Aaarrgh. I was hoping to get away from a filter. Did that route a few years ago, and had nothing but trouble. We have weird wiring in our house, which my husband doesn't seem to be in a hurry to fix, and the power is always going out. Yah. Tell me about it. FIRE. We believe in living dangerously.

You know I have never quarantined fish before. HOw long would you have to quarantine before sliding them into regular tank?

Regarding neons. They are a gorgeous little fish. I know the bigger ones you are talking about. They're called cardinals, I think. And, they are large. No, I just want the little beensy ones. This way I can get a few more fish in the tank. I have a 10 gallon. Rule of thumb, if I'm not mistaken, is 1"/1 gallon?? Would the betta that I have in there already be counted as 1 fish? I was thinking to get a couple neons with some white clouds and maybe a zebra danio or 2. I dunno yet. Maybe just stick with a little herd of 1 species. Like I said I'm not sure what I want to do yet. Later on, it might not be a bad idea to slide a pleco in there.

*Rescue...60 IS my room temp.. Yah. Just a bit nippy. Is there an actual number that could be accurately called "room temp" It's usually a bit cool in my house during the winter.

Back to the heater thing. I was thinking. Maybe a heater just for the chilly winter months, and turn it off during the summer, as it does get quite roasty, toasty in here in the summer. Yes, I do have air conditioning, but I rarely use it. Gives us all headaches and sore throats,and anyway, I don't mind the heat. The only time it gets turned on is when the humidity starts reaching into the 80% range. How does that sound? If I went with the heater what would be a good temp to set it at with the type of fish that I had in mind?