Hello from Los Angeles

[DaPrawf]

Hi. I’m getting back into the hobby after taking some time off because my golden retriever wanted to play with the fish. (She also watched TV. Odd dog, but I loved her.) Starting with a moderately planted 29 gallon tank. Java ferns. Various sizes and varieties of Anubias. Lots of Bucephalandra. Lots of moss. Duckweed. Finished cycling and added 5 Venezuelan Orange Corydoras as my first fish. 

[Zenzo]

Welcome back to the hobby. Feel free to share a photo of your tank. 

[nabokovfan87]

That's awesome, always good to have more people from Cali on here. 🙂

Welcome to the forum!

[DaPrawf]

Thanks, guys. Here’s a photo of the tank pre-stocking. It’s a Vizio 29 gallon. AquaClear 50. Fluval 100W heater. Airstone. Finnex planted 24/7 crv LED. 

[DaPrawf]

First fish. Five Orange Venezuelan Corydoras. I read a lot of conflicting advice about whether to use sand or gravel. But I saw a video from Cory McElroy that corydoras live on sharp substrate in the wild, so I'm hoping smooth gravel should be okay.

Edited August 2, 2022 by DaPrawf
Added some more explanation. Corrected typo.

[lefty o]

they will be just fine on that gravel. welcome aboard!

[anitstuk]

They look good so far! 🙂 

[ccc24]

Hi! Welcome!

[nabokovfan87]

On 7/28/2022 at 1:13 PM, DaPrawf said:

Thanks, guys. Here’s a photo of the tank pre-stocking. It’s a Vizio 29 gallon. AquaClear 50. Fluval 100W heater. Airstone. Finnex planted 24/7 crv LED. 

The ohko is very cool. I enjoy how you've set it up.  I'll be ver intrigued to see how things progress for you!

On 8/2/2022 at 12:31 PM, DaPrawf said:

First fish. Five Orange Venezuelan Corydoras. I read a lot of conflicting advice about whether to use sand or gravel. But I saw a video from Cory McElroy that corydoras live on sharp substrate in the wild, so I'm hoping smooth gravel should be okay.

based on the photo. 100000000% get some sand please!