CorydorasEthan

I heard Dojo loaches make odd noises when there is a storm or something. Is this true? Also, can they be kept in a planted community aquarium of about 75-77 degrees fahrenheit? Not that I have space for any, but I'm just curious.

Okay I have another controversial one: Platies: Okay I've never gotten the appeal of platies. I mean, they are colorful and all, but they seem kind of boring and generic. I prefer the look of mollies or guppies much more. Years later though, I am probably going to look back at this and I'll probably going to be keeping platies in half my tanks lol.

I agree with @Maggie you could probably do a lot more fish in there. I think that your plan will work @Jason A..

Corydoras catfish they are very fun to watch, are super peaceful, easy to feed, very hardy, and won't hurt anyone else in the tank.

Once one leaf reaches the surface, the plant will start sending up new leaves every day.

This is perfectly normal behavior with all types of Corydoras. They are usually just having fun, or sometimes they are even in breeding behavior (this is when the males will chase the females non-stop).

Oh yeah I forgot to give my idea of a perfect community! @James Black I too like large groups of schooling fish, but instead of a centerpiece fish, I'd opt for larger tetras, or an extra group of corydoras. My idea of a perfect community would be... 40 gallon breeder or 55 gallon minimum, preferably larger Heavily planted along with rocks and driftwood Several schools of Corydoras Group of otos Amano shrimp School of 12 cardinal tetras, chile rasboras, or glowlight tetras. School of 12 cherry barbs, rosy tetras, or pristella tetras. A large group of guppies. School of at least 12 pygmy corydoras, preferably more

Which different types of fish belong in your vision of a perfect community aquarium? Comment down below to specify what the best combination of species is (you can also comment on sizes of tanks, hardscape, and plants you would recommend for each of these ideas). My first goal with this post is to find out what the most popular community fish is, and why that might be so. My second is to find out which combinations of fishes seem to be the best overall. This would help people new to the hobby who are looking for suggestions on their first setup, or those that need more fish for their tank, but can't seem to figure out what would be the best match. Thanks!

Thanks! There hasn't been a power outage yet, but I will be prepared if it comes!

Yeah so judging based on the pictures, it is not that the fish got stuck in the filter intake, but that they were unhealthy or dying at the store and when they got home they died.

Welcome to the forum! Ghost shrimp are carnivores, so it doesn't surprise me that it ate two other shrimp. Those two other red and blue shrimp were Neocaridina shrimp species, which are smaller and easy to breed. What might have happened though is that the other shrimp died and the ghost shrimp scavenged their bodies. The guppies you have will breed, and very quickly as well! I don't think it is quite necessary to move the fry, as it is a lot of work to catch them and find them all. I would instead suggest just planting their aquariums very well and add hiding places so that the adults can't eat the fry. Plants to try out are water lettuce (floating plant) and water sprite (quick growing, plenty of cover). I look forward to see how you stock your aquariums in the future! Good luck!

I don't think the fish cause of death in your aquarium is getting stuck in the intake filter or the anubias plant. I think it might be that the fish were unhealthy, sick, or dying at the store, and just happened to die in your aquarium. When fish die, they often float around and are sucked towards the filter or settle in plants. Could I see a picture of your filter intake? For stocking options: 1.5 gallon: I would say nothing in here, but it can be used as a fry tank or holding tank when you're tranferring fish. If not, then I would just say get rid of it. 3 gallon: Nothing in here as well, unless you wanted to do a planted shrimp/snail aquarium. As with the first aquarium, you could also do a fry tank. 10 gallon: Betta planted community aquarium. You could do your female betta, a group of schooling fish (around six of one of the following: neon tetra, harlequin rasbora, espei rasbora, white cloud mountain minnow, ember tetra, or chile rasbora), and a group of bottom dwellers (four or so kuhli loaches or panda corydoras, or around six pygmy corydoras). Also add in Amano shrimp or snails if you like these. 29 gallon: Planted community aquarium. Lots of plants to form a sort of jungle, offering plenty of hiding places and also increasing the bioload you can have in the aquarium. One dwarf gourami, your school of cherry barbs, and a large group of albino cory catfish like you have (all corydoras are great in large groups). You could also add in Amano shrimp, snails, and a couple more fish. Anything that's not aggressive would be perfect. I would recommend otocinclus catfish (eat algae, stay small, and are schooling fish so get at least three), guppies, endler's livebearers, small tetras (neons, cardinals, rummynose, embers, etc.) or rasboras of some sort. Another option that would be really fun are pygmy corydoras. They are tiny cories that also swim midwater sometimes. Get a large group of 12 or more. All of these stay small and live in groups, so they'd be perfect for your 29 gallon setup. Hope this helps!

I was also thinking about Cherry Barbs as the schooling fish do you guys think those would work?

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Okay, so apparantly, my area is going to have power outage sometime during tonight or tomorrow. That means possibly no eletricity or heating for at least a 30 minute interval. How do I make sure that my fish survive? I have a 29 gallon and a 10 gallon (both communities with fish, shrimp, fry, and snails), and my sibling has a 5 gallon betta tank with snails. We have already covered the tanks with towels, but I'm not sure that will be enough to keep the fish warm. Also, I plan on aerating the aquariums by scooping out aquarium water and pouring it back in to give the fish oxygen through water movement regularly. Any suggestions on what else to do would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

My assassin snails often did this too. They will often ignore their usual prey when they are not hungry. Take for example a lion and a zebra. The lion will not go after a zebra if it has already eaten and is not hungry, even if the zebra approaches a little too close. Hope this helps.

Bristlenose Pleco Golden Wonder Killifish/Striped Panchax (Apolcheilus lineatus).

Thanks for the advice! Were you able to hatch pristella tetra eggs?

Do a large school of pygmy cories as well. That would look awesome!

Mine had already started to multiply, and my one assassin snail wasn't doing his job fast enough, so I got three more assassin snails. It took them a while, but soon the assassin snails started to multiply (they lay eggs in the substrate) and built up an army of their own. After a few months, they had pretty much destroyed the MTS population.

Wow nice tank! I wish I could so something like this. A nice school of Corydoras catfish would look great in this aquarium. Maybe some green aeneus, false juliis, sterbais, or emerald green Brochis.

This is a bit controversial, but Discus. I get that they are pretty and all, but they are pretty expensive, not only as fish itself, but also in terms of upkeep costs. I wouldn't see myself keeping any in the future.

This morning I noticed my SAE nipping my cories during feeding (why does everyone have to pick on the cories during feeding?). I am planning on moving him or giving him back to my LFS. Of course, this would be after I treated the tank for parasites (coming Monday hopefully I ordered it online). So do you guys think I could go with one of these stocking options (given that I will treat the internal parasites and get rid of some guppies and assassin snails later on): - I am looking for a small algae eater that is also peaceful and eats algae on the walls. I think a group Otocinclus might be the ticket. An added bonus is that they might school with my pygmy cories. - Also, do you think I could add a group of schooling fish? I was thinking a group of smaller tetras like the pristella or cardinal, or micro rasboras from the genus Boraras (like pygmy rasboras, chile rasboras, exclamation point rasboras, etc.). - Okay, last question. My female albino cories and male venzuelan cory always try to lay fertilized eggs, but the eggs are never fertilized. I was thinking I could get another albino cory (male) and one more venezuelan cory (female) for the tank so that they can actually breed successfully. Would this be okay given the stocking level in my aquarium? Of course, all of these probably could not all go into the aquarium. I'd have to choose only one option or maybe two at most. I'm thinking of the first option, and maybe the third later on, but that may be too many bottom dwellers. What do you guys think?

The first one is a gold gourami, which is a variant of the two-spot gourami (Trichopodus trichopterus). Other variants of the species include the opaline gourami and the three-spot gourami. In the second picture, the fish on the left looks like an albino rainbow shark. The fish on the right looks like sort of sucking loach. What comes to mind for this fish is a Chinese algae eater, or some kind of Garra species.

I second @Odd Duck that is cory breeding behavior. The males will chase the females until the females accept and then they get into their T-position to fertilize the female's eggs. The female will then clean a spot on the glass walls or plants or something in the aquarium, and lay the eggs there. You can scoop out the eggs with your finger (careful although they may be sticky, they are quite easy to smash) and put them in a small aquarium, container, or breeder basket (preferably not the ones that have a mesh basket with a frame the fry, once hatched, can get trapped in the frame) where the adults and other fish can't eat them.