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Black Neon Tetras, Penguin Tetras, Gouramis, all top dwelling fish.

Same! Me and my sibs love to watch these cute little guys.

Yes, I have done all the necessary research. I will tell them I know what I am doing.

which tank? coz I'm moving them to my 55g.

I have a whole lot of floating plants in there already.

Helpful info, @Colin_T , but a month before the next fish???? I'm ok with that, but I'm getting annoyed coz my relatives are wondering like when are you going to get the next fish?? I told them wait a week but a month??? But whatever you say, ok I will do what you say.

Yes today I am taking out all the plants so I can work on my substrate. I thought it would be a lot of work but definitely worth it. I checked out a new fish store that has Black neon tetras, the other one didn't. This is a typical malaysian pet shop, but usually pet shops don't care about fish...

Just a question: Would it be ok to add my fish to my 55g now? There's a lot of plants and since a few fish in a big tank, less ammonia right? If the answer is yes, I will move them in tomorrow. If no, then it's fine by me. A pic of my 55g tank... I might sound really impatient, but I want to...

Nope. not seen that popup.

Yes normal tap water is fine if you dechlorinate it. temp between 21 and 27 is fine. Temp depends on intended fish. Rinse the sand before putting in the tank.

I saw that youtuber. absolutely horrendous. Those poor fish, stuck in that tiny tank. Paul Cuffaro: 'You guys probably think it's small but petco and petsmart said it's big enough.'

I put this in on aquarium size calculator, your tank is actually 22 US gallons. So when you get your fish you can have more than you expected. :)

did you get the ammonium already? The tank looks great! Btw, what are the dimensions of the tank?

:hi: Hi, welcome to the forum! great looking tank!

Hi, welcome to the forum! I would use the tap water, but I'm a beginner fish keeper so see what the others say.

Welcome to the forum Martin! Nice fish tank btw. You will definitely find some helpful info on this forum.

Congratulations @I Like Rare Fish!

I have never heard of this. But I will wait till others respond.

If you mean reverse osmosis water, this water is not 'cycled'. You have to cycle the tank.

what is 'cycled' water??

I'm getting The Living Aquarium by Peter Hunnam from AbeBooks. Recommended by the OP.

You add fish, check the ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate daily. However this is the worst way possible to cycle a tank, the fish can die or get sick easily, this is the most risky way to cycle a tank, especially for beginners like you and me.

I was considering getting a betta, but after this.... no thanks.

Nope. most cycles take a lot of patience. Here are some ways of cycling Fishless Cycle: done with ammonia or ammonium chloride. Silent Cycle: a LOT of plants Fish-in-cycle: the worst way to cycle a tank, can be detrimental to the fishes health. I'm not the best person to ask for this, other...

I love bettas, I think they are very pretty. but I have no experience with keeping bettas is the only thing.

My grandmother won a goldfish at the fair when she was little, luckily her parents had an old 20g and had some experience, got the tank set up and everything, the goldfish lived for 12 years, a good old age especially for a fair-won fish. he had some funny antics, when they forgot to feed him he...

agree. please do not get your fish yet. It's best to get the substrate in and get everything set up and cycled before getting your fish.

Am I underfeeding my fish or is it just the fish being greedy? ok so, today when I did my water change they nibbled at the siphon. I was afraid they were very hungry, so I fed them a pinch after that. they never eat any food that has already landed on the sand bed. But they have never poked the...

Yes. I am setting up another tank for them, my 55g. Will wait a week for the plants to grow a bit, then put the fish in there and get 14 rummynoses altogether.

I had 3 in my tank at home already. so now I have 5.

Ok. I will try to go a bit slower, I will not be getting anymore fish until my 55g is setup. Got my 40 stems of hydrilla! It looks a bit black, but this is how my other hydrilla looked like when I first got it. It will recover. Will give it a week, then see the growth. I think it's looking...

Thanks!

Yes.. Ammonia: 0.1ppm Nitrite: 0ppm Nitrate 5ppm but it doesn't matter now, the snails were eating the fish alive, so I decided to use the pithing method to put the fish out of it's misery(it was so hard to do, but better than letting the fish die slowly).

I found the fish like this this morning. I think it's swim bladder disease. It's still alive tho.

I clicked your link and got this.

Plus my HOB is pushing the waste to the front too. Great idea @Bruce Leyland-Jones