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@AndEEssthe food for the Cory’s and bristlenoses if more formulated for Cory’s and has Cory in the name but on the back it says it is also suitable for kuhli loaches and plecos. I will also be supplementing the plecos with vegetables and once I actually add the plecos to the tank I will be getting algae wafers as well but when I went to the pet shop to get all the food they didn’t have any in stock. @Colu the 2 frozen foods I got are blood worms and brine shrimp. They also had a bunch of other frozen foods available but those were the 2 I saw the most people using and talking about so I assumed they were the best. At the pet shop I didn’t see anything with hikari on it but I’ve seen a few people mention it so I will definitely keep an eye out

@Guppysnailthanks. I have a wafer thing that’s meant to be good for the Cory’s, loaches and the bristlenoses as well as a flake and a pellet for the angels and platies and 2 types of frozen food as well. I am hoping to get a friend to add some driftwood to the tank today for when I get the bristlenoses. Amd I always have heaps of verges available because my birds eat a lot of them so I also plan to add bits of cucumber and stuff sometimes for the bristlenoses. I have also added some caves a few days ago before I left home and plan to buy some more when I purchase the plecos. the angels should be 3-4cm when I get them, the plecos will be the same and Platys will be fully grown, kuhli loaches will be 5-7cm and Corydoras will be about 3.5cm going from the website for the place I’m getting them from. so the kuhli loaches will be the largest and everything else will be about the same size

Ok so I want 5 different types of fish in my 40 gallon aquarium. The temperature should work with all of them but I’m not sure about the ph. I did 2 different ph tests, a paper strip one and a digital one and both said the ph is 7.4 These the fish I want and the ph ranges suitable for them that I found online: Kuhli loaches: 5.5 - 6.5 Angelfish: 6.8 - 7.8 Corydoras: 6.5 - 7.8 (Peppered and albino) Bristlenoses: 6.5 - 7.5 Platys: 6.8 - 8.5 i got what I could from the aquarium coop page but couldn’t find a couple of them on there so got the information from a couple different sources. what I am wanting to know is will they be ok together in a tank with a ph of 7.4? Should I try to get the ph down to 6.5? If so how could I lower the ph without using chemicals that will keep the ph lower when doing water changes and stuff? Does driftwood work well for lowering the ph? I just don’t know what to do or what I’m meant to do. I haven’t got any fish yet but am hoping to get them all in just over a week (adding a few at a time, like one type each week so adding all the fish over a 5 week period) once I’m back from holidays (only ever go on holidays for 2 weeks over Christmas so will be at home with the fish and my birds most of the year) also unsure in which order I should add the fish for them to work best or if it really matters, I was thinking angels last because they are most likely to get territorial, and Platys first since they are the cheapest? Here Platys are $2.50, Cory’s are $6.30, brislenoses are $14, angels are $10, and kuhli loaches are $6. also is there any difference between the chocolate/black and the stripped kuhli loaches? Both are available and the same price, only difference is the chocolate ones are a cm longer. the tank is fully cycled and all the ammonia levels and stuff are safe. I will test again as it gets closer to actually adding the fish.

I just set up my new (first tank since I was a young child) 150litre (just under 40gallons I believe) tank. I also got 2 smaller tanks with it which are 62 litres and 45litres. I should be adding fish in about 2 weeks once I’m back from holidays. I have decided on the types of fish I want but I am unsure on the quantity of fish I can add to the tank. I know having the tank in front of a window isn’t ideal but I don’t really have space for it anywhere else and there are windows and large glass doors everywhere, this window lets in the least light. To make up for all the natural light I don’t have a light in the tank. I’ve had water in the tank for about 2 weeks and live plants in the tank for about a week and there have been no signs of algae so far. I have 2 internal filters and a heater in the tank as well hidden in the corners behind plants. There is 35-40 live plants in the tank, it looks like it takes up a lot of room but in reality it’s a fairly deep tank and the plants just cover the back part of the tank in a thin line, a bit thicker in the corners. for the plants there is a specialty plant substrate with some black pebbles on top and the sand substrate is in most of the bottom of the tank because one of the fish I want are corydoras (wanting both peppered and albinos but unsure how many I want) and I read and watched some videos that said a sand substrate is best for them. not sure how filled the tank should be like how much space should be between the water and the top of the tank so if anyone can help with that? There are glass lids on the tank under the wooden top as well so fish can’t jump out or hit the wooden top. there are 5 different types of plants, I’m not sure if I need a larger quantity of plants or more variety? I will be getting caves as well before I get the fish so the front won’t be so empty. I live in Australia and it’s hard to find heaps of different types of plants for reasonable prices near me. Fish I can get what I believe is really cheap though. EDIT: the fish I’m wanting are angelfish, kuhli loaches, bristlenoses, corydoras, and possibly some Platys. im planning on adding the bristlenoses first, then the platys if I decide to add them, then the kuhli loaches, then the corydoras, the the angels. I know corydoras and kuhli loaches have to be in groups so I would need at least 6 of each of those but I’m not sure how many I should get of the other types of fish or if I should get more than 6 of those. I would get them all pretty small and if there are issues with aggression or anything I have the 2 spare smaller tanks I can separate them into and I’m planning on using my 60litre tank as a quarantine tank