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Cory has a good vid on gravel vaccing no hand pumping required

Dwarf sag, tiger lily, and dwarf aquarium lily just go nuts for me even in low light, unfertilized, liquid rock set ups. Vals another one i like, you can almost see it grow, like if you come back in a few hours its noticably bigger. Anacharis is really easy for a stem as well, cabomba isnt to tough either. These plants i like as you buy them once and youll never need to buy them again.

If yiu want to add more you could buff uo the tetra school. Theyd always appreciate the company

Ppm or degrees?

I think the best way eould be to have a dedicated shrimp colony in another tank and move the culls into the 55. That way if they do get eaten it isnt too devasting.

A larger shrimp species may be good as the barbs may hunt down the neos. Maybe amanos or bamboo. Then i would buff up the school sizes maybe 15-20 to start. Then i would get the angel or guarami you wanted as the centerpiece. Also i think the barbs and centerpeace fish would keep the guppies pop under control so i would consider females as males can be feisty by themselves

This is a very light stocking atm you can def add more

You may have trouble breeding wild bettas but you can keep any of the more common fish no problem.

Neoms are the most popular fish in the entire hobby. They dont get talked about as much bc everyone knows them and most have kept them. Not much to talk about. Green neons are a little more obscure so people talk about them more.

A 55 and a 75 look basically the same to the untrained eye, a 75 is just deeper. Better to get the spouse mad once instead of twice

If you want to have more success with guppues, the best way is to breed them yourself. Guppies born in your water will be more healthy snd haply than the highest wuality guppies from the most respected breeders.

I think tiger barbs would get along with those listed. More "semi aggressive" than "moderately peaceful" but thats glass half empty vs glass half full. The polar blue hybrid cyclid thing is another one.

You should try breeding them out. Id buy some mini-platies

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Order trio of a nice strain of guppies and 6-12 quality neo shrimp. I a few months itll be a mess of life and color. For plants i like dwarf sag. Some emersed sweet mint will help with watrr quality and air quality

@Dreams of Aquariums on further inspection, some of the young females have green in their tales as well. I wonder if in a few generations theyll all be green

Some of the males have some green in their tales, especially the youngest generation. So, id say your theory holds water.

Aqadvisor is kinda weird, it uses a logarithimic scale, which in it self is rather confusing but i see no reason why to use it. Even aqadvisor knows its really conservative, like itll say 110% but also that its totally fine. Stocking is mostly a judgement call. There is no good rule. Like in your 29 it seems like you have a lot, but its mostly catfish and inverts, you have only 12 tiny fish in the open water. I think your tetra would be happier with 20 new friends.

I think you could double everything and be ok tbh. Not saying you should, but you have some room

I notice livebearers do this right before giving birth. Is it only females or males as well?

I think this is where the issue lies. Some petcos and petsmarts have really great and knowledgeble employees, but few if any have good fish. They are all on the same system, they don't quarantine, and they don't even carry the good meds so they couldn't treat them if they wanted to. If this is your only source of fish then i recommend treating from day one. I would treat with salt as this is a very effective treatment and guppies arguably prefer salt. Start at .5% and climb up to 1.5% salinity if you see any signs of illness. (Consider investing in a refractometer) Prazipro will hit what the salt doesn't so consider it. With guppies, you are really buying the genes, as it is the second and third and beyond generations that will really be good for you. Hope this helps. I love fish but getting new fish is the best and worst part of this hobby.

I read it as "is alive no more" and waa about to offer condolences. Ill offer congratulations instead

I understand that, but thats not what i am saying. The males are much more colorful that the females, but its the color itself i find odd. In most guppy strains, the amount of coloration varies, but not the color

Some of you my remember the guppy i had in This tank a while back, and while the little lady has since passed she is survived by a dozens of sons and daughters and hundreds of grandsons and granddaughters. The strange thing is, all the daughters and granddaughters have blue tails like their matriarch while the males all have red tails. Is this common? I understand variation in color in offspring but i dont understand why it would be tied to sex.

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