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I want to get some dither fish that can handle higher temperatures and handle higher flows. It's going to be a 40 gallon breeder with a group of leopard frog plecos. I'd like to keep a community of fish that can handle higher temps and flow. Was thinking of geophagus but they get too big or some tetras but I'm not sure which ones.

I want to get a group of about 10 juvenile leopard frog plecos and grow them out to adult size. I want to try to keep 10 of the in a 29 gallon for a short period of time until I can get my 40 breeder setup for them. Will 10 juvenile leopard frog plecos be ok in a 29 for about a month? Once they growout, will a 40 breeder still work for them? Also, what are the best tankmates to keep with them. I know that they like the hotter temperatures so what fish can withstand the hot temperatures and higher flow. What foods should I feed them and what are some general tips in caring for them.

The bark should be fine, many people take it off because it decomposes fairly quickly and can just become detritus or be kind of a nuisance to deal with later but if you're willing to do water changes to get rid of it, it should be fine.

I want to try and breed some corys but I want to also have other smaller fish at the top and middle layers of the tank. I was thinking some rainbow tetras, diamond tetras, lemon tetras, or black phantom tetras. But what are some good dither fish for corys or plecos? Will guppies handle the lower ph's? Will those tetras above even work?

I have a 40 gallon breeder that I've set up and I want to try some angelfish. Right now, it has 8 gold lasers, a breeding pair of lemon bristlenose plecos, shrimp, and some panda guppies. I want to set up a community tank with some angelfish and want to know what are some good schooling fish that would go with angels. Also, would guppies be ok with angels? What bottom dwellers? Is this setup ok for the angels or should I try a different setup for them? How many angels can I keep in a 40 breeder? Any tips would be great!

Congrats on the spawn!! Spawning corys is pretty easy once you find the trigger. All the corys I have bred really like to spawn in flow. Usually, you can direct where you want them to lay the eggs by putting an airstone in a corner and theyll lay the eggs in that corner. Cold water changes are pretty good but just make sure you feed well and make them comfortable. If the corys arent comfortable, they won't breed. I recommend using a dither fish like tetras, they'll eat some eggs but they'll make sure the corys are comfortable.

Repashy is the best food I've ever tried out. I really like to use community blend and soilent Green for my plecos. It works really well. It's a great food for fry as well

If the bulb gets squishy and funky smelling, then it's probably gone. If it's hard and not funky smelling, i would just leave it in the tank and possibly use some root tabs to help with growth. Also, what substrate are you using. Gravel substrate usually isn't the best to use for crinums. I've had the best luck with a sand substrate with crinum's

Val doesn't do too well when you plant it too deep but they should be fine if you plant them close to other plants. However, vallisneria grows pretty quick so it will end up "choking" out the other plants with their growth. What the lfs said is pretty accurate. You could plant them near plants, since it wouldn't kill them, but the vallisneria itself might end up growing into the other plants.

Some super red and lemon blue eyed bristlenose plecos

I'm going to be gone for a week but I have lots of pleco fry that are a 2-3 weeks old and just recently got a spawn. What can I do to make sure the fry stay alive if I can't have someone come over to feed them?

I've noticed that currently, there doesn't really seem to be a fish that's really popular. So I was wondering what fish are people really looking for? Is it bristlenose plecos? Or maybe a really rare type of goby? I'm really interested to see what's really sought after at the moment.

Feeding them once a day is fine but if you're trying to breed them, I would try to feed them at least 3 times a day. They really like the smaller foods so baby brine shrimp is definitely a good option.

Fluval stratum will take a couple days to actually take effect. It might only lower your water ph to about 7.0. I would definetely try to do another setup while you put in the fluval stratum because it might leech out some ammonia which might affect your fish.

You should just see your bettas personality. Is your betta a very active betta that flares fairly often? If so, it might be curious or fairly aggressive. If he seems like a "chill" betta, I would try to introduce an amano shrimp. Amano shrimp are usually good tank mates anyways because hey usually get fairly big and there seems to be a lot of hiding spots for the amano shrimp if it were to ever get harassed.

If you're water is at 8.0 ph, the effects of fluval startum will slowly wear off much faster. Instead of taking making 1-2 years for the effects to wear off, it might take 3-6 months instead. In reality, I think that neo's actually like the higher ph. Fluval stratum will really help some of those root feeding plants, but it looks like you've got a lot of rhizome plants. I would try to fertilize and that might help.

Hi everybody! I've really wanted to try and breed some of my corys but I don't know what would be the most efficient setup to breed them. What keeps them comfortable and what should I do to make them happy? What tank size would be best for "x" amount of corys? etc. I just want to try and breed some corydoras and be successful. Any advice is appreciated

I love the blue dragons. I currently have a trio of them, but I also really like the blue grass guppies.

My snow white corydoras recently spawned and some eggs started hatching. I have a couple foods for baby fish but will vinegar eels work for the small baby corys or should I try something even smaller?

Ok, should I put in a different fish instead of the chili rasboras?

The plants will definetely help but they won't get rid of it completely. I would just use the plants and also try to do some big water changes

I wanted to try and do a blackwater community tank just because I haven't seen too many videos on it. I saw someone local was selling a betta mahachai pair and I already was planning on getting some chili rasboras and I have 3 black venezulan corydoras. I was thinking of doing a blackwater setup with fluval stratum, capped with sand, some plants, and sponge filter. Probably going to have lots of driftwood and possibly some river rocks. Would a pair of betta mahachai, 10 chili rasboras, and 3 black venezualn corydoras be good in a 20 gallon?

If it's only one 5 gallon, I would do 1 sparkling gourami and maybe 4-8 chili rasboras.

If the tank is heavily planted, the two species of fish should be able to live together very well. Sparkling Gourami's aren't the most territorial or aggressive fish and chili rasboras are usually fast enough to get away if there ever is any aggression.

I agree with @CalmedByFish, usually, if there is more cover, the chasing will end fairly quickly as there are more things in the way. Also, I would try to feed more often. Maybe it's just the fish are getting a little hungry. Try feeding 2-3 times a day (if you haven't been doing that). For any bottom dwellers, try to spread the food around so that the gourami claims one food item and then the corys or other bottom dwellers can at eat other areas. If that doesn't work, I would try to feed any other fish 30 minutes after the light has gone out.