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Doesn’t look like you got any responses on this post, so I’ll give it a try. There’s a lot of research you’ll need to answer that question. You’ll have to find the type of fish that is native to this type of environment. Then you’ll need to figure out what the filtration needs will be. Read...

Doesn’t look like it’s overcrowded to me. Filtration appears satisfactory. I’m far from an expert but I wouldn’t put a pleco in a planted tank.

Have freshwater tanks for years and never seen the likes of those bugs before?

The Mrs had a salt display at her work some time back and it had worms similar to those and I had never seen them before and I did salt tanks in the mid 90s. I always associated worms like that with an infestation but I didn’t do coral or shrimp. Anyone know what they are?

It would depend on your filtration, water changes and feeding routine. Since goldfish are ammonia machines and excrete a lot of it I would over-filter the begezus out of it and really control the feedings. With 50% water changes a week not being out of the question. You may find that large water...

When I tested ammonia in the past it would always read .25 (in Arizona) in tap water before even being exposed to any fish water, opinions vary but it was constant and my tank ran successfully with a large Oscar and half a dozen Clown Loaches. Neither exhibited any distress. I was doing 50% pwc...

Without seeing it or knowing what your filtration, occupant capacity or what kind of filtration your running, I can only make a generalized recommendation. I would re-clean the ornaments, rinse or replace filter media with tank water, increase water changes to 40% weekly, decrease lighting to...

I’ve seen those before in my freshwater tanks, I think they were called Copapods….they never got on my Oscar but I really didn’t like them in my tank. What type of treatments have you used to eradicate them. Wonder if a dosage of copper would work? Perhaps a dose of Melafix? Would turning the...

I’ve never been able to get driftwood to sink regardless of what I did to the wood. I’ve thought about attaching a heavy piece of slate to the base but then there’s the problem with how to attach the wood to the slate? Perhaps siliconing the wood to the slate ? I wonder if a stainless lag screw...

Well let’s see….I remember I was in my 20s and I wanted to build my own stand for a 55g tank. I had a job working in a small Elementary School in south Phoenix as a custodian. Part of my job was to irrigate the fields with irrigation water. This particular memory, I recall getting the water...

Any way to get a pic of them?

Putting cichlids with dither fish will turn the dither fish into live food. You’ll soon end up with a cichlid tank. Experience has taught me the only way to have a successful cichlid tank is to stock it heavy allowing for the chaos theory to take over.

Large tanks allow for the variety you just outlined. As long as the filtration, water parameters, feedings and maintenance is keeping with the requirements and their not at each other’s throats (acting too aggressively) you should be alright. Every environment is different and can change or stay...

It’s entirely subjective, if a Molly strikes your fancy then make it so…..

Hello everyone I’m TUCCI. Got away from being a longtime fish aficionado and after 10+ yrs I’m studying up to catch-up while I’m supplying myself with what’s needed to gear-up a 75g display. I’ll be doing a lot of reading and jumping in here and there….nice to be here.