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  1. CorydorasEthan
    I agree with @KBOzzie59. I think all three options would work!
  2. CorydorasEthan
    Although I have nothing against pea gravel, I personally would do sand as Corydoras and loaches both are natural sand-sifting fish. They prefer being on sand. This being said, pea gravel will also work fine, given that it does not have sharp edges and is small enough so that the food doesn't fall too far down in the cracks. A bonus for the pea gravel is that you can grow plants a lot easier.
  3. CorydorasEthan
    I personally would do the cool water community tank like @Nordlys Fish Room said. You have so many options for fish, and it would be a really active tank. Here's a list of possible inhabitants: danios, white clouds, rosy reds, shiners, rosy barbs, hillstream loaches, dojo loaches, peppered corydoras, and goldfish. I also heard that many freshwater plants we normally keep actually do better in unheated setups (granted there are no goldfish to eat the plants).
  4. CorydorasEthan
    Hey there! Sorry this is pretty late, but I hope it helps anyways. Unfortunately, a honey or powder blue gourami would not work in these temperatures. However, many subtropical species will work in a tank of 68-72. Species include the peppered cories (Corydoras paleatus), zebra danios, white cloud mountain minnows, dojo loaches, hillstream loaches, and rosy barbs to name a few. Even Endler's livebearers or variatus platies might work. I hope this helps!
  5. CorydorasEthan
    I believe that fish, along with all other animals, have feelings and emotions. Maybe not to the level of more intelligent animals like mammals or birds, but definitely at least to a degree. When they play, it is an expression of happiness. When they suddenly burst out in an aggressive manner, they might be angry. When they sit in a corner and hide, they are almost certainly stressed or fearful. This is why I believe that fish do experience feelings and express emotion. Maybe I am anthropomorphizing them a little too much, but this is my outlook!
  6. CorydorasEthan
    Great idea! I need to start one ASAP! Mine would look similar to yours, though I think it would work better for me on a computer, as I am pretty disorganized when it comes to papers!
  7. CorydorasEthan
    My favorite tank is my 29 gallon "jungle" community. Not quite a jungle yet, but it's getting there! It mainly has guppy/endler hybrids and Corydoras, with a siamese flying fox, an amano shrimp, some otos, and a colony of assassin snails. It's my favorite mostly because it's the only tank I have with a defined theme and scape and it also has the most activity and color.
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    I would recommend assassin snails they are really effective at taking care of snail problems, especially with bladder snails. Another easier solution would be to feed a little less food so that the snail population doesn't grow anymore.
  10. CorydorasEthan
    Oh sorry I thought you meant the ghost catfish. Yeah I've heard the glass catfish are great midwater schooling fish!
  11. CorydorasEthan
    @Colu I just discovered this post, and it's a great idea! I've always wondered how an all catfish community tank would work. I personally would do maybe 20 or more pygmy cories to live in the "understory" if you will, and another school of cories (maybe pandas, albinos, paleatus, etc.) to occupy the bottom. 10 or so otocinclus, and then a group of honeycomb catfish (I think they're a type of wood cat) to top it all off (they feed at the surface, so they could serve as top dwellers when you feed the tank!). The ghost catfish might work too, though they can be pretty shy if the tank is too bright I think.
  12. CorydorasEthan
    Thanks! I like to draw for fun, but I am no professional! I would certainly be up for drawing your scape if need be!
  13. CorydorasEthan
    Here's a sketch. The design is set for a 20 gallon long aquarium. I started before I saw the dimensions and the size of the wood, so sorry about the size inaccuracies. Hopefully it helps a little anyways! Plants from left to right: Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana), vallisneria (Vallisneria americana), Java fern (Microsorum pteropus), Amazon sword (), Anubias barteri, dwarf aquarium lily (Nymphaea stellata), and Crytocoryne wendtii in the foreground across the whole tank.
  14. CorydorasEthan
    Can anyone ID these otos? I narrowed it down to the following species, but I can't be sure of exactly which one: Otocinclus vittatus Otocinclus vestitus Otocinclus macrospilus Macrotocinclus affinis I got them around a month ago, and they are still the same size, which is about the size as a pygmy cory.
  15. CorydorasEthan
    I'm sorry I do not know much about treating specific diseases. But here's a video that could help:
  16. CorydorasEthan
    Hmm. It depends on how your pea puffers behave towards other fish. If they are peaceful, you might try introducing some otos to help with your algae problem. Just remember to have a back up plan in case things go wrong though. The pea puffers might take care of the snails for you, but I don't know of any aquarium creatures that will actually eat the snail shells. I'll have to come back to you on this one when I find something. I hope this helps!
  17. CorydorasEthan
    Hey there, welcome to the forum! You've come to the right place! From what I've read, loaches are known to behave oddly by perching in odd spots or playing dead. You might just leave him be and see how he does. Another possible cause for this behavior could be stress. I doubt it's water parameters, as you said your other loaches are doing fine. Have the other fish been bullying him at all?
  18. CorydorasEthan
    I agree with @Kirsten and @ererer. It's probably a genetic problem due to interbreeding.
  19. CorydorasEthan
    In terms of fish, I would add in the cories first, as (based on what I've heard) they are generally hardier than celestial pearl danios. Is the tank already cycled?
  20. CorydorasEthan
    I think you might have to limit the number of celestial pearl danios due to swimming space. I haven't kept them before, but this many in a 16 gallon might be too crowded. I would recommend around 10 of them instead. Also, you might want to start with only a few blue dream shrimp (maybe 7 max), as Neocaridina's will reproduce.
  21. CorydorasEthan
    I wonder this too! I see pictures like this in aquarium fish profiles too, especially for the more rare of hard to capture on camera species. I believe that they take shots like this to get a better view of the fish (no hiding spots, no murky water) and so that they can keep them in one place too.
  22. CorydorasEthan
    Since it is a little limited on "floor space" for the cories, I would say 5 pandas. You could push it to 6, though this would be the limit.
  23. CorydorasEthan
    It really depends on the footprint of the tank here. Cories prefer a longer tank rather than a taller one as they dwell towards the bottom of the tank. What are the dimensions of the tank?
  24. CorydorasEthan
    I agree with @Colu. Dwarf species like pygmy cories (C. pygmaeus), dwarf tail-spot cories (C. hastatus) would work, as well as other smaller species such as dwarf salt-and-pepper cories (C. habrosus) and panda cories (C. panda), to name a few. As you were considering, C. adolfoi may work, although the females could potentially grow a little too large for a 16 gallon tank. Unfortunately, I have to rule out C. sterbai from the possibilities, because they are one of the larger and bigger-bodied species, reaching around 3 inches for the females. I hope this helps!
  25. CorydorasEthan
    Although there are many fish that might work as bottom dwellers in an unheated goldfish aquarium (paleatus cories, dojo loaches, hillstream loaches even) I don't think a 40 gallon would be big enough to accomodate for all of them, especially once the goldfish get big. Alternatively, I think the goldfish will stir up the substrate by themselves (after all they are a type of carp), though you could add snails as a supplementary "cleap-up crew."
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