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there was a poster here who was keeping a bunch of rainbow sharks in a tank to see if it could be done and whether he could breed them and keep them. Im not sure what ever happened never heard from him again.not keeping more than one rainbow shark in a tank is a pretty well known rule...

I had a stow away guppy that palled around with my neons, doesnt mean it was a good idea. Angels are a shoaling fish that belong in bonded pairs or groups of at least 5 or 6 which requires at least 75 gallons for a group of 6. Angels and oscars dont make suitable tank mates as oscars are way to...

German rams need temp closer to 82. Bolivian ram like temps below 80 but acara and convicts are way too aggressive for the shy peaceful bolivian RAM. Keyhole cichlids, rainbows, severum, all cichlids that would be better fits than Rams and cockatoos which are again peaceful cichlids that will...

Are you asking if you should put RAMs and cockatoos with Acara and Convicts? If so couple things. If German Rams they require water far too warm for most other cichlids. Secondly Rams and cockatoos are smaller peacful cicclids, Acara are semi aggressive and convicts are aggressive. So if you...

I wouldnt use hydrogen peroxide or bleach or anything to get rid of algae on plants. Its going to do more harm than good and while will initially kill algae if whats causing the algae in the first place isnt fixed the algae will keep growing back. Easiest way to get rid of any algae is to...

Should be ok keep in mind acara can get pretty aggressive which is going to limit other mid top fish you add.personally i dont mix semi aggressive fish like acara with community fish like corydora, not worth the stress for me, and ive heard of people keeping acara with corydora so good luck...

only cons i can think of you already touched on is just being able to get your arms in there especially top shelf, and then it looking a bit industrial like your girlfriend mentioned which really is a matter of personal aesthetic. Personally i dont like stacked tanks too much trouble getting in...

I would never put excel in a tank with plants or live animals. Its poison. One of the active ingedients in it is used for sterilizing medical equipment and embalming. Tom Barr says the two leading causes of any algae in a tank are Co2 ,too much or inconsistent levels and ammonia. An anubius has...

Cherry barbs will be food. Tiger barbs usually do well with cichlids, giant danios make great dither fish.

Pick a bottom fish, RAMs or Corydora, pick a middle fish, tetra, rasbora, cherry barb. Pick a top fish. Pencil fish, hatchetfish, gourami. I have 1 Bolivian RAM and 17 tetras( neon and glolight) Personally id do Tank A Top dwarf pencil fish Middle small tetra or rasbora Bottom panda cory Tank B...

Easiest way to determine where a fish spends majority of its time is by looking at its mouth. If the mouth is turned up like a platy then its a top feeder. Face forward mouth like a terta or barb mid feeder/swimmer down turned mouth like a cory or geophagus a bottom feeder/swimmer.

Looks like a dennison barb

What do you mean by buffer? What kind of buffer? I use RO water and in any tank PH is going to fluctuate depending on dissolved solids which is normal and not harmful to fish or plants unless its a huge drop or raise. The most efficient way to maintain GH which regulates PH and avoid those large...

African dwarf frogs are basically blind so they find their food by smell. The bite is incidental they think the movement is food. They will also eat their own and other frogs shedded skin to reclaim the nutrients in it. Also when feeding them frozen foods one wants to thaw the cube out in a...

I wouldnt put bolivian RAms in Pairs, if not a female and male they will each claim territory in the tank and defend it from each other. If a male and a female if they dont bond the male will pick on the female for territory. If they do bond then theyll attempt to breed at which case the...

Bolivian Ram are solitary fish except when mating. I keep one with neons and glo light tetra. Only issue would be room on the bottom as you already have Corydora and RAMs are geophagus which are earth eaters so could get a bit crowded down there. Bolivian RAM are peaceful though. Id increase...

I get my fish from Petsmart which is meh because their selection sucks. I have neons and glo lights and 1 bolivian RAM i got from meth fish store. He got ich a day later:( hes good now i feel like i got him out of a bad situation;) ive never bought fish on line i just cant justify the shipping...

No need for soil, it will be dead in about a year and need to be replaced. Stick with the sand with root tabs. Easy plants are crypts, ferns, anubius, swords, hornwort, anacharis, floating plants like wisteria, frog bit, duck weed, and most hygrophila species. Avoid any red plants as they...

I dont talk to them, thats if theyre actually around the store, most the time i think theyre in the back cooking meth.:( All the tanks are covered in algae and all the fish have ich. Its just a bad looking store run by a bunch of tweekers:( The next closest fish store other than Big box pets...

That my LFS is the worst:(

If it were a week or 2 then yeah but 6 months is a big ask for somebody to maintain your tank.

A Pressurized CO2 tank, or cylinder.

Ive never used this particular soil but ive used soil in the past and there is no need for root tabs as the soil is already enriched. This particular soil with calcium magnesium iron potassium manganese aluminum and phosphorous. Those will also leach into the water column and will increase your...

Global warming sucks;)

I went into a shop once in San Francisco owned by a little old japanese couple. Every single tank had live plants in it. I just wanted to buy one Amano Shrimp and this guy before he would sell it to me basically did a background check. He wanted to make sure i was going to take care of his...

Yup i have a pressurized system, its currently empty so not in use but i figure if one is going to spend on all the stuff one would need for a pressurized might as well just spend the few extra bucks on a pressurized tank. To each their own. I dont have any red plants so have zero use for CO2...

Wow if one has to buy all that might as well just get a pressurized tank ;)

Yup ive done DIY CO2 its messy and more trouble than its worth. Tomm barr who came up with the EI method for fert dosing said that the two nutrients that lead to the most problems with algae are ammonia and CO2. CO2 inconsistency he said was the main contributor to algae. DIY CO2 out put can be...

Ive had them before. Dont put in tanks with aggressive or semi aggressivevfish only peaceful community. They get pretty big about 2 to 3 inches. They are filter feeders, they have fans instead of claws and collect particles from the water so constant moderate water flow is a must. They often...

Softening pillows use sodium chloride as an exchange resin to take out calcium and mag cations, this is basically the same method used in a water softener in ones shower water. Sodium chloride us basically table salt which is harmful to fresh water fish. Id avoid any product using sodium...

Go to your local county water Co. Website. They should have on the web site water quality report GH of water. GH stands for general hardness and is the measurement of calcium and magnesium. If not a degree number look for a ppm if not a single ppm for GH add the listed ppm of calcium and...

Tough to tell from that angle but yeah looks like a female. If they dont bond youll know real quick as the male will corner the female and kill her over night one day. I had a rescue pair of angels the female laid some eggs and then ate them laid some more and the male killed her. I took the...

Top one looks like a male to me. Bumpy head, jagged fin... I could be wrong though

This might help. Your bottom pick is a bit dark so you might have a better idea. https://images.app.goo.gl/vZRBXYfCsuotXbp49

Platys are hard water fish all your other fish are soft water fish. Stick with one or the other depending on whether your water GH is hard or soft.

Not if they dont bond then the male will just kill the female even if she lays eggs. Having said that you have way too many other fish to keep with a bonded pair in a 29. A 29 might be ok with maybe a bonded pair alone with 1 small shoal of dither fish but still id go bigger for a bonded pair...

as far as i know they wont bond until sexually mature. Would help if you knew if they were male or female. Post some pics byron or some one might be able to sex them for you. If they are 2 males like byron said once they reach sexual maturity theyll kill eachother. If 2 females who knows they...

Wouldnt worry about it. Available CO2 is more available in lower acidic ph but not to the point where it will be detrimental to your tank or plants. Using chemicals or additives to raise or lower ph will do more damage than good. Adding liquid co2 or pressurized co2 without all the other proper...

Angels are a shoaling fish which do best in groups of no less than 5. Unless they are a bonded pair. A 29 might be enough for a single bonded breeding pair but no more. 29 is far too small for a shoal of Angels. The smallest id go for a group of angels is a 75 gallon and that might be too small...

Id get more loaches. Keeping them in groups can decrease aggression and loaches areca shoaling species and are super social. They will form a hierarchy usually matriarch or female being the top in the group. At least six make a good shoal. Mind you they also get around 5 inches so 6 of them is...