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I was planning on moving the loaches and snail to another tank, if the goldfish worked out, but it didn’t- so they’re staying. 😊 I don’t think I’ve seen them locally, but maybe I’ll have to watch for them.

Thanks so much for looking into this for me! This is a wonderful suggestion. I don’t have experience with rams but I will look into it. Do you have any recommendations for purchasing rams?

Yes. 19 inches from top to bottom. a centerpiece fish with a community. something with kuhli loaches, Hillstream loach, and mystery snail.

Figured that would be the answer, but we had to dream lol. 30 inches long, 13 inches wide, and 19 inches deep.

update: thanks for the help everyone! I am glad I reached out before changing my whole setup. I am putting Ranchu Goldfish on my “someday” list. When we get a bigger house with space for a larger tank ☺️😅 Hey there! My daughter and I fell in love with the adorable ranchu goldfish. They are so cute! I’ve done lots of research and I’m thinking about converting my 36 gallon tank to hold two of them. The problem is that I know that they require lots of work with water changes and extra filtration, especially with smaller tanks. My question is- before I invest $100+ for a couple 3” ones- is 36 gallons too small?? Will it be a headache?? If it wouldn’t be a good fit- what are some friendly fish that have fun personalities?? No livebearers please. After the headache of dealing with hundreds of baby guppies, I don’t want to go that route again. Thanks for all the help.

me too 😃

Alright, my fish are shipped and will be here soon! I just had a few last questions regarding the quarantine tank and the sponge filter. I've never used a quarantine tank, so I'm a little nervous. So, for background, about a month ago I set up my new tank and started to cycle it. It went through the nitrogen cycle and grew lots of algae, and my plants are growing like crazy. I added some cherry shrimp a couple weeks ago, and they are fat and sassy- doing well. One even molted yesterday! The water is holding up with consistent readings for the past couple weeks- it's perfect. Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 25 (I have plants and have been using Easy Green- hence the nitrates). Anyways- about 3 weeks ago I added a small sponge filter to use in future quarantine tanks. My water responded positively to this new addition and got much better readings very quickly. My question is this: will this little filter have enough bacteria on it after 3 weeks? I'm a little nervous as I worked so hard to get my tank to where it is now, but it would be sad if my QT wasn't quite right, and I lost some fish. Would it be okay to squish my main filter sponge in the QT water to add more bacteria?

I got a surprise mix! I can't wait to see them. 😃 These will be my second edition to my newly cycled tank. I've got 4 cherry shrimp in it for now- to clean up the algae- and they are fat and sassy. 😃 I am a bit worried about that. I've put my extra sponge filter in the QT. Its been in my cycled tank for a few weeks so I hope it has enough beneficial bacteria. I'll be keeping a close eye on it. Maybe I'll add some more beneficial bacteria for good measure. Sounds reasonable to me. 😃 thank you.

Hey there! I’m expecting an order from Twin Cities Guppies this week, and I have a few questions. I’ve had fish in the past, but I am new to buying fish online as well as using a quarantine tank + meds. My biggest question: is there anything I need to do differently when my fish are shipped? My concern is that the fish will have already gone without food for a few days and then a week without food during the med trio- isn’t that too long? When should I feed them? How long can they go without and be okay? Are guppies sensitive to meds at all? What day should I feed them after receiving and acclimating them? Should I hold off on the meds for a few days? thank you!! https://www.aquariumcoop.com/blogs/aquarium/quarantine-tank?_pos=1&_psq=quarantine&_ss=e&_v=1.0 I should add that these are the resources that I’ve been using to get my quarantine tank ready^^

Hooray. Here’s todays levels: nitrate: 50 nitrite: 1 kh: 80 ammonia: 0 I still haven’t added fish. I think we are making progress! I was super surprised to find the ammonia at 0 today. It's been .5 for several days. Now to wait for everything else to even out.

Thank you all. I think I’m starting to understand the cycling process. 🐠

I think I’ve watched this before- but I’ll watch again. ☺️ We have had fish before for several years- but we didn’t know anything and didn’t test, cycle or anything.👎🏻 So I still consider myself a newbie. We didn’t lose many fish though… in fact, we had lots and lots of Molly babies we had to give away…. but I want to do it better this time. I’ve got a bigger tank, live plants, beneficial bacteria, a quarantine tank setup, testing kits… etc 😄. If I add fish I will definitely do lots of water changes. We are starting to see a little algae so I was hoping to add something to help with that while we wait for things to settle. I don’t plan on overwhelming my tank with a lot of fish at first. Gradually over the next few months. Our budget has forced us to be patient- and do things this way regardless of our excitement. I’m trying to sort through a lot of information, so thanks for being patient with me. 🙂

Oh good- I did add some beneficial bacteria + plants

Okay- I guess I’m in it for the long haul 😂. I didn’t mean to do a fishless cycle but we just don’t know what kind of fish we want yet…

And if we decide to add some fish soon? It’s just been put together in the past couple days and I’m hoping to add something soon.