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The gold gourami sounds amazing actually, I was looking at them but saw the semi-aggressive tag and steered clear. Might just have to try that one out! Thanks for all the help with this

I read some places that gouramis are semi-aggressive, if I were to get one of them it would most likely be a gold gourami. I know sometimes it can depend on the fish, but would that get along with everything else in my tank? I have quite a few filters to pick from and always do weekly water...

Thank you! I'll definitely grab a couple of those then. I'm planning to go with a planted tank. This is so far my plan to stock: 12 Ember Tetras 12 Celebes Rainbowfish 2 Red Lizard Whiptails I was looking around for possibly a few bigger fish, but nothing caught my eye, and I think the schools...

Hi everyone, haven't had a fishtank in a while and I'm just getting into the brainstorming process again. The dimensions of my tank are 48x12x18H, and the first fish that caught my eye was the Red Lizard Whiptail Plecostomus. I've been trying to do some research on them but I haven't had much...

I just tested my pH, which was 7.4-7.8 a few days ago, and it's crashed to lower than 6.0. What reason would this have for happening? Edit-- I did a 60% water change and my pH is back up to 7.4, hopefully that'll get my cycle back in order as well.

Hi everyone! :flowers: I'm 17 days into a fishless cycle right now, and I have a question. For some background, on the first day I dosed the tank to 4ppm of ammonia. The ammonia started going down 6 days later, and I started to see nitrites then. Once the ammonia hit .25ppm, on day 10, I dosed...

Will do! Thank you so much, I was getting worried about them :fish2:

That's great news!! :thanks: I do have the filter flow turned down to the lowest setting, at high it causes big ripples through the whole tank :angel: I had it leftover from an old tank though, so I figured it'd be okay. :) Should I go in and trim any of the plant that doesn't look great or just...

Hi, everyone! :) I have a new 10 gallon tank that's fishless cycling right now. It's in the middle of the nitrite spike, >5ppm of nitrites but consistently bringing 2pmm of ammonia down to 0 every 24 hours. I added plants the same day that I added ammonia, on March 20th. I'm using Dr. Tim's...

Hi everyone! If this happens, it won't happen anytime soon, right now I'm just dreaming. I have a 48x15x18, 45g tank that's currently empty, and I've been looking at African Cichlids because I think it would be really cool to have a Cichlid tank. First off, I heard this is on the small end for a...

Thank you! (:

I just got a new Honey Gourami, and was wondering if anyone could tell whether he or she is male or female? Thanks! (:

Great! I have both of those, so that works well. Thanks! (: Thank you! (:

I also have a question on what I should feed all of these fish? Will the kuhlis eat sinking pellets? The mollies and neons I believe eat flakes. And the angel too? I'll feed algae pellets to the pleco. And what should I feed the ram?

Yes, it did, I just can't get it to work. The starter needs replaced, but when I put the good starter on it it still wouldn't work, so I'll have to get it replaced. Right now, the one hood I have is sitting in the middle instead of on the side where it should be.

Thank you so much! (: I really love how it turned out. I wasn't expecting it to turn out so nice, to be honest, but I'm very proud. (:

This is the fishtank as of tonight. (: I haven't added any live plants yet, because only one of the hoods that hold the lights work. I also couldn't find any fertilizer at any of my LFS. So I'll have to order it online or check the next city. I did find a piece of driftwood, though, so that's in...

Thank you so much! (: That's such a great thing to know. I'm soo excited to get this cycled and start putting fish in it. I took the pleco and angelfish off of my original stock because I thought it'd be too much, and now I get to add them back. This is seriously a dream tank for me. (: Thank...

Alright! (: I'll just post a few pictures of the tank so far then. It's pretty empty, and I might completely change it before I'm done, but this is when I first got it on Thursday to now. I'm planning on going to the store for more decorations and plants tomorrow.

Alright, I'll check them out, thanks! (: If I like how it makes my tank, I'll probably want to do that instead of having to restock on fertilizer all the time.

I'll see what my lfs has with angels and go from there. (: Thanks for the advice though, it's good to have all of the opinions. I've heard of people just getting 6 rams and letting them pair off then taking the rest back to the fish store. Would that be a viable option here? I actually very much...

Thanks, that's a lot of good information. (: I'm a complete newbie to all this plant stuff. I'll have to see what they're all priced at in my lfs, and try them out. I'll most likely get the Comp for sure. If I get the Leaf Zone, is it a replacement for Excel, or are they two different things...

What are dry ferts? Is it just dirt-like that you put in the water, or do you have to bury it like the root tabs, or..? How fast do the Flourish and Leaf Zone run out when used weekly? Do you have a recommendation on which I should use? I think I'm just going to go with low light plants and...

Okay. I was planning on trying to make it heavily planted anyway. Never done it, but there's a first for everything. (: Basically what I need for that would be the two fertilizers, and root tabs, right?

I'll probably just leave the tannins, since they're good for the tank. Yeah, I've heard a lot that angels should be added last especially when with smaller fish. I was going to go with Cardinals, but they're $5 at my lfs versus $1 for Neon Tetras. Do you think it'd be okay if they grew up with...