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    Tricky 36 Gallon Stocking

    The Krib has been alone living with corys for over 2 years... there are no problems with the current tankmates.
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    Tricky 36 Gallon Stocking

    The Krib has a cave that she essentially guards herself. It'll push the corys and tetras away from it, but never chase them around the tank.
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    Tricky 36 Gallon Stocking

    In my 36 gallon I currently have: 1 Kribensis 5 Black Skirt Tetra 3 Emerald Cory I've been looking to add more activity to the tank, however small schooling fish never seem to work out. I added some zebra danios and none of them made it, most of them mysteriously disappearing. I think I've been...
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    LED = Heavy Algae Problem?

    I just bought 6 zebra nerite snails to start and have the light on a shorter timer (7am-3pm). I'm pretty certain that I now only have 2 otocinclus, so I'd like to know what kind of algae eater you'd recommend.
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    LED = Heavy Algae Problem?

    I have a Penguin 350 and 150, each with a carbon packet to get rid of some color leeching I had early on with the wood.
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    LED = Heavy Algae Problem?

    I have a 48' Fluval Aquasky LED that runs on a timer, staying on from 7am-5pm. From what I can tell, I only have 2 of my original 6 otocinclus that I bought last week. There is a large piece of driftwood in the center, theoretically could be anywhere on that. I typically have it on a "light...
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    LED = Heavy Algae Problem?

    The only thing is that it's a display tank at the main lobby of a school. Is there any way to manage the algae from the inside without jeopardizing visibility? There are plenty of settings on the LED that I can test out and see if that helps, it's pretty bright right now. Suggestions on algae...
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    New Tank Time! Ideas???

    Get 3 mid-size, swordtails are good. I have a pair of Bolivian Rams in my 36 bow front and they are fantastic! Charismatic, stay small, very interactive and mildly colorful
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    New Community Tank Suggestions

    No experience with either of those fish, but I agree that Angels are good community fish that can hold their own if you buy them big. After that, I have a school of giant danios that are great, about 4in each and statistically some of the most active fish. Maybe gouramis too
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    Tank stocking suggestions

    The mystery snails are algae eaters and won't really eat scraps on the bottom like a Cory would. They say cories are schooling but they do perfectly fine in little groups in a small tank. It all depends if you want all individual fish or some small groups (which typically looks better).
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    LED = Heavy Algae Problem?

    I recently got an LED light strip for my 60 gallon freshwater tank and I've recently had big algae problems. It's at my school so I brought a glass magnet scrubber from home but that wouldn't scrape a lot of it off. There is now little speckles of red/brown on the front glass that won't rub off...
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    Angelfish Pair Aggression?

    Would that just apply to a pair or would you be able to add two and have a group of 3
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    Angelfish Pair Aggression?

    If not another angel, what else could I add? I have 6 gold barbs, 3 giant danio, 2 boesmani rainbows, and 2 clown loaches (ik they get big, won't be staying long term, probably get corys or angelicus botia) and plan on getting a school of oto cats for cleaning. Once again, it's 60 gallons, so I...
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    Angelfish Pair Aggression?

    I have one gold angelfish in my 60 gallon. I originally bought a pair, but the other didn't eat much and I found it dead after 1 weekend. I immediately replaced that and got a striped angel, but my gold, who had grown, picked on it and that one also didn't make it over 3 days. It's been a few...
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    Oto Catfish

    I have only 2 in my 36 gallon and they don't swim together at all. I have plenty of decor, rocks and plastic plants, so they always find something. Never thought about giving them anything special. They clean great though, the 2 keep a healthy amount of algae, it's never completely gone on the...
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