FaintingGoats

Thank you for the advice!!!! I really like the Panda Corys and Sunset Gourmis!! The panda's are like little blimps and the gourmis look so great in planted tanks. I haven't really settled on a middle layer or schooling fish yet. I was hoping the Co-Op peeps would have some suggestions when we go in and can see them! Thank you again!

Thank you! I am pretty pumped!! It has been a long journey already but I have learned so much! That totally makes sense about the size of the tank and the amount of meds to put in! Thank you for that tip! I was thinking about doing some Sunset Gouramis and panda corys (bottom layer). I don't really have a middle, "schooling" fish picked out yet. I was thinking some rummy nose tetra's or maybe some neon tetras but I was going to wander around the store and see what caught my eye. I also am having some issues with the Bladder snails and ramshorn snails that came in on my first plants. There is one big bladder snail that we really like and have named but we now have hundreds of little bladder and ramshorn snails everywhere. So I was thinking of doing some dwarf chain loaches or zebra loaches but haven't really settled on those as I do like the panda cory's more.

Hi All! I have a lightly planted 29 gallon tank that has been "cycled" (aka the plants are growing, algae is showing up, no ammonia or nitrites) and I am going to the Co-Op to hopefully get my first ever fish this weekend (and some more plants)!!! I have some questions about the process though. If I don't have any other fish in my tank (just plants and an incredible amount of bladder and ramshorn snails), do I need to set up a quarantine tank for the new fish? Would the answer to the previous question change depending on if I got more than one type of new fish or they came from different tanks at the store? My thinking is if I get one type of fish to begin with and they come out of a single tank, then I might not need to set up a quarantine tank. But if I get fish from two different tanks at the Co-Op then would I need to quarantine them? I just want to make sure I have everything prepared before I go get them! Thank you in advance for your help and I hope my rambling made sense!

Thank you for this input! I think you are right. As much as I was hoping to get fish soon, I think waiting until the new year is probably the best way to go. I have been doing the ammonia method for the cycling but I have heard that some people just use the Easy Green Fertilizer. Should I just use that from now on and try cycling again once I am ready for fish? Again, thank you all so much! I want to do the right thing by my future fish and am very new to the hobby!

Thank you for your replies!!! The tank I have is a 29 galleon. It has one of each of these plants: Pogo. Octopus Tiger lotus Mayaca fluvialis Dwarf chain sword it had some others but they died during the cycling process 😕 Here is a pic of the tank! This was when I set it up and I have removed the pots since then. I do have one good sized pond snail and a LOT of really tiny ramshorn snails in there. We like the pond snail but there are a ton of rams horns so I am sure we are going to need to deal with that problem as well.

Hi All! Long time lurker, first time poster! My first ever planted fish tank officially "finished" its fishless cycle this week!! (no ammonia or nitrite registering!!!). And I am STOKED to get some fish in there!! However, with the holidays coming up, I am a little concerned about the timing. I am planning on being away for about 2 weeks Christmas/New Year. And while, I do have some friends who can stop in and check on the tank, I don't know anyone who is an expert. Should I wait until after vacation (probably about 3 weeks away from now) to get fish? If I do that, how would I keep the cycle alive? I was planning on stocking the tank with some panda corys, sunset gourmis and some kind of schooling fish. Could I get a small amount of the hardiest one of those this weekend and get an automated feeder and someone to check on them for when I am gone? What do people normally do when they are out of town? Thank you all so much in advance for the help! I have loved reading this forum and am excited to officially contribute to the community!