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@BIRD0887 what kind of pleco?

@Chick-In-Of-TheSea there’s also a sea life aquarium in St Pete, I wonder if it’s the same people? I’ve been there a few times, nice little layout.

@knee Did you ever receive the fish? If I were in your shoes, from this point forward, I’d schedule every delivery for pickup at the post office. It stinks that you’d have to do that, but it’s better than the stress of the worry.

You should definitely buy it some buddies and start digging. Beautiful fish.

I had them in a 40 breeder. I started with 2 males and 6 females, filtered by an aqua clear 70. Obviously they’d appreciate the larger footprint of a 55 or 75, but 40 is adequate. As long as you keep an eye out on your water parameters and the hierarchy, you’ll be ok.

As a follow up, I tried all the suggestions and as it turns out, the dual outlet pump crapped out on 1 outlet. It seemed to be only have 1 functioning outlet. I contacted the coop and they have made it all better as they always do. Temporarily I have the new lift tube connected to another air pump and it’s rocking and rolling. Super impressive.

Brichardi are some of my favorite fish, elegance with a touch of violence. You’ll have colony going in no time. Great fish, I used to have colony of Daffodil’s from Germany. Beauty of a fish and great personality.

When dealing with male livebearers, keep in mind that the only things on their mind is food, poop, and reproduction. If you don’t get it some companions, it will deal with its needs how it sees fit. Welcome to livebearers.

Merry Christmas people

@GoofyGarra @Guppysnail I will be checking in on those small details when I get home from work and if it doesn’t work then I’ll post a video to YouTube and paste the link here. Thanks again

Hello everyone, I just installed my first easy flow on a large ACO sponge in a 29. It’s being run by an ACO dual outlet pump. I’m not seeing much of a flow and I’m definitely not getting what I saw Cory get in his 40’s. I’m pretty sure I’m doing something wrong. I’m getting more of a dribble. Oh and I did remove the airstone. Any ideas? I would post a photo but I have no idea why it keeps showing up as a black photo. I have it hooked up with the curve at the top just slightly above the waterline. Thank you

That seems like a ton of work for a less than practical daily maintenance style tank. Personally I’d buy a new one without hesitation. But if you’re going to go with a new 55 then why not go for a 75?

@Mattlikesfish36 In my experience, you should always get the largest you can afford/have the space for. 99.9999% of the time you won’t regret going larger, but most regret going too small. I’ve kept shellies in a species only 75 gallon for quite a while and it works really well. However, recently I’ve moved a few things around and they’ve found themselves in a 40 breeder with some Staeck endless up top. This is by far my favorite set up for them. First then footprint of the tank is quite perfect having multiple territories. Secondly, keeping them with livebearers has felt like keeping a complete new species. They are always out of their shells, the babies rarely dart back into their shells, it feels like the busiest little village. I snapped this photo 30 seconds after lights came on, so the activity hasn’t yet begun, but within 5 mins, it is a very active tank. Edit: photo won’t post for some reason

Sounds like a cool setup. I would advice against the CPD’s, only because the swords are very boisterous and the CPD’s are the literal opposite so you will probably never see them or any of the shrimp.

Anything under 10 gallons and I strictly stick to shrimp/betta/paradise fish. Too many factors can go wrong when heavily stocking a tiny aquarium.

I’d say smell it, but repashy smells awful so that probably won’t tell you much. I wouldn’t risk it. I used to breed roaches as feeders for my tarantulas and it was super convenient to feed them anything that went bad for anyone else. Convenient little critters.

You could have a glass shop custom make it for you, but for what they’d charge, I 100% agree with @nabokovfan87

@quikv6 honestly, I would never have put that much mental effort into this. If you’re willing to pay for actual shipping which costs more then why not just order more goods to meet the $19.99 minimum, it just seems like a “6 in one hand, half dozen in the other” scenario. Obviously you can do whatever makes you happy, just remember this really gross inflation impacts everything. Good luck to you

@badpotato39 5 star generals would be a really cool breeding pair for a 40. They’re predatory so you won’t be able to keep anything else in the tank with them, but they are super cool.

@quikv6 personally, I’ve learned that after over 5 years shopping at the coop, everything happens for a reason. I trust that Cory is not here to rip anyone off. As a customer, I flow with their business model because every so often new products get released. Everything isn’t perfect, but I appreciate the testing that goes into each product from a hobbyists perspective. IMO, there is no better place for supplies and plants. I am also aware that we pay much less for shipping than the coop does. We aren’t charged full price so requesting a minimum purchase is logical. Personally, I’d much rather make a $20 purchase and pay $8.99 for shipping than make a $5.99 purchase and pay more for shipping than said product, it just doesn’t compute. Also, if you’d like to skip the shipping all together, you also have the retail partner option.

@Mr Gumby seems like you have a cool experiment on your hands.

It just doesn’t get more canary yellow than this. The photo is courtesy of Dans fish.

@janicetan it’s so ironic, you buy your flowerhorn food from the US and I buy mine from Singapore.

Give it time, it’ll get more obvious as time goes on. Males really color up when it’s time.

@Corey Sharp personally, I always try to control the controllable, so I’d do the following if I were in your shoes. I’d skip the leak test completely and jump right into the reseal. I’d move it into the basement and reseal down there. Since it’s unfinished, I’m assuming it’ll be out of your way. Depending on temps down there, I’d let it sit for 30 days. This gives you time to research, acquire hard scape, blah blah. As far as suction cups, I know they definitely make the job easier, but if you can get 4 dudes to lift then you won’t need the suction cups. I resealed and lifted my 180 with my wife and 14 year old about a year ago. It wasn’t pleasant but you guys should be able to manange it if you wanted to save a few bucks. Good luck.