Recent content by landongolds

Well, thank you for your help, Aiken! I plan on following your advice.

Yeah, they're a very interesting fish in my opinion. Many aquarists successfully keep them in planted 5 gallon tanks as mated pairs and they can do quite well. The reason to keep 5-6 as far as I can tell, is to reduce rivalry among males. Okay, I wasn't sure if the betta's ammonia production...

Yes, I was planning on either a female betta or a male/female pair of sparkling gouramis. The small hardy fish I was thinking of would be a female Endler that my LFS sells as 15 cent feeders. Lord willing if they saw it through the whole ordeal, my guess is they'd be okay with the future...

Okay, thanks. I guess the whole fish food thing was wishful thinking on my part. I'll do a massive water change and see if I can work out a fish-in cycle. And yes, I've read up on a few people's experiences with these cycles and it seems like the best bet is to use a very small, hardy fish and...

Okay, are there any big negatives to doing a 100% water change that I should be aware of?

Hi everyone! I’m new to this forum and hoping that some of you may be able to help me out. I have a 5 gallon rectangular tank with an internal filter. The tank is moderately planted with Riccia, rotala, Java ferns, and Taiwan moss. Temp: 76-78° pH: 6.8 Ammonia: ~1.0ppm Nitrites: 0ppm...