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I plan to plant my spare 10 gallon aquarium. I was wondering what kind of filter would be best for me to buy for it. The only fish I plan on having is a betta. Any advice would be appreciated. Thank you.

Hi,
I would purchase an inexpensive "Hang On Back" (HOB) filter
such as one of the Aqua Clear brands. They will work well,
and mount or hang on the back of the tank out of the
swimming area, and can easily be hidden from view by
placing a piece of black construction paper between the
filter and the aquarium glass. If I remember the sizes
correctly, I think the Aqua-Clear 150 model would be
sufficient for your needs.

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Frank


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surprisefish,

Hi there

I second Frank's input completely and just want to add a few things:

- The AquaClear 150 is now called 30 (just to confuse the hell out of us), at least here in the US (don't know where you are).
- If you get the filter, purchase a second sponge for it as well. I run both of my AC filters on sponges only (you may want to have the activated carbon that comes with it for the first 4 weeks or so). This way, I never pay for any "replacement parts" and during water changes I simply rinse the top one in tank water (in a bucket, of course) and squeeze the bottom one tightly. Then I place them back in the filter in the opposite order than they were in before. This keeps quite a bit of beneficial bacteria alive. Every time you place a new filter material in a filter you lose all the bacteria that have "nested" on the old one and you run the risk of a small cycle.

Hope this helps,

Ingo

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