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Ooooo.....excellent! Thanks for the list! Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

So they'd be a good match with the zebras? Could they handle the zebra's...err..."zest for life"? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

Thank you for the advice! Will white cloud minnows get along ok with my danios? Alternatively I was thinking about harlequin rasboras. Any thoughts? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

I've got a 29 gallon with 10 zebra danios (2 are long fin). The tank is moderately planted with smallish gravel. The filter is the crappy top fin hob that came with the tank. I'm looking to add some more fish. What would work with my active but friendly bunch of zebra danios? (Temp is about 23...

So frustrating! So they managed to find a space to sneak in. I fixed it, so I thought, and next thing I new, the little guy was back in with the big ones. I give up. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Ok last update... Just got home and 3 adults had snuck into my "airtight" / escape proof enclosure. The little guy was in there with the 3, all snoozing. I scooped the big guys out, but I had better figure out how they are getting in there to begin with. *sigh* These guys are sneaky. Sent...

Did the switch tonight but as I suspected, the adults went after him. Went out and got a divider, and everyone is happy for now. Sent from my SGH-I747M using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I have a lone zebra danio "teen" who's about 3/4 of an inch (age undetermined...I posted about him a while back; maybe 6 weeks old?), and he's in a 10 gal with about 20 (2 week old) smaller siblings. Once in a while he tries to catch them but so far he's not big enough and seems to be...

Well, it happened! Nitrites dropped to zero ... Nitrates were on the low side but I think it was due to the plants. I didn't believe it so I added ammonia after pwc, and 24hrs later it was converted, with 0 nitrites. I checked partway through the cycle and there were detectable nitrites so I...

Interesting, I will try it. I never thought of the buffer thing, makes sense. What is off gassed water? Sent from my SGH-I747M using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Still about the same. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I'm doing a fishless cycle on my new 29gal planted with java fern, anubis, and other misc plants. I took chunks of filter from my mature 10gal, and at first it was pretty good. I added household plain ammonia, and within a couple of weeks my readings were : Ammonia was 0 Nitrite was 0.5-1...

He's still alive! Sent from my Nexus 7 using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I tested the water today and unfortunately the nitrites were way too high- they were off the charts I ended up moving him to a small Tupperware container and I shifted some of the plants into the container as well. I'm really hoping I can find a fry container that I can put in my regular...

I have a 2L container at work where I keep aquatic plants, right now it's jammed with Elodea. It also has snails, protozoa, and misc. crud in it. Just yesterday I noticed a lone tropical frying there. I have never bred fish and I have no idea how he got there! He's about 1cm long with glowy...