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I agree with @itiwhetu that how are you sure that stress caused the death of your fish. I buy fish quite frequently from the lfs, and based on my observations, there are a few reasons why a new fish die: 1) The fish is carrying disease from the fish farm. 2) The fish is infected with disease...

Peacock Cichlids are from Africa. They are very aggressive. You can only keep them with other African fish that are from the same area. I think your Guppies won't stand a chance even with the small Peacock Cichlids.

@Rocky998 , don't be discouraged. It happened to many of us. In fact, in some fish farms (sea farming), when they have mass spreading of disease from the sea, many fish will die. In today aquarium trade, I observed that majority of the lfs tanks have diseases. It's like almost impossible to...

It's always nice to have a new tank especially those with high quality. Enjoy the view of your new tank!

I agree with @Slaphppy7. First check your ammonia and nitrite, and ensure that your test kits are accurate and you are using water conditioner. Other possibilities are diseases. Some diseases like bacteria can kill fast but in your cold water(17/18degC), probably they are less active. Parasite...

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Welcome my friend from Mexico! It's always nice to create a biotope of some rivers. All the best!

Get more fish to accompany them. The more the better. Lol

Put as many plants as possible to have higher chance of success. I saw a lfs here that keep many Bettas in a 4 ft tank with many plants. The shop owner himself told me that it can work as there are many plants. Nevertheless, take note that there is always a risk of putting Bettas together...

I guess for me, there are a few things that really attract me to fish keeping: 1) The therapeutic effects of looking at the fish swimming especially for big fish and a group of schooling fish. 2)If you have a tank that is filled with driftwoods, rocks, sand and plants, you feel like you are...

They look like White Cloud Mountain to me. They are also from the Danio. https://www.thesprucepets.com/white-cloud-mountain-minnow-1380870

Will you be keeping Neocaridina or Caridina shrimps? For Neocaridina shrimps, it's best to use neutral sand. Neocaridina shrimps like Cherry, Fire Red, Blue and Yellow shrimps are easier to keep than Caridina shrimps. Your water is very soft. You can try the GH salt/mineral specially made for...

Shrimps are sensitive to ammonia. They have low bioload but sometimes over feeding or dying plants may create ammonia spike. It's best to cycle the tank first. You can probably use 1-2 ppm will be enough. Usually I like to use live bacteria to speed up the cycle. You can try Seachem Stability or...

Welcome Eric! 55 gallons is a good size for most fish except for the larger fish (6/7 inches and above). Do you know what is your tap water GH, pH? It will help you to decide soft or hard water fish that you can keep. You can check the website of you tap water company to find out the average...

For Geophagus, you have to keep bigger or wider body schooling fish like Congo Tetras, Colombian Tetras or probably Bleeding Heart Tetras, etc. Denison Barbs may also work. Slim bodies Tetras like Cardinal, Rummynose may get eaten. Satanoperca are less aggressive than Geophagus but still they...

Firstly, as Colin mentioned, sponge filter is good as the shrimplets won't get sucked into the filter. The shrimps also like to graze on the sponge as they are scavenger and will eat any food that is sucked to the sponge. For plants, Java Moss or plants with fine leaves like Hornworts and...

It's hard to identify especially after they cut away the branches. Spider wood will have more long branches like a spider. It could be a Manzanita that had been sand blasted...

How long have you been keeping the fish? What do you feed the fish?

Some videos for you. https://youtu.be/AKNR9gGlSD0 https://youtu.be/mfyxhyJaeSA

Yes, since you have soft water, you can consider Tetras, Rasboras, some Barbs or Danios. Usually the strategy is to fill your tank with 1-2 big groups of schooling fish. And get a few bigger individual fish like the Dwarf Cichlids, Pearl Gouramis, etc. Some Tetras are small and slim but have...

You are right. Geophagus are not suitable for planted tank. You can only have woods, rocks and sand bottom.

In terms of colours, there is no way to find a fish that is more colourful than Discus. But you can consider the Earth eater fish though they prefer to be in a group than a single fish. Get a group of center piece fish instead of a single center piece. A single fish won't make any impact in...

Actually keeping Discus isn't difficult and isn't costly if you follow these tips: 1)Don't feed them with live food or even frozen food that oftens caused the internal worms or internal parasites infection. 2)Don't overfeed them as it will cause bacteria infections(I suspect) if you don't...

Whenever you buy new fish, it's best to quarantine them first for at least 3-4 weeks. Wild fish often carry internal parasites with them or even external parasites. With shrimps and snails around, it's very difficult to treat them. Some parasites probably may not affect the shrimps. But snails...

Just a suggestion which Colin had also mentioned earlier. If you want to speed up the cycle (to establish the biofilter), you can get a bottle of live bacteria such as Seachem Stability. Pour it into your filter. And follow the instruction on the bottle. https://www.seachem.com/stability.php

Actually Pearl Gouramis are beautiful. There was once I was visiting one of our country river themes wildlife park. In one of their large aquariums, there were about 40-50(or more) big Pearl Gouramis at stand still position. It was awesome to see such a big group of them in shining pearl...

As Byron had mentioned, the choice of your fish will depend on your water GH and pH. You can check your tap water company website for the tap water analysis. Check the water hardness and pH. If you have low GH & pH(soft water) you can go for South American and Asian fish. But if you have...

Alien Betta is about the same size as Imbellis. But some other wild Betta species can be smaller or bigger. If they can pair up, probably they can breed but I've never tried it before. But if the female is more aggressive, probably it may not work. If I'm not wrong, Alien is a hybrid which is...

Killifish are very beautiful and the actual fish are more beautiful than the photos. My favourite Killifish which I had kept are Nothobranchius Rachovii, Aphyosemion Australe Gold, Austrolebias Nigripinnis and Hypsolebias picturatus. Hypsolebias picturatus is very beautiful. The only problem...

It's a female Guppy. Guppy is usually quite hardy if there is no disease. In my country, they put many Guppies into the drains in all over the places to control the mosquitoes.

By right your tank shouldn't have any parasites if you didn't introduce any new fish or plants for the last few months. I suspect the "freeze dried tubifex worms" that you feed your fish is the culprit. According to someone, "freeze drying" may not necessarily kill all the microorganisms...

Both your Betta Imbellis are female with only black/brown colour. You should get the male Imbellis as they are colourful and nicer. Male Imbellis will have two colours - either Blue & Red or Green & Red if my observation is correct. If you want to breed them, you can check youtube videos on...

This is always a problem when you have fish that are fast eaters and fish that are slow eaters. You will have to drop more food at different places at the same time to prevent the Guppies from eating all the food at one place. You can also put both flakes or floating food and sinking pellets...

Is there any fast breathing with the Blue Ram? Blue Rams often have gill flukes that will kill them. The symptoms of gill flukes infections are fast breathing and scratching. Make a large water change as Colin mentioned in case of high ammonia and nitrite(if your tank is not fully cycled).

I think I fully agree with this. A large tank which can do its own water changes. But the size of the tank will depend on my house size. Actually one tank is not enough. I need at least one tank for South America Earth eaters (Geophagus, Satanoperca, Gymnogeophagus, Guianacara, etc) and...

Yes, go ahead. Harlequin Rasboras and Kuhli loaches are Asian fish...looks like you are building an Asian fish tank .. Do you know your water hardness(GH) ? If you have soft water (low GH), you can keep most of the Asian and South American fish as long as they are not too aggressive/compatible

If it's a 75 gallons (about 300 liters) / 4 feet tank, you can easily add up to 30-40 of them. Cardinal won't school with Rasboras as they look totally different and are from different family. Cardinal is from Tetra species and Characin family. Harlequin is from Rasboras species and Cyprinid...

Get more of them and they will feel more secure.(at least 20). Another interesting species is the Red Phantom Tetras. They have very nice fins with black patch. But if you want something that light up your tank, get a group of Cardinal Tetras.

My sand is not cheap because I bought those nice natural colours sand. But since I don't have many tanks, it's ok for me to buy them. I have light pinkish & brownish sand and another sunset yellow sand. The colours are fantastic to create a river feel. Don't use sand that is too dark like black...