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The guppy was not in there for very long! This is perfect for shrimp.

I've got a 150 x-tall tank planned for natives so these species have been on my mind! Gorgeous fish and fascinating behaviors, and I'm sure that goes for the wee pygmy versions too. Pygmy sunfish are what we would call around here killifish - I think there is some confusion as to where to...

Ok - pygmy! I definitely was thinking regular sunfish.

Sunfish need a bigger tank for sure.

I would personally wait a couple of months on new additions. I like a tank to "mature" a bit and settle in. The biobugs are not completely established and solid right now, in that disruption of the substrate or filter could cause a cycle easily. Can you tell I've been burned too many times...

(Edit: Sorry, not SW!) 2 gal bowl, natural, no filtration 5 gal natural, no filtration

I think you'll be okay in terms of bioload, assuming you don't have many more babies, and the very small size of them means the bacterial colonies can grow right along with them. Keep checking the ammonia and nitrite like you've been doing but I don't think you'll have any trouble. Congrats!!

We need numbers - can you estimate how many adults and how many babies?

Here's my newly acquired Peckoltia sp. L147 (often caught along with clown plecos and misidentified as such). I'm pretty sure it is a female and is an adult at about 6" long. She is pretty secretive and has a cave in my 150-gal SA setup. You can see the long tail fin extension

Ok, so personally I'd be looking for bright colors, like blue and yellow, but this is hard in a 6 gal. A school of some of the micro rasboras, emerald eye tetras, ember tetras, celestial pearl danios (or whatever they're calling them now!) plus a small school of some of the very small cory...

I'm WAY more concerned that you have ammonia. All my tanks run pH 7.4-7.6 so don't worry a bit about that. Neons are not the hardiest of tetras so I'd do a PWC and keep that ammonia low. You're going through a cycle so you'll have to watch things closely.

That looks so nice! What did you think of the LFS?

This sounds like spawning behavior to me, but you say the angels are six weeks of age? This is a very tiny angel if so, and a bit early for spawning behavior.

No problem on the stones. What I do after cleaning with bleach is to rinse well, then soak in a bucket with an overdose of dechlorinator. You have no worries at all after that. I also think the tank looks good! However, I can understand if she thinks something doesn't look quite right. I have...

I'd start off with 7-8 fish and be sure to test for ammonia and nitrIte daily to see what happens. That is a VERY encouraging sign that the LFS would bother to give advice about cycling the tank, etc. Many of them are just selling merchandise so hopefully this will be a good resource for you. I...