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Importante destacar: eu ainda não tenho um betta. Mas pretendo ter um. Tem uma loja perto da minha casa, onde eles são vendidos naqueles potinhos minúsculos, eu queria transformar a vida de ao menos um deles - já até escolhi o nome que vou dar. Mas tem um detalhe: é minha primeira vez tendo um peixe.

Queria opiniões sobre o meu plano de resgate, já que tenho algumas limitações orçamentárias de quanto posso gastar por mês (ao menos por enquanto).

FASE 1 - O RESGATE

Pretendo comprar um aquário de 43 L (50x25x35), tratar a água com anticloro (seachem premium, eu já tenho) e colocar o betta dentro. Se o orçamento permitir, já colocar um filtro de espuma, se não, o filtro fica para uma das fases seguintes. O filtro vem em um kit já com compressor de ar.

FASE 2 - CONFORTO TÉRMICO

Colocar um aquecedor 50w com termostato e um termômetro o quanto antes.

FASE 3 - FILTRAGEM

Acrescentar o filtro de esponja e o compressor de ar, com válvula anti retorno e divisor de ar.

FASE 4 - DECORAÇÃO FUNCIONAL

Acrescentar plantas e substrato (camada fértil + areia preta)

Pretendo colocar:

Plantas	Quantidade
Anubias nana	2 a 4 mudas
Samambaia de java	2 a 3 mudas
Cryptocoryne wendtii	3 a 5 mudas
Echinodorus bleheri	1 muda
Salvínia	Um punhado pequeno
Musgo de java	1 porção média
Valiisneria spiralis	4 a 6 mudas
Ludwigia repens	4 a 8 hastes
Marsilea hirsuta	1 pote médio

É um bom plano? O tempo máximo que planejo esperar entre uma fase e outra é um mês. Sugestões e críticas são bem-vindas, mas por favor sejam gentis, eu só quero salvar um peixinho.

First time turtle keeper here. I bought a manual siphon for $2.00 and it seems like a nightmare. I tried using it, and now my arm hurts and their swimming area is still dirty. I want to cry.

So two things I noticed:

1. In the add for the one I have he aquarium is higher than the pumping end of the siphon. My set up is literally on the floor, so it may be inadequate for it?

2. I saw there is one that claims to operate using vacuum ($6.00), which I don't know if it will work because it looks far too similar to the one I have, the only difference being than it has a small valve near the pump. There is also an automatic one, but it is far on the expensive side ($50.00).

I need something that cleans the bottom without demanding too much of my weak t-rex arms, and without needing to change the entire water.

Should I buy the vacuum one, save to buy the automatic one, or will neither of them work because of the set up position and it is better to use an alternative I didn't think off?

So, I ended up as the custodian of two lovely turtles (presumably male, grew up together). How it happened is a long story, what matters is that rehoming them is not an option and I am projecting the best habitat I can given my spacial and financial limitations.

They are staying outdoors (it is safe predators wise, and the setup I am planning accounts for that).

I already bought a 100L pool for them on the internet (I intend to switch to a 300L one once I am financially able to, bigger than that is not spatially possible), which I expect to arrive between the 18th and 21st.

I projected a basking plataform that maximizes the use of vertical space so the pool can be used solely for swimming space (sadly, the project is in Brazilian Portuguese, but I do plan on translating it once I have time to put it here to ask for input), but it is expensive (~USD 270,00) – this is not a complaint, just acknowledging reality.

Thing is, realistically, I can't afford to build it this month. I need something that will give them access to the dry area as a temporary solution, preferentially something that buys me a couple of months so I can save to build the project I planned.

I did come up with a temporary plataform that costs ~USD 50,00.

But my cousin has a 3D printer, and I would like to know if I can print them a ramp using PETG fillament to allow them to access the area out of the pool or the temporary basking plataform I will build. I expect it to last 2-3 months. Is it a good solution, considering it is temporary? 1kg of fillament costs ~USD 20.