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  1. JettsPapa
    I am by no stretch of the imagination a pleco expert, but doing a little research I wonder if it's a Gold Spot Pleco (Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus)?
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    I've ordered from them several times and been pleased. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
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    I've often seen 10 recommended to start a colony. That's enough that you should get a mix of sexes, but of course if you're impatient, and your budget will stand it, then more is an option.
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    I haven't tested my hardness, but I have a water softener that removes some of it. It's the type that takes the canister that you replace twice per year instead of the one that uses salt. There's still enough to leave rings at the top of the tanks, and it also leaves deposits where it splashes onto glass lids. I do know that my neos are thriving in my 8.2 pH water.
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    Six each of guppies and panda corys would definitely not be overstocked. In fact, I'd encourage you to bump the pandas up to 8 or so.
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    Hello, No, different species of corydoras generally don't shoal together. The only exception is the albino varieties, since they belong to one of the other species (bronze I think), so they'll shoal with other fish of the same species. Similar to how black skirt tetras, white skirt tetras, and glow tetras are all just different color variations of the same species and will shoal together, but that isn't true for other tetra species.
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    I've never seen those claims that neocaridina shrimp thrive in soft water. Everything I've seen says they prefer moderately hard water and high pH. Caridina shrimp, on the other hand, need softer water and lower pH. Maybe that's what you were thinking of?
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    I can't tell any difference in hardiness between my reds and blues.
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    Have you considered a shrimp-only tank?
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    I understand your dilemma. I'm sitting here at my desk with a 20 gallon long tank on the file cabinet at my left and two 5.5 gallon tanks end-to-end across the right side of the desk, with a 65 gallon community tank and a 10 gallon shrimp tank across the room. There's a 9' wide by 6' tall section of bookcases behind me, with about half hardbacks and the rest double-stacked with paperbacks. It has occurred to me more than once that if I moved some books out I'd have room for more tanks, but then I remember that I've been keeping fish for less than 2 years, and enjoyed recreational reading for about 50 years, so so far the books are still there (and I still enjoy reading them).
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    If you were asking before you stocked the tank I'd have advised against it, but since you're already there, and since you said it's working okay, then stay with it and don't worry about what everyone says. If the opportunity to switch to a larger tank comes along in the future that would be a good thing, but in the meantime just enjoy your tank.
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    I'm a little confused about why you plan to add a pleco if you really don't like them? If it's just for algae control why not just get a nerite or two (assuming algae gets to be an issue)?
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    I assume it's the conventional softener, that uses salt? I have the one that uses the cartridges instead and my plants do fine.
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    Most of them are still pretty small, but they still look good, and I can't wait until they mature.
  15. JettsPapa
    Yup. If prices in your area are similar to mine then you overpaid by about $2.00 per fish.
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    I haven't kept them, but everything I've seen or heard says they're the most peaceful of the gouramis. Honeys are much less likely to be aggressive than dwarves or three-spots (blue, yellow, etc). They're generally even less aggressive than pearl gouramis, and I have 8 of those in a 40 gallon tank.
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    Hello, Are you sure that's 48 gallons? The dimensions seem to be the same as a 40 gallon breeder. That's a great size, by the way. I have one and really like it. It's the same footprint as a 65 gallon, just not as tall.
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    You didn't ask, but I'd encourage you to get a male and two female honey gouramis instead of just one. While they aren't shoaling fish like tetras and corys, they are social, and seem to enjoy having others of their species in the tank.
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    If you stay with the GBR's I'd suggest getting sterbai corys. I haven't kept them, but have heard from multiple sources that they'll be happier than most other cory species in water that warm.
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    I have no way to know for sure, but in my case I suspect it's considerably higher than 25%.
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    It's even better than a tiny roomba, because it's self-replicating.
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    If your goal is to have a colony of deep red shrimp then I'd remove him. If you do only have one other male I'd rather look for one or two more than have to cull most (or all) of his offspring. As far as how strong that trait is, I don't have any studies to post, but from personal experience it seems to be pretty strong. I had one blue rili in my red tank for a short time early on. Now I have quite a few red and a few blue rilis in my cull tanks, and am still pulling one out of my red tank occasionally.
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    Since it sounds like he's working directly against your advice, and not listening to anything you say, I don't see where you have any other options other than keeping doing what you're doing, which seems to be counter productive. I'd wash my hands of the whole thing.
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    What's in the nano tanks?
  25. JettsPapa
    You probably already figured this out, but you probably need to bump that percentage up, and also do it more often.
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