigslist really are the best places to find cheap aquarium stuff, you might just have to be patient to find what you really want. Honestly, I think you'd be hard pressed to find everything you need for less than $50. Skipping items like the test kit won't save you as much money as you'll lose from killing a bunch of fish because your water parameters are all out of whack.
Melissa L | Mar 29, 2008
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