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  1. Candy cane tetras! They are overlooked a little, but a lovely peaceful species that have a pretty pink, white and black color scheme. They are also very extremely peaceful and get to a nice medium tetra size. My candy canes happily get along with my lemon tetras and black neon tetras, and all three get along swimmingly.
  2. I have noticed with my khuli loaches that the do have their own personalities. One of them, who was the really tiny one when I got them, is way more adventurous then the rest, and often comes out during the day regularly. Usually the others will follow him if they feel safe, but they are a bit more skittish. Hopefully they will get comfortable for you and a few will decide to be a little more outgoing. I give them a wafer at night, but they also do seem to have no issues finding stuff from leftover food to micro organisms on their own as well.
  3. Crypts are one of the plants I have had amazing luck with, and I have never cut them. The numerous ones I have planted were done so and managed to adjust fine, with little to no melting at all. In my case, the fact I have hard water may be a huge help here, as I have heard Crypts really do like that. This is even in situations of completely new tanks. Two months ago I started a new 10 gallon with Cryptocoryne Balansae, and the plants are all doing fantastic. What I did with them was plant them, and then carefully monitor them. The worst that happened were a few got a little droopy, but those leaves eventually picked themselves up. They did way better then the micro swords I got which died out.
  4. I am going to piggy back here, because I am setting up a little planted 10 gallon that will be a betta tank, and am trying to figure out some tankmates for him. Right now I am really curious on options for a little group of schooling fish, as they will be the first thing added once I finish the cycling. Harlequin Rasboras are on the potential list, but what about Glowlight Tetras, would they work instead? Any nice options for the little school would be good to hear. Also thinking of going for Khuli Loaches for the bottom dwellers. The tank has a lot of nice nooks for them to hide with the rockwork and wood.
  5. The CO2 system is a simple one, but I have seen some pretty big results from it. All the plants love it, even the slow growing Anubis have been sending out leaves more often, and my Tiger Lotus pretty much exploded in growth. I had heard adding it would cause my Cryps to have melting, but the opposite happened with them . That may be because they really like my water, I have had no issues at all with them. It has caused a little more green algae to show up, but I don't mind it, as it stays in the back. It is a nice food source for the pleco and snails.
  6. I am in a similar situation right now with my 55 gallon, as I have been wondering if I can get any more fish. Right now I have the following: 3 Keyhole Cichlids 3 Pearl Gourami 4 Varitus Platy 8? Peppered Cory (They may had had some babies) 6 Candy Cane Tetras 6 Lemon Tetras 10 Black Neon Tetras 1 Bristlenose Pleco and a small batch of assorted snails The tank is a year old and heavily stocked with plants, along with a CO2 system. My nitrates stay around 35, I was doing weekly water changes, but I had to skip a week once and noticed the level didn't change at all, and now I just do them when the level goes a little higher. Can my tank take anymore fish? I am happy keeping smaller fish, the Keyholes are by far the largest animals in there and they still are not that large. Everyone is also super peaceful, so no worries there.
  7. Keyhole cichlids are another great option. They will love the plants and a great fry eaters. The trio I have in my tank gobble up the platy fry that I end up with thanks to the Varitus I also own.
  8. I do have hard water, but fortunately I have gallons of distilled water on hand. I also grow carnivorous plants, and need it to water them, as the tap water would fry their roots.
  9. I was wondering if anyone have some advice for me. I received a few months back a co2 kit that uses Baking Soda and Citric Acid to make the co2. I will eventually get pressurized co2 set up, but this is what I have now. So the system is working fine since I got it in February, but I end up with a bunch of residue in the co2 tank from the chemical reaction. Anyone know any easy way to remove it? It is really solidified in it, so just washing it out is not a good option.
  10. Right now I have three tetra schools in my tank, which are black neon, lemon and candy cane. Of them all, I really have grown to like the candy canes the most. They are a nice pink color with white on their fins and are very active, peaceful, and a decent size. They really compliment my lemon tetras well. Its great seeing them swimming around the plants and investigate stuff on the substrate that catches their eye. Nobody seems to talk about them much, which is a shame as they are just a wonderful fish that is a great community tank member.
  11. I have a 55 gallon with a similar set up. The bristlenose nose is a super red and a little less then a year old, same for the corys. They all get along great, so much that they are the only fish he will not chase away from his algae wafer, he has no issues with them nibbling on the side. Now the platys and keyhole chiclids he will chase away immediately. My pleco actually ignores the snails and fortunately decided not to much on my Amazon Swords. He is an extremely mellow tank member, as long as none of the big fish go after his wafers. Even then he will just chase away the fish, grab the wafer, and then swim to a little areas so he can munch on it. He is also surprisingly outgoing, I will see him swimming around midday sometimes.
  12. I recently set up a CO2 system to my 55 gallon tank, and so far so good. I currently have a low/medium light set up, and will not be upgrading that for awhile. The CO2 has been running for three weeks now, and my current plants, all low tech ones, are growing faster. Even the Anbuias have been sending out new leaves quicker, and my Crypts had no melting either from the change, they are still happily spreading like they did before. It also obliterated the the Black Beard Algae I had in my tank, so very good thing there. I was wondering, does anyone have good plant suggestions for a tank with CO2 injection, but not the high powered lights? My current plants are the usual types for a low tech tank, and most were purchased from Aquarium Co-Op, but I am trying to find some more good candidates that that can take advantage of the new CO2 system that is in place, but don't need powerful lighting.
  13. About six weeks past, I was at my LFS and picked up an orange Bristlenose Pleco and six of what were labeled as Candy Cane Tetras. All the fish have been doing great, and I am really loving the tetras, especially with how vivid they are and the fact they get along with everyone else in my tank. They have managed to gain a little in size too, and seem to be very happy. Since I got six and enjoyed them so much, I was thinking of getting some more to give them a little larger school. These guys school a lot more then my Black Neon and Lemon Tetras. Here is my issue. I was looking around and noticed that these could actually be Rosy Tetras. The online resources are a little confusing about this, so I took some pictures and figured some of the knowledgeable people here would know what these guys actually are. I tried to get as bets pictures as I could, but they do tend to like to dart around. Also a couple of shots have some of the tank Platys, but I do know what they are at least. 🙂
  14. The above are all good choices, but I would also like to add Tiger Lotus, Pogostemon Stellatus 'Octopus', Moneywort and Frogbit. I have reasonably hard water here in North Jersey, and all are doing great. The Lotus took a little bit to establish itself, but is really growing now.
  15. With everyone being so helpful in the past here with my stocking questions, I have come back with another one. So right now my 55 tank has been progressing along well, and I figured my janitor team could use a new member(s) to help with the green algae. I am trying to figure out what would be a good match for my tank. Right now I have a small school of Black Neon Tetras, a small school of Lemon Tetras, four Varitus Platys, three Pearl Gourami and a school of Peppered Corys. I also have seven Nerite snails. Everybody gets along pretty well and thriving, the Tetras have actually gotten larger then I expected they would My temp is 77.2, PH is 74 and hardness is 10. Tank is a heavily planted low tech set up with tons of driftwood. I do want to avoid Otocinclus. I saw Cory's video on them, but they still feel like they are a bit delicate to deal with, especially since there are lots of good options out there. I see some stuff on twig catfish, which made them look very interesting, but I am open to all ideas.
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