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Hi all, I have a 72g bow front tank w/ 2 406 canister filters My current community: 1 angelfish 3 boesmani rainbows 7 tetra glofish 3 rummynose I've tried stocking more rummynose, but I can't keep them alive for anything! Should I get more rainbows or is the tank not big enough? Any...

Thanks for the responses. I'll try and do smaller water changes and less prime and see if that helps. I'm temp matching with a thermometer before putting the water in, so it's very close to the correct temperature. The Ph from my tap is 6.0 and the Ph in the tank after 24 hours is 7.4. In...

Everything I've read said that if I use the python to change the water (which I do) I should dose for the entire 72g, not just the water I'm replacing

I add 3 capfuls of prime each water change. My tank is 72g

When I was cycling the tank, the Ph would constantly crash. I put the crushed coral in the filters to keep the Ph up. The readings from my source water normal 0 ammonia, nitrites and nitrates. The Ph out of my tap is lower than what's in the tank, that's why I think the Ph might be the...

Hi all, I've have a fully cycled tank for about 2 months now. I had 8 rainbow fish in the tank for a few weeks and they all seemed to be doing great up until 2 weeks ago. After I changed the water (30% water change) 2 of the rainbows died 2 days later. I did another water change 2 days ago and...

Thanks guys, I'll get the rainbows next and hope they do well in the tank. Then I'll get the sterbais and figure out what schooling fish to get after that

I was using pure ammonia

Thanks coralbandit, it's good to hear that they're just not hardy fish. I'll def get the rainbows next. What kind of rams would you recommend? Are all of these fish OK in 80 degree water?

Hi coralbandit I had the temp at 81 degrees but when I posted that in another forum (fishlore) they said that was way too high, so I lowered it to 78 degrees. Here's my stocking list plan, what would you recommend I get next? 10x sterbai corys 8x boesmani rainbows 12x rummynose (will now need...

I was adding 4ppm of ammonia to the tank and it was dropping to 0ppm within 22 hours. I really doubt 12 small tetras would be considered a "sudden increase in bioload".

I listed my parameters above. No ammonia or nitrites in the tank. Not really sure what else I can do at this point

I noticed two weren't schooling with the others, but many more than two have died

Hi all, I cycled my tank over the span of a month and purchased my first fish (12 rummynose tetras). I acclimated them slowly over a 2 hour period and 7 have already died over the past 3 days. No idea what I'm doing wrong, but seems like cycling was a waste of time. 72g bowfront 2x fluval 406...

The pristellas look pretty cool. Are there any slightly bigger tetras? I like the size/shape of the glofish tetras, but I'd prefer a more natural looking fish

Thanks for the reply. Any recommendations for a schooling fish to go with boesmani rainbows? I plan on getting 8 rainbows eventually but want to start with 12x of a smaller schooling fish

Hi all, I'm happy to say my tank appears to be cycled (0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, lots of nitrates within 24 hours. Doused my tank with 3ppm ammonia again a few hours ago and will check in 24 hours to make sure it's cycled). I have a few questions on what I should do next 72g bowfront 2x fluval...

Thanks joeman. What order do you think I should stock the tank?

How's this sound? 12x Cory cats 7x boesmani rainbows 12x tetra glofish 1 gold gourami

I'm not married to the idea of a centerpiece fish. What do you think would be a good stocking without a centerpiece fish? Preferably incorporating cory's, rainbows and glofish

Thanks for the reply. Would one angelfish be bad? Do they need to at least be a pair? I've read some conflicting stuff with some saying there could be only one angel in the tank and others saying there should be two, although they may fight. I really want to avoid any fighting. Some also...

Hi all, Just joined the forums a few minutes ago (after lurking for the past few months!) I finally got my tank setup and started my fishless cycle a few days ago. I figured it's time to start thinking of stock. Here's some info on my setup: 72g bowfront 2x fluval 406 filters 2 heaters Live...

Hey all, Started my cycle a few days ago and figured I'd finally join the forums (after reading a ton of helpful posts from others). Here's a few pics of my tank. Still no idea what I'll be stocking it with so hoping to get some ideas from everyone! (Still deciding on background too)