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So.....I finally made it to that petstore today......and wow....a lot more fish supplies at least from petsmart standards! Lol. And.....I came home with these guys.... Oh and uh...don't mind the uprooted plants. And some light green dying ones. Those melted and I guess my planting skills...

Then I would have to do all the shipping stuff and such and I really don't want to have to deal with that. I was thinking of doing that with my salvinia minima as I take a bunch out of my tanks each week to toss in the trash. But I don't want to try fish right now. I just want nice stable tanks...

Hm....not sure about the gobies. They may be a bit hard to find around here. But I will have a look at the shop and update more tomorrow or the next day. Maybe they will have other types of fish that I would like better. Thanks for the suggestions!

I've never had any gobies before....are they fairly hardy fish then? Aren't they bottom dwellers somewhat? Would cories be ok with them? Any common ones you can suggest so I can do a bit of research? As for putting them in the big tank....I'd rather not. Lol. With my luck he would ignore them...

I don't know if this petshop will take them yet. I'm hoping to go tomorrow. For all I know I may find something else I like. As for the rest of the fish you mentioned....any specific ones that would be better suited for life in a 20 gallon? I don't know if barbs would work as I don't want the...

I love your set up with them too. So, I don't know if I can get gobies....but you do think that some other types of fish may keep the population in check? I really have fallen in love with these guppies....I just don't want disasters. Lol.

So...still trying to decide what I really want for my 20 gallon. My blue gourami is doing great in my 55 so I'm pretty sure my 20 is free now. So, I was looking around for some nice male guppies on ebay and found someone selling 2 breeding pairs of gorgeous nebula steel guppies for a good...

Thanks! Yes, I have amazon frogbit, that's the long rooted one, but also salvinia minima. It's shorter roots but grows like a weed in my tanks apparently....lol. So far my gourami loves it. Caught him playing in the bubbler too. That was funny for a bigger fish. Lol. Hopefully he won't become...

My gourami is in! 24 hours now and so far all is well! Since my mystery snail got sick and then subsequently passed....he had been so depressed and hiding a lot in the 20. Now...he is out and about, not bothering the tetras or cories, and seems to love having the bigger swimming space! They are...

No, I hadn't planned on mixing any low level fish with the appistos. But it seems appistos are out anyway, oh well. As for shellies, I'm not really interested in them. I have a planted tank that's a work in progress and I don't really want to litter the bottom with shells. Plus, then I would...

Yeah, I just did a bit more research. Saw that they may be more wild caught too. Dang well water! Oh well....lol. I just don't want more peppered cories. Maybe the petstore may have different ones that petsmart doesn't have...but...then again. .all of this is wishful thinking depending on my...

Thanks Byron! I didn't think the bolivian ram would work but thought I would ask. Same goes with the appistos. I may just stick with black neon tetras then. Though I wouldn't mind khuli loaches if they are suitable? Could I have like, 10-15 black neons with 6 khulis? If I could even find the...

Well, I'm really not wanting to breed. But if that's how I had to buy them then it would just be the pair. I would rather just do a male in a community tank to be honest. Though I wouldn't know exactly what fish would be ok to go with it.

Yeah, a pair seemed like a bit much, which is why I went ahead and asked. Could I do one male with other fish or is it still too small for that too? If a single male still wouldn't work, would a bolivian ram? I don't remember the parameters they do better with but I thought they needed a bit...

So...I'm kind of liking the apistogramma cacatuoides. Would one male or a pair fit in a 20 gallon high? SF seems to think a pair.....but other sites say 30? Or a 20 long is better. But that's not what I have. Lol. Dimensions are 24" long by 12" wide by 16.5" tall. If I only had one,if the tank...

I'm saying if you want more lighting choices....get rid of the hood you have and go with a glass top. Then you could do something like my aquasky or something like Colin suggested which is hanging lights above the tank. Here is a link to the glass tops I buy and then a picture of my aquasky on...

It is 24" long by 12" wide by 16.5" tall. I'll go check stuff out on the rainbow fish. Thanks for the info!

Water change is tomorrow so I can do a larger one just to make sure. But I think it's just his personality. Before the snail he would glass surf and be stressed. The snail distracted him and he seemed better. I also just put some more plants in the tank and he hates me for that. Lol. But he...

No aquarium societies around here or anything that aren't hours away unfortunately. It sucks. That one pet shop may surprise me if I can ever get out to it. Stupid car problems....anyway..... As for the rainbow fish...are there any besides the thread fins and the gertrudae (sp?) Type that would...

So...this is only if my gourami settles into the 55 gallon without killing or stressing the tetras and others. I don't have many options as it's a bit harder water (for example, my ph is 8.2). I know I like soft water fish and I'm trying to stay with the more adaptable type. Right now I've only...

So it's been one week since I added the quarantined fish. They are all doing amazingly well! In another week I will try to add my blue 3 spot gourami and see how he fares with fish friends. Right now, he is sulking/grieving over his poor mystery snail friend. The snail stopped moving for over...

Colin didn't say to take the lid off....what kind of lid is it? You can always buy glass lids (I love these). Also, do you have a planted tank or not? Lighting strength will depend on this as well. I love my fluval aquasky leds. You can change the colors to almost whatever you want. Now they...

Just remember it was only just planted. Not a clue if there will be more or less greenery in a month or more! Hopefully they will take off. True. And this is before water change day so the blue is a bit different right now due to tannins. But it's not bad. Lol. I had a blue and red betta...

Problem is I don't really care for black. Lol. I think I should have went for a darker blue though.....but this is only house paint and I found when setting up my filters that it comes off very easily. So if I want to change it I can. I love the plants I have. Just gotta let the right side grow...

@HazMatt Check ebay for manzanita and spider wood. They have some amazing pieces there. A little on the expensive side but amazing. I buy my malaysian and mopani wood from Dr's foster and smith online. You don't get to choose what you get but great prices. Here is the tank I JUST got planted...

Thanks Colin! Yes, you do know my mind on that. I will get more of them. Lol. I will probably go to that shop tomorrow to check out their fish and HOPE they have what I want (not buying yet of course! Lol). I will try my best to remember to ask what their water parameters are. I will...

Just the current group I have that I will be adding soon or wait until after I have the big group I want?

@Colin_T @Byron Ok...one more question I forgot to ask...lol. my blue 3 spot gourami is currently in his own 20 gallon tank. I want to put him in the display tank to see how he does with other fish. When should I put him in to try it out? Should I get the display stocked with all the...

Just a little side note for you....I was using seachem flourish comprehensive and switched to aquarium co-co-op easy green. Other than dosage is easier...I have noticed quite a few improvements with my plants!

Wow, old fish! Cool. Do you have a pic? I think mine is only around 2 now. And no, I don't really want to cultivate algae. Just my plants. Lol.

I didn't think it would be much of a problem as long as it wasnt huge. Thanks! And I do a 50-60% change most times as well! I think it was probably a combination of them already having something plus the pH fluctuation with my water changes. That may have stressed them enough to go over the...

Cool! Thanks Byron! I think I actually still have Indian Almond leaves left that I had when I still had my betta. I may try those after I get the plants actually planted, which will be this week finally!

Right now that's all I've been feeding. When the pleco was still in the small tank, I tried feeding some cucumber and carrot and he well.....attacked it....didn't eat it. Just pulverized it! Kinda funny to watch but messy. I can try it again though! Maybe the bigger tank he won't be threatened...

Thanks Byron! Parameters should be the same. I use the same water on each tank. I'm just glad the floating plants are doing well! Yes! They finally stopped dying. Thankfully! Everybody is looking well. I'm getting antsy! Lol. I am still prefiltering the water for sure and using it on every...

Thanks Byron! Glad it won't hurt either of them. I have a lot of nice mopani(including a hollow piece he loves to hide in) and some spider wood. So no problems with the wood! He's all over them all the time. Though right now, he's protecting the algae wafer from the cories. Lol. Such a funny fish.

So...quarantine is almost over. Yay! I just had a question about adding the fish to the display tank. It's a 55 gallon, trying to be planted. That tank currently has 1 bristlenose pleco and 6 peppered cories. I do have some floating amazon frogbit and salvinia that are growing amazingly well...

So....quick question....I feed omega one shrimp pellets and omega one algae wafers. I only do the wafers every few days, pellets every day. My bristlenose pleco loves the pellets and my cories love the wafers........is it OK for them to eat each other's food like that? I mean....I'm not exactly...

I've got some bleach. I can try that. As for hanging them....kind of can't. They are just over 50ft long to reach from my bathroom. Lol.