MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Hello my name is Michael and I have been for close to four years and started using aquarium co op products since I first started having planted aquariums. I have never had a bad product and plant from aquarium and love all the products the co op team make. I have 6 tanks currently in my room. 5 them are fresh water and one of them is brakish. This is my first planted tank I started out and has grown over the 3 + years I have it. I am currently cycling an 90 gallon as we speak too. The 40 gallon breeder has 11 to 12 beckford pencilfish and 7 juili corydoras and 5 octos. And has fluval 207 canister filter running it. Here also my other tanks. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 The first picture is a 5 gallon I remodel and has 2 sparkling gourami and ramshorn snails. I breed the ramshorn snails to feed to my figure 8 puffer Kirby which is in the second picture. He or she is in 32 gallon fluval flex which is been set up for 8 to 9 months. The last picture is my 29 gallon community aquarium with 4 harlequin rasbora and 2 peckcock gudgeon and group of ramshorn snails. I am going to get some more harlequin rasbora in the next couple days because it's too small of school. I am thin like 3 or 4 More of the harlequin rasbora would be great and probably more peacock gudgeon as well If find any near me lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 I also wouldn't mind to take any feedback for my tanks and I am excited to be part of this community of fellow aquarium keepers.😊 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 On 3/25/2023 at 12:10 PM, MichaelL710 said: You tanks look great Michael! I’m a big fan of the Figure 8 puffer. This 40B just screams “Bolivian Ram” at me. They’d make a nice centrepiece while not being too boisterous for the other fish imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Thank you so much and I never thought about them and do you think if I keep one in there it wouldn't be over stocking because if so, I was thinking about getting a new center pice fish for that thank. I had a female pearl gourami that I got from a breeding that live for a little over 5 years. I have 11 to 12 beckford pencilfish and 7 juili corydoras and 5 octos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afishionado Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Especially with that level of plant growth, I don’t think that would be overstocked at all. A pearl Gourami would be another great option for that tank. Both are peaceful fish in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Awesome that's great to hear I might look into get a Bolivian ram. I also that way harder the German blue rams because they need hotter temperature water. Which I have the 40B on 76 degrees so that sound like a fantastic idea thank you so much. My 90 gallon the I am currently cycling right I am thinking of doing an red shoulder severum and a school of bosmani rainbow fish and some geophagus tapajos red and a blue phantom pleco. If you have another stocking ideas that would as personal as a severum would I would love to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Welcome to the forum @MichaelL710. That's a beautiful growth of val (Italian?), do you know the pH and KH of the val tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 So my PH is 6.5 and kh is 0 Thank so much for the very nice comments you guys I really appreciate it. I have very soft water lol but my puffer tank has aragonite sand and coral rocks in filtration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levi_Aquatics Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Love that val in the 40!! What fertilizers do you use? Any special light or substrate? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Currently I have an fluval 3.0 light on it but I use two lights on it. However fluval 3.0 is bright enough for both lights I had on it so I just have that one on it. For the Substrate use a mixture of fluval aquarium soil and eco complete. For fertilizer I use the best fertilizer wich is easy green. And easy iron. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Henry Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Have you ever tried corkscrew val in your KH 0 water? I have failed on numerous attempts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 No i haven't but I have tried drawf sag and thats works like a carm with low light setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 One Bolivian should be fine. I have one in a 20 gallon that runs 2 sponge filters and he has 20 schooling fish above him (10 Harlequin Rasboras and 10 Black Neons). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelL710 Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Awesome thank you so much for the response and I will do more research on getting one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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