40 gallon / 155liters - silent cycle - green or red? Stocking suggestions please!

[Byron]

You're using the term 'filter feed' totally incorrectly.
Wood shrimp filter feed.
Basking sharks filter feed.
Baleen whales filter feed.
Flamingos filter feed.
Sponges filter feed.

All involve taking in water and passing it over a filter, which collects the food for swallowing.
Corydoras do not possess such a filter.
Corydoras do not 'filter feed'.

They may take in food-laden sand, but their mechanism for extracting that food is not a filter.

Go tell that to the authorities, and see how far you get.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Go tell that to the authorities, and see how far you get.

Byron...I AM 'the authorities'.

TecHD. App. Biol., MIBiol., MSc. Zoology.

 

[NannaLou]

Byron...I AM 'the authorities'.

TecHD. App. Biol., MIBiol., MSc. Zoology.

I thought you were a psychiatric nurse…?
Or was it some form of Emergency Services Personnel - expert at managing accidents and disasters..?

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I thought you were a psychiatric nurse…?
Or was it some form of Emergency Services Personnel - expert at managing accidents and disasters..?

I've lived long and studied hard...and had paid employment.
If I was of a mind, I could add a whole load more letters after my name.

 

[itiwhetu]

Byron...I AM 'the authorities'.

TecHD. App. Biol., MIBiol., MSc. Zoology.

I think Msc Zoology wins over BMus

 

[NannaLou]

I think Msc Zoology wins over BMus

Like most things that you read in the internet…needs to be taken with a good pinch of salt - it’s not always true or accurate…

 

[itiwhetu]

Like most things that you read in the internet…needs to be taken with a good pinch of salt - it’s not always true or accurate…

Agree, I always wondered why Byron has BMus MA in his profile. Looks good and Brainy.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

Like most things that you read in the internet…needs to be taken with a good pinch of salt - it’s not always true or accurate…

I really do resent the implication of your remark.

 

[Bruce Leyland-Jones]

I think Msc Zoology wins over BMus

This isn't a piddling contest.
Much as I enjoy music, I know I'd never have the skill, knowledge or interest to pursue it to a higher academic level.
(As long as I can sing or hum it in the bathroom, I'm happy enough )

 

[Byron]

Agree, I always wondered why Byron has BMus MA in his profile. Looks good and Brainy.

It has nothing to do with fish, obviously, but it does have to do with my personal pride at having achieved two degrees. The things in my life that have been worthwhile and successful mean a lot to me, as they would to most people.

 

[Animallover😍]

No no no...absolutely not!
Grows way too big and will destroy any and all of the tank interior.

I was just identifying. The OP asked for the name.

 

[Cmdr_DASh]

Quick update:
- Ammonia, Nitrites and Nitrates continue to measure at 0
- the fish are doing good, I keep a close watch on 2 of them: one that seemed a bit stressed and one that has some damage on its tail fin (that's how they arrived in the tank)
- I think they are trying to establish a pecking order, one of them in particular is doing short fast chases of some the others but without hurting them or anything
- they learned where the food is coming from, they now gather near if they see any of us close by
- there's lots of biofilm formed on the 4 leaves I've added
- I see a new type of algae, planning to remove one and take a picture, I can't describe it very well, like a green twig and not many of them, I removed another 2 a couple days ago when I did the maintenance

 

[Cmdr_DASh]

Here's a zoomed in view of the algae? that's growing in between the plants. Do you know what this is?

 

[Essjay]

That looks familiar. I hadn't a clue what it was when this appeared in my tank so I asked on here.

Any idea what this plant is?

This plant? algae? moss? arrived with some shrimp a few months ago. It is growing through the Java moss in the shrimp tank and I have no idea what it is. It is long very thin, brittle stems with a small pair of leaves at intervals along the stem. As you can see in the photo, it's mainly stem...

www.fishforums.net

 

[Cmdr_DASh]

Thanks a lot Essjay! Looking at your pictures, that's exactly the same... Sounds like I should remove it when I see it... what did you end up doing?