Recent content by Hawklady

Hello all, I recently got some advice that made me think and I just wanted a second opinion. I was planning to do a tank with Cardinal Tetra, Emerald Green Coryadoras, snails, shrimp, and dwarf frogs. A very knowledgeable seeming person on a forum told me to pick between the frogs or the Cory...

Thanks, I'm still trying to figure out how to stock it but will post pictures everywhere I have posted to repay folks for all their advice. It'll be awhile. I'm going to take my time and do my best to get it right the first time.

Thanks for letting me know that! I also discovered through more research today that the glass cats don't like lively fish and .. rainbows are lively as well. So, the rainbow fish AND the guppies had to go and now I'm looking at this set up which I *think* may actually work.

Hey, thanks for the heads up on the shrimp, I'll leave them out for sure!

For comprison this is coming in at 86% but it seems crazy, or wrong somehow that I can add the corry and the guppies and have it only jump 14% but when I add just the snails in when I started they alone came in at 15%. Maybe there is something I'm not understanding about how this works...

Hi all, this is the set up I'm considering. I was told that I should keep my stock under 86% and am wondering if you think this will be manageable or if I'm over doing it. I read on a different thread here that aqadvisor can be overly conservative so hoping that I can get some advice.

Hi all, I stumbled across your site after doing TONS of research for a 55 gallon tank that I'm setting up as a total novice. You see, I was pointed to aqadvisor on a different forum and told to keep it at 86% or under but my "dream" aquarium just wasn't adding up, despite the fact that the...