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I wonder if this is reason cory switches to dan's

aquahuna website under misc + exotic

Aqua Huna is going to start selling plants soon.

Would harlequin rasbora s be able to handle the hot water better?

still, 5 90% water changes a week just seems so crazy to me for something that isn't breeding especially in a planted tank. Guess who's never keeping discus 🤣

I've never even considered keeping discus, but just out of curiosity why do they require such large and frequent water changes? I would imagine angelfish have a similar bioload but you don't see people doing that with angelfish.

@@Guppysnail you have p. luminatus right? Do you think they would be able to handle the high temperatures as well? I will probably get these soon so could move this to the journal section for me?

1. That stand looks sketchy to me. Are you sure it can handle the weight of the tank? 2. If your betta only died a week ago your tank still probably has significant colonies of beneficial bacteria. Also, since you have another tank with cycled media you can use that to pretty much instantly cycle new tanks. 3. I would strongly recommend upgrading the substrate and lighting to grow plants. I have nicrew and aquaneat leds both of which are less than $20 on Amazon and grow plants well. I always thought a densely planted 5 gallon would look great with a some sparkling gourami.

Yes

I think they were talking about this on the most recent steenfott livestream but I can’t remember what the verdict was. Check it out if you want

Honey gourami are social so go ahead and get a trio. Ratios aren’t that important but ideal would be 1m/2f.

@Guppysnail you have p. luminatus right? Do you think they would be able to handle the high temperatures as well? I don’t use fertilizer on any of my tanks because I have mostly root feeders now so that shouldn’t be an issue

Our water is Great Lakes liquid rock well water even softened it comes out to pH 8.0. I don’t know how hard it is since we don’t have a bypass though.

My panduro has even attacked pencilfishes

I have almost the exact same situation. I’ve used the water softener water without additives since before I knew it could be a problem and never had an issue. not saying it will work as not all water softeners are the same though.

I have very odd parameters because we have a water softener to help with our would be super hard Midwestern well water. There is no bypass, the house was built before we had fish. My tanks parameters are 8.0 pH, medium buffer, soft water. Up until this point, I have only kept very adaptable fish but I know that German blue ram tend to be more finicky. Would they do OK in the high pH as long as they have soft water. I know they are usually thought of as soft water fish so does the alkalinity matter? Not looking to breed them just keep them healthy and happy.

works good!

There is a topic in forum announcements that should have the answer. Its the little link chain button next to the smiley face when you go to edit your signature.

Do you mean no more problem then on a rimmed tank? Yep, will cover the lid, lights, filter tubes, cords and water line

Are there any issues with putting a wood canopy on a rimless tank from a structural support point? For reference the tank is a 25 gallon rimless cube and the canopy weighs about 10 pounds.

I've always wanted to keep dwarf gourami because of their beautiful colors but I haven't because of their potential aggression and the dreaded iridovirus. Honey gourami do have more interesting personalities than a tetra or a danio, but mine were not bold or confident enough to eat out of my hand or chase my finger, but they would swim up to the glass when I would walk by the tank. Dwarf cichlids like Apistogramma or rams might be bolder. My A. panduro will grab food out of my fingers but I wouldn't try that particular species since they will be aggressive towards those other fish in your tank. @anewbie has experience with a wider variety of dwarf cichlids so they would probably have better advice. All this depends on your water parameters of course, although I have found my panduro to do good well outside of what would be considered ideal parameters. I have high pH but very soft water oddly, so that is probably a factor. I know that prime time aquatics keeps them in very hard Chicago water though. The honey gourami will probably been fine in anything from 6-8 pH, with my reasoning being that the parameters varies widely over the course of different seasons in their native habitat.

I built a canopy for my tank. What should I paint it with? It needs to be white to match the stand. I'm thinking of painting it white with the same paint as the stand and then putting something on top to protect it from water. It won't come into direct contact with water because there will be a polycarbonate lid between the water and the canopy, but it will be subject to slightly higher humidity and more occasional spills during water changes than the stand.

You could also order them online. Aqua Huna has a 6 pack for pretty cheap in stock now, I'm probably going to order them over the next few weeks.

@Whitecloud09 If you have an ammonia spike I would wait a little bit to get more fish, probably a few days or a week. If they look good at the store they will probably be fine.

Honey gourami are great and a perfect choice! You could even get a small group.