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13 hours ago, HanaHoo808 said:
Ohhh my gods I apologize I got two different fishes mixed up 😂😅 I was looking at the crocodile toothpick fish earlier that’s why but what I meant to say was you should look into the blue tetras (one of my favs and next in the list to get) or harlequin rasboras. Keep in mind these smaller fish do wayy better in larger schools at least 5+. You could get away with less but you will notice a difference in their behaviors. Same for corys which you did great on going with 6 of the pandas. But I would recommend possibly 5-6 ottos if you can, they do an amazing job at helping you keep your tank under control with algae while your corys help you clean up uneaten food. My main community tank has been perfectly balanced to where I don’t siphon my gravel just do water changes once a week and there’s no buildup on the floor. There’s more algae growth cause I run my lights almost 10-12 hours a day to boost my guppy grass for other aquariums. Plus it gives the fish a lil extra veggie 😂
Ooh ok, I really like blue tetras, but I'm still scared to get them because everything says they can't go in harder water than 12 dH.
Oh and also I'm thinking maybe black tetras, they are really pretty and my local petco has them so they will already be used to my water.
8 hours ago, HanaHoo808 said:Ohh also what could help too is run a sponge filter there’s some really good ones on aquarium coop I got a bunch mostly nano size and I run them in everything from 2.5s all the way up to my 10 gal. for a 20gal a medium would do wonders
Maybe I'll add one in the future, because there are a lot of things you have to buy to set one up and I don't think I have money to buy one yet.
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1 hour ago, HanaHoo808 said:
Yeahh they do but with your weekly water changes maybe even bump it from 25% to 35% should still be fine. Crocodile tooth tetras may suit you they’re super cool and unique! Or maybe even killi fish? They’re seasonal fish depending on the species. I’ve recently ordered eggs off of amazon I think they were one of the Aphyosemion species I’ve read they should live up to a few years but you get to hatch them, watch them grow and they do amazing in community tanks. I threw mines in my pond that runs my aquaponics system and so far they’re loving it! You should post some pictures of your setups might help give off more ideas for ya!
I would be willing to increase my water changes if I can get more fish (I find water changes really fun for some reason lol don't ask). I've never heard about crocodile tooth tetras, do you know if they go by any other name?
Oh and also here is a picture of my tank, I know it's really bare and not the best looking or anything but I don't have money to buy more plants yet lol (and also ignore that floating java fern near the driftwood)
1 hour ago, quikv6 said:Unless they're all male, 6 platies can turn into 60 within the course of a couple of months.
I started with 3 mollies and 3 platies. I now have about 70, and haven't bought a single fish from the initial ones. I went from a 20 tall, to a 40 long, to a 75, and just about ready to switch it all to a 125. It happens fast. Very enjoyable, but have a plan.
Good luck!
Wow that's a lot! I have only females but I guess it is very possible some of them could still have babies, but if they do I was planning to either keep only a couple and give most if not all of them away.
Oh and also I was told one of my platies was pregnant when I bought her, but I'm not sure how they knew.
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27 minutes ago, HanaHoo808 said:
Your possibilities are pretty much endless as long as your looking at the full grown size of the fish you should be ok. Maybe throw some shrimp, ottos I don’t really count my cleaner crew into my aquadvisor limits, heck I breed and keep guppy strains in 2.5gal tanks, not recommended but I do 25% water changes daily and siphon out any Ferber a few times a day so I feel they’re ok and max I keep is 5-8 guppies at a time. As for your 20gal, with your platies depending on color variants you could go into an all I’ve bearer tank, throw some sailfin mollies, Dalmatian and koi colored mollies are just stunning and if fed the proper diets their colors pop. There’s dwarf powder blue and red gourami you could do with one add some color and unique personalities or even a pair of angels. I’ve had a buddy that kept his angels in a 15gal for 8 years they loved it! Whatever you decide just remember it’s your tank and you’ll be looking at it all day so get what you like and will enjoy looking at everytime. Me personally I like a mixture of small and medium fish that way at first glance you’ll notice the larger fish but when you start to really look into the tank you’ll see the little fish zooming around and it’s kinda like a little town of fish lol. That’s why community tanks are awesome! This is my 20gal tall community I have two Mexican sail fin mollies, 4 mixed premium angels, 6 ottos, two thread fin catfish, 4 peppered cories, had one flame dwarf gourami moved him to his own tank and now I have two juvenile powder blue gouramis, and 3 platinum half beaks. All doing perfectly well
Ooh I like mollies, especially the balloon ones, they are kinda cute. The only thing is that I heard that they get very big and poop a LOT, even more than platies! I'm also thinking about a gourami, maybe a honey. I love having all different colors in my tank haha so each of my platies are different variations. I was also researching tetra species that can handle harder alkaline water, and I found pristella tetras. They are pretty cool but they get bigger than other tetras I think.
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13 hours ago, Fish Folk said:
Is it a 20 gal tall? Or a 20 gal long?
These sorts of decisions are really quite up to your personal interests and preferences. If you perform at least a 30% water change every two weeks, you're probably at a satisfactory level of fish-keeping to go a bit beyond the aquadvisor limits. We've done crazy things with 20 gal tanks before. Here are a few very different ideas, some of which break "rules" . . . but these fish all did great in these tanks.
It's a 20 gallon tall, and I've been doing 20-25% water changes every week. Also I'll definitely check out those videos, thanks!
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I have a new 20 gallon aquarium, right now only with 6 female platies. I'm getting 6 panda cories soon (maybe next week??) and was wondering what kind of fish you guys think I should add later, if there is space (aqadvisor says my tank would be 85% stocked with 6 platys and 6 cories). I kind of want more colorful fish or fish with interesting personalities/behaviors. I thought about getting kuhli loaches, but my water is definitely not good for them (pH is 8 and GH is about 17). I am thinking maybe a small school of tetras, like the ones that are supposed to be hardier like the glowlight?? I'm still kind of nervous about keeping tetras because of my water parameters. Any ideas? Thanks!
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Probably most of the funny moments I have had are when I do something disastrous that is funny when I look back 😄 Those things include: siphoning half my tank's water all over the floor without noticing, filling water into my tanks but accidentally missing and pouring water into an outlet instead (!!!), trying to pour out a heavy bucket of water into the shower, but instead managing to flood the bathroom...Yeah you get the idea😅
My mystery snail also tries to escape, and I've also seen (and heard!) him munching on my frogbit which is unfortunate but kind of funny to watch at the same time
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1 minute ago, H.K.Luterman said:
Yup that looks like new growth. Just means he's healthy and getting bigger. 🙂
Oooh ok thanks! Yeah I've also noticed he's been getting a little *cough* chubby recently......
(but don't worry he's also getting longer too!!) 😆
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1 hour ago, H.K.Luterman said:
Your photos don't appear to be working, but clear fin tips are typically new growth.
Ooh ok! Does that mean he previously had fin rot or something? Or could his fins just be getting bigger??
Also, I'll try pasting and attaching the photo instead
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I have a quick question, why are the tips of Blueberry's fins clear? I've noticed it more recently and I'm not sure what has caused it.
Also, Mr Eggy and Blueberry are doing great now! Mr Eggy is always out of his shell and zooming around the tank
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3 minutes ago, Tyler LaZerte said:
@Chlo Correct. TDS stands for Total Dissolved Solids. It is compromised of all nutrients in this tank including nitrates, nitrites, ammonia, calcium, etc. So all of your parameters equals your TDS They sell TDS meters to check yours as well. Mine has the ability to do temperature as well.
Oooh ok, thanks!
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31 minutes ago, Tyler LaZerte said:
@Chlo LRB Aquatics is known for his high grade and prize winning Neocaridina shrimp and he breeds them and keeps them in water from 6.5-8 pH and super hard water with TDS all the way to 700-800.
Cool! I'll definitely check them out. Also, what exactly is TDS? I heard it is something like total dissolved solids?
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2 hours ago, Brian007 said:
My water is 360ppm gh. 7.8 ph. I too have had this concern and currently Stock cherry shrimp, guppies, and danios.
Wow you kept cherry shrimp in that water? I really wanted to try shrimp but was worried my water was too hard. Maybe I'll try them in the future!
2 hours ago, Brian007 said:I would caution anyone who wants to modify their water though. It brings a lot of extra room for making a mistake. Fish need a STABLE ph and gh more than they need the PERFECT ph and gh. When you start chasing water parameters you are mixing waters, adding products based on testing. If you ever get into a hurry doing a water change or have a quick emergency water change and forget something (which is very easy to do and WILL happen to anyone that has kept fish a while) you run the risk of a wild swing in water parameters And that can kill fish fast.
Yeah, I feel like if I tried changing my water so that it is good for a specific fish I would mess it up.
2 hours ago, Brian007 said:It's always better to keep things simple and avoid a lot of extra complexity that can and will lead to mistakes. Because we all make mistakes.
Yeah, I've made a lot of mistakes in this hobby, but I learn from them! Such as one time when I siphoned half of my tank's water onto the floor, not knowing that the bottom of the siphon was not in the bucket...😵😭😂
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Just to clarify, it doesn't look like velvet, right? Also, she seems to be getting more red spots/patches on her head.
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The two 5 gallons have bettas, and I just added 4 platies to the 20 gallon. I might wait until after summer to add all the fish I planned to stock the tank with, because the water will get dirtier faster. Although some things say in a 20 gallon you only need to change water every two weeks.
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26 minutes ago, Mmiller2001 said:
It's a symptom of some underlying problem. Usually, bacterial infections. This could also be a symptom of your earlier cycling problems or trauma from previous medications used in excess.
Yeah I feel really bad that I made her go through all of that😭
27 minutes ago, Mmiller2001 said:Also, Betta are soft water fish. Soft water fish in hard water can be an underlying long term stress condition. I would fix the water before trying any more meds.
You could try doing a 50/50 source water to distilled water mix. That would put you at 7ishGH and 3ishKH.
Could I maybe do RO water? I was considering that before but I found out that buying water from my lfs was more expensive than I thought... but if it will really help Cupcake (the betta) I guess I might be able to do that. Also isn't 3 dKH too low? That will allow the pH change a lot, right? It's kind of annoying having super high GH but kind of low KH...
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It sounds like having an automatic fish feeder won't be the best... I actually think we know someone who can come a couple times a week to feed our fish. I'll also make sure to do a water change before we leave.
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I'm not sure if my female betta has velvet or some other disease. When I first got her she was my first fish, so she went through a lot of cycling problems and some medications because I over diagnosed her and at some point thought she had every disease a betta can get. She was never lethargic or not eating, but her skin always looked weird and she always had ragged fins. She never really looked better after I treated with meds, and recently she kind of looks like she has velvet (if I shine a flashlight on her head she kind of looks like she has rust on her head). Her skin/scales don't look too good either. The last few days two of her scales started peeling/coming off, and I'm not sure if that is advanced velvet or something. I've treated her for velvet a couple times before, but her head didn't change color so I assumed she didn't have it. I'm not really sure anymore. She's not lethargic, she is still eating and swimming around a lot. She also has cloudy eye or it might be popeye, I though that was because of bad water quality but she has had it for a long time now.
In the pictures I am shining a flashlight on her
pH: 8.0-8.2
Nitrates: 5-10 ppm when I tested a few days ago
Hardness: around 17 dGH
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0
KH/Buffer: 6 dKH
Water Temperature: 78 F
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2 minutes ago, anewbie said:
I would not put anything like a 'vacation feeder' in the tank given the length of your trip. If you use sponge filters that would be a bonus as it collects biofilm that the fishes will munch on - so that can be helpful. If you have a friend that wants to drop in a few bits of food (you could pre-measure it so they don't over feed) once or twice while you are gone that might be helpful.
Unfortunately I don't have a sponge filter and I don't think I can have someone come over to feed them. Maybe I can get automatic fish feeders but feed every other day, so that the water won't get too dirty?
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2 minutes ago, James Black said:
I wouldn't feed during this two weeks at all. Maybe have someone come in once on the weekend, but other then that no feeding. With 0 feeding, less amonia/ nitrites will be caused.
Also don't worry too much about your bettas, they are one of the hardiest fish EVER. They will be just fine for two weeks.
I guess they might be fine, but the whole trip I would probably be worrying about them...
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12 minutes ago, Solidus1833 said:
There are also those vacation feeder blocks you can look into. Some of them feed up to three bettas over a week, so maybe one would do it for a two week trip.
I've seen those, but I've heard people say those aren't the best because they can cause an ammonia spike??
If I get an automatic feeder and do a water change before and after our trip, do you think it is safe to be away this long?
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My family is planning our vacation for this summer, and we would have to leave home for about 2 weeks. I was wondering if this is too long to leave my fish?? I would get automatic feeders but the water wouldn't be changed while we are gone. I have two 5 gallons betta tanks and one 20 gallon I am still stocking. I'm kind of worried because smaller tanks get dirty quicker than bigger tanks. Although I tried testing how much nitrate one of my betta tanks produces per week, and it went from 5 ppm nitrate to between 5 and 10 ppm, which isn't that much (I think). So do you guys think I can leave my fish tanks for this long? Thanks!
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6 minutes ago, CalmedByFish said:
I hope putting Mr. Eggy back works out!
They seem to be doing fine. I haven't seen Blueberry nip him yet, but he sometimes swims close to him and stares at him like, "Who are you??" 🤣
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13 minutes ago, BaRanchik said:
My sister's betta was nipping on the mystery snail I got her the first few days. He then realized her antennas are not worms and they are now living in harmony for over 3 months. I'd give it a few day and see if the betta leaves the snail alone. Snails can grow back their antennas and even their eyes, so it should be okay.
Oooh ok, I'll definitely try that!
Don't be a bad boy, Blueberry 😤 lol
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6 minutes ago, CalmedByFish said:
Something I just recently discovered is that ramshorn snails *tear* through algae. Their antennae aren't as worm-like as a mystery snail's (I think), so it might be worth considering.
Oh, those one's seem nice! The only thing is that online it says they can breed by themselves? Also Blueberry seemed fine when I added the mystery snail to the tank, but later he started stalking him 😅 and tried to eat his antennae. I wanted to keep Mr. Eggy in the tank to see if Blueberry would lose interest, but I didn't want him to get eaten or something.
Cool fish ideas for 20 gallons?
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I think I'm already attached to my fish.....I already named each one lol. I've also always wanted corys, so I'm definitely getting those. Getting some tetras would be nice too, but if I don't have enough space it isn't the biggest deal.