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On 4/6/2024 at 9:15 PM, FLFishChik said:
LOL.. it's late.. and if your like me... my brain stops working properly after 8pm 😂.
Yep, trying to watch basketball and think about fish at the same time is difficult lol.
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On 4/6/2024 at 9:07 PM, FLFishChik said:
They mentioned live foods for conditioning the adults for breeding. I missed where they asked for live foods to feed fry.
sorry about that
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Another thing that I have always wanted to do was make a 3d background with foam. You could make a 3D back ground and have the islands attached to that to make it look more natural.
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On 4/6/2024 at 6:20 PM, Michaeldv2 said:
I removed the fish from my tank once I saw what looks like ich and have it in a separate tank now. Do I need to use ich medicine on my whole tank or does ich not spread in 15 minutes?
As long as your other fish are healthy and well established in your tank you're probably fine, I wouldn't treat, but I would order ich-x to have it ready just in case. You'll want the ich-x for the fish in quarantine anyway.
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On 4/6/2024 at 5:24 PM, FLFishChik said:
I’ve seen that others are culturing mosquito larvae to use as live food. There’s several tutorials on how to do this on YouTube. Seems like it would be easy… and free source of live food for you 😁
Tiny baby corys might struggle to eat a mosquito larvae.
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On 4/6/2024 at 6:51 PM, Whitecloud09 said:
I am not doing a cycle, I already did it a long time ago, the fishless one, 2 months or more ago, @macdaddy36, that’s why I did one, the fish are in the tank, sorry if maybe confused you.
Oh, I'm sorry. Still odd that you would have any detectable ammonia in a cycled tank. I would wait a week after you have no remaining ammonia or nitrite to get the corys. A week may be hard but in the grand scheme of things it's not and better safe than sorry.
If your still seeing ammonia I would kind of have doubts that your tank is cycled. If your fish died 2 weeks ago and your still having ammonia present that is concerning. Are you sure you're not missing anymore fish? Having ammonia present while fish are in the tank is basically the same as a fish in cycle, you need to do test daily and do water changes whenever you see ammonia.
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I wonder if it might look better with white sand to match the color of the foam. Looks like you'll have some happy mudskippers!
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On 4/6/2024 at 3:03 PM, Tony s said:
I like my harlequins. very tough fish. almost nothing bothers them. They live with one of our bettas. very peaceful. they do more of a shoal instead of a school. swim mid to upper level, so substrate is a non-issue. about an 11\2 long deep copper and black. they have a related fish. the lambchop rasbora, slightly smaller, slenderer bodied. but behavior is close. haven't done chilis yet
Just realized you said almost the exact same thing… Lambchop rasbora is another common name for espei rasbora
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I would personally go with harlequin rasbora, they are more bold. They are also larger and more deep-bodied so they will be much more visible than a tiny chili rasbora and you would be able to see them from across the room.
There is also the espei rasbora, which I also have, they are basically a smaller version of a harlequin with brighter colors. That could be just what you are looking for.
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On 4/6/2024 at 7:57 AM, Whitecloud09 said:
Ok, it has been ages I feel like since I even checked my notifications on this forum, so I will give a mini update, tank is fine, I checked ammonia yesterday and it was .50 ppm, so I did a 30% water change and am about to recheck it today, @macdaddy36, when do you think I could maybe add the pandas now? Soon or be patient (which is not my strength lol).
Why would you do a water change while cycling you tank? Unless it is a fish in cycle.
If your doing a fishless cycle: don’t do any water changes, just put a source of ammonia in, and wait until there is not detectable ammonia or nitrite and you see nitrate. If you have live plants which feed from the water column then you can look if you see any growth.
If doing fish-in cycle: water change all ammonia out. add fish when you want and then monitor daily and do water changes to keep ammonia and nitrite at zero. Live plants makes this easier.
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I used to have 8 harlequins in my 20 high. They were the first fish I ever got (i still have them, just in a different tank). I started with 5 and got 3 more later.
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In your sized tank I would do either 15 neons or 8 neons and 8 harlequins, or 8 wcmm and 6 harlequins
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Green neon tetras are actually slightly smaller than regular neon tetras. They are also not prone to the issues that neon tetras have. I would be confident keeping them in a 10 gallon, so your 30 gallon is perfectly fine.
The harlequin rasbora question: I think they do different things at different time. Not sure I can perfectly describe it, so I would recommend you just go watch them at you LFS or watch videos. I can take a video later but I just moved them to a different tank which is cloudy and they are settling in. They are also IMO the hardiest fish I have ever seen.
On 4/4/2024 at 8:36 PM, Tony s said:I have no luck with standard neons. they have become fragile, unless they are wild caught. I did try some in a dark painted tank. the red becomes invisible there. but the grewn neons shine a bit more. Harlequins are great. we keep them with our betta. they are under rated. but very colorful. not as tight of a schooler.
yes, they swim smoothly. they really are very pretty. they can turn a deep copper when they age.
Actually I think harlequins are more red. I have found my espei rasbora to be more copper colored.
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I've never kept discus, but with my community tanks I try to have at least 5x turnover. The power head which comes with the tank is only about 3x turnover, and so its up to you to judge whether the sponge filter makes up for that extra 2x. I know that discus also require much more clean water than other fish and so I doubt that just one sponge filter would be enough to keep the water clean enough. I think that most discus keepers use canister filters or even sumps to keep up with the maintenance needs of them.
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I love harlequin Rasboras, pseudomugil luminatus, and green neons as honey gourami tank mates.
I'm looking for a tank of a similar size. What brand of tank do you have and where did you get it?
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On 4/4/2024 at 3:00 PM, Whitecloud09 said:
Oh and can anybody suggest gravel ideas? Black sounds good but any thoughts? Thanks everyone.
This isn’t gravel, but I like to use sand for my tanks. In my opinion it looks more natural and grows plants better. I’ve tried different things in the past but what I like the best is fluval stratum in a mesh ziplock bag covered in carib-sea supernaturals tan sand. They have other colors too. I would estimate that setup would only be about $30 for a 5 gallon.
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8 harlequins, 15+ micro rasbora
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I am thinking of getting the topfin 36 gallon bowfront soon. Is that the tank you have?
if so, what do you think about it? What did you do for the lid?
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On 4/4/2024 at 10:35 AM, Mr.catfish said:
So just a single gourami or can i have a pair for these?
Pair or trio
and +1 on green neon
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Looks like bluefin killifish, lucania goodei.
they are a florida native
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On 4/4/2024 at 8:23 AM, Mr.catfish said:
Hi, I want to change the look of my aquarium in the future because I got it as a gift when I was 6-7 years old, and it looks very childish. I want to make it look a lot more natural, like the Amazon. To do this, I want to change my substrate and move my goldfish to a different tank. Are Angel Fish, Zebra Danio, Bristlenose Pleco, Corydoras, and Neon Tetras a good stocking choice for the aquarium? Any tips to design an aquarium like the Amazon?
NOTE: My aquarium is 60 liters about 15 gallons.
Angelfish, bristle nose and most Corydoras are far too large for that size of tank.
Some corys that would be appropriate for a small tank are the Pygmy Corys (pygmaeus, habrosus, hastatus) or panda cory.
For an Amazon themed tank go with a single Bolivian ram or 6-10 small Cory, 10 neon tetras, and 6 of another small tetra. You could also replace the Corys with a single ram or apisto.
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On 4/3/2024 at 2:48 PM, Guppysnail said:
Your stock is way to heavy to keep the tank low enough on the bacterial load for GBR in my opinion. I have only a pair in a 20 long.
what is already in the tank? If this is a new tank then no to GBR. They need a tank very well seasoned. They are crazy sensitive to any water quality issues.
If the rams pair they will defend against intruders near eggs. Loaches are catfish and have no sense of being warned away.
Rams also get to be a decent size. In a 20 high there is not enough floor space for 3. In a 20 long there is not enough floor space for 3 if 2 pair.
I would consider maybe putting 1 group of 8 small schooling fish with my adult rams.
Although well established planted tanks can handle much more than Aqadvisor says it’s a good starting point. Put I. Your desired stocking and see what it says.
If it were me I would do the 20 minus the rams. Once your larger tank is set up and well seasoned revisit the Ram idea.
Things happen. If I had a nickle for every tank I started intending to upgrade that upgrades for one reason or another of life’s happenings delayed I would be rich.
All the other fish on the stock list are already in the tank. This tank has been setup since 2022. It used to house my honey gourami pair too. I think I agree and I’m going to wait for awhile
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Thanks for all the help! I’m definitely considering it but I have a few questions.
1. Aquahuna sells an unsexed 3 pack of GBRs. I have a gift card. Should I buy this or be more careful about the sex?
2. The tank in question would be a 20 gallon. The stocking would be 10x green neons, 10x luminatus, 5x kuhli loaches. Would this with the rams be overstocked. I think the green neons and kuhli loaches can handle the rams temp. Should I have this set up at 80f? 82?
3. I hope to upgrade to a 37 gallon or 36 bowfront in the future so I can keep pearl gourami. Would the two be compatible?
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I think that the reason that Aquahuna doesn’t ship to WA is because it would compete with the local fish stores. Maybe the co-op and aquahuna didn’t want to partner any more because aquahuna and the co-op would be competing for the rest of the country’s live plant market
20 Gallon green neon and pseudomugil tank
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I had another journal for this tank but it became cluttered with my journals for my other tanks do I am going to make one just to talk about this one.
This 20 Gallon high is my oldest tank I currently have. The setup date was may 2022.
This tank has had two main phases over the last two years but here is how it is setup right now:
Filtration: Fluval 107 + crappy amazon sponge filter.
Lighting: Aquaneat 24” led,
Heater: nicrew 100w heater
Substrate: mixture of stoney river white sand and carib sea supernaturals with mesh zipper-bagged fluval stratum
Hardscape: Driftwood, river rocks and petco lava rocks.
Current Planting: Crypt wendtii which all grew from one, a little bit of remaining saggitaria subulata, random anubias, windelov fern, wisteria (new), dwarf aquarium lily (new), and an amazon sword.
Stock list: 10x Red neon blue eye, 10x Green neon, 5x Kuhli loach, 4x male guppy, 4x beckford’s pencilfish.
This is my very favorite fish in the whole tank. It is the biggest male guppy I have ever seen, and probably the largest fish in this tank.
Whole tank shot. I used to have a jungle in here but I like the more sparsely planted look a bit better.
This picture shows my green neon and my one neon guppy. The green neons are really good looking and I think they are almost full size now.
Feeding frenzy. The boring grey fish are my luminatus blue eyes which should look really cool when they grow but are still tiny.
Here is a mixed shoal of where you can see the elusive Pencilfish.