Recent content by BackInUtah

Hello all, I have recently fallen into a bit of luck and was given some aquariums. Then my wife agreed to let me set them up in an area and make it into a fish room if I can do it for pretty cheap. Here is what I have decided to do with them and the whole family (my wife and kids) are excited...

Any advice on how often to fertilize and with what?

Any ideas on a replacement for a gourami on the list by any chance?

Perfect. Thank you.

Yes. Life can be comical sometimes. It is funny how things happen sometimes.

Great. Thank you for the information on the rams. Are you saying I could do 2 pair of gbr and 1 pair of ebr or whatever mixture of those I want? Where would I buy these? You said to stay away from the fish stores, right? Thanks for your help.

My wife did not like it at all and the first one we saw had some sort of disease and was obviously dying. It scared one of my kids and he could not get over it the rest of the time. Every time we saw another one he talked about how scary it was and how he didn't want a fish that was going to...

So we just planted some plants in our tank. I need several more to be more heavily planted and then will begin adding our list of fish after the cycle is done..starting with 6 corys. We looked at fish while we were out and I now need an alternative to a gourami in this tank. Any ideas?

What is safe/prime?

That is helpful. Thank you. Do you put the roots in the h2o2 solution?

So the bleach is the same ratio and time as the h2o2? What does the bleach do? I definitely want everything clean before putting them in. Thank you again.

Can you explain the H2O2/bleach dip? What does it do exactly and how do you dilute it down? After that, is it just a quick dip in each then add them to the tank or do they soak and get rinsed or something? Thanks again for all your help.

Thank you. That is very helpful. As a follow up, do gouramis and angels not do well in pairs? I have read about aggression issues with gbr if more than two are together. Can you tell me why 5? Just trying to figure it all out. Thank you for your help. Also as a follow-up question. What order...

I was thinking neon tetras but if there are a different type that would be good I am certainly open to them. What about rainbowfish? How many of each type of fish would be good? Any other ideas?

Thank you again for all your help. The tank is finally being set up tomorrow. I will then be focusing on planting and cycling. Now I have to figure out fish. I am leaning toward angels, german blue rams, cory catfish, ottos, a rainbow shark, maybe gouramis with or in place of something on that...