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Nicely done!!

Ok, thanks.

Ok, so I think instead of ordering a bunch of dream fish, since I don't have a close by LFS, I only have a Petco, and this is a new setup, I'm going to swing by and see what they have to at least get some stock in the tank. I'm sure they have some type of Neon's, maybe a few cory's, might even just grab a few guppies or Endler's if they have them. Question. I see a lot about quarantine, and I get the purpose down the line if I do get more fish either from online or local; but if I get my initial stock from the same store, and everything is going into the same tank, isn't that in effect the quarantine tank?

Thanks for the info on the potential issue with the substrate and the cory barbs. Will keep that in mind!! I dosed EZ-green on fill up, and again yesterday after water change Just to get used to the process, get the water a little lower so I could pull up the plants, glue them and put them back.

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Here's a good picture, Seems like a bladder snail???

Tested water before doing a 25% water change, everything was great. Dosed another 4 squirts of EZ -Green, I was also able to pull out the Java fern and Anubius and glued them to a few small rocks. I'll get more pictures up soon. One thing I did notice, not a concern yet; BUT I found 1 snail, thought it was cool, watched him for a bit, decided to look it up what I had here and turns out to be a small bladder snail, I assume hitchhiked from one of the Co-Op plants. At what point is it a concern and I should start looking for something like assassin snails?? Going to swing by my local PetCo within the next few days to see if I can pick up a few fish from my list if they have them, or at least something close.

I should also add that I placed flourish tabs around each planting (I placed plant order from co-op and forgot to add co-op's brand) Also, I forgot to mention the heater, I went with the Eheim 125w (ordered before co-op released theirs), the tank is in my basement office, which during the day is heated by a space heater, but at night nothing. So far, the temp has been holding at 78

Thank you. Yes, I will definitely move them this weekend.

Thanks Pat, yeah, I was hoping to try and get away with them planted; I wanted to put a nice center piece of wood, but I was worried about the tannins and process to go about getting them out. I might grab some small stones and glue them, then place them behind the larger rocks. Petco is walys hit or miss by me, So jealous of the stores Cory found in Europe.

Hey folks, Starting a 29G tank, first time in years, so taking it slow and steady. Actually, ordered a bunch of stuff from Co-op pre pandemic, lol Substrate - Black eco-complete Rocks - Acquired from local water source, tested with vinegar to prove ok Light - Finnex stingray 30" Filter - Co-op sponge Air pump - Tetra whisper 40 Plants - 1 dwarf sag, 1 java fern, 1 anubias barteri, 2 crypt wendtii green, 1 scarlet temple, 1 vallisneria, 2 amazon swords, 1 pogo octo Tank was filled on 11/01, planted on 11/04, when filled, dosed fritz complete per instructions, when planted dosed ez green per instructions 11.05 - Ph = 7.0, Amm = 0, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 5 11.07 - Ph = 7.6, Amm = .25, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 5 11.09 - Ph = 7.2, Amm = .25, Nitrite = 0, Nitrate = 5 I'm going to do a 50% water change this weekend Plants appear ok, some yellowing on the sag and val, no real melting I can notice anywhere. See some root growth from the scarlet where I didn't get it pushed all the way into the substrate. I do notice that some of the small leaf litter that is on the top of the water from planting is in 1 spot on the opposite side of the filter, meaning I'm not getting the flow I think I should have with just the sponge, so I'm thinking of also picking up a tidal 30 to help with that as well and some more filtration/polishing. Now, I have a "what I want" list of fish to stock, would love some input on whether the mix and amounts would work in an ideal setup. 8-10 Rummy nose 8-10 cardinal tetras (but thinking I might go to 10-12 neons) 2-3 peacock gudgeons 6 panda cory's A few shrimp like amano's or cherries??? Now my thought is if the above is ok, would be to have a M Apistogramma Cacatuoides as the center piece I do not have a LFS besides a Petco, and TBH, the stock is not exactly what I have listed, so I will need to order from somewhere like Aquahuna or Flipaquatics, but before I do, should I pick up 1 or 2 small things just to stock it and see how they do before spending $$$ on the "dream" list?? I also plan on getting grass type plants to fill the foreground a little bit and maybe some moss on a rock or two. I'm open to suggestions and thank you in advance for reading all of this and providing feedback.