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Moving her to an alternate tank in case of fin nipping or a need for quarantine.

I have a female betta in a 20 gallon tank with a few albino corys and ember tetras. We've recently been through a bit of an ordeal and had to do a fish-in cycle with an overstocked (for cycling, not generally) tank (new setup and fish at the same time, ofc), but luckily I think we made it...

So funny thing, my spouse just decided that he needs the vertical tank on his desk with some blue velvet shrimp. Seems like the perfect thing to put in there so we're going to start cycling it today. I suppose I could just put some shrimp in the main tank eventually, I'm sure they'll breed and...

I definitely won't be adding anything for a while. It looks like the Siamese AEs grow up to six inches and prefer schools, I think even one might be too much for my tank overall. If I'm going to add six inches of fish I'd prefer a small school and I was thinking about Otocinclus catfish at some...

Do you think that a consistent once a day feeding is a safer bet? Maybe alternating days with less or more? I really do get a bit annoyed/worried about the amount of waste in the tank. I know it's hard to starve the fish but I also get anxious that they're hungry while they're stressed. This...

Thanks for the reply! I'm glad to hear that someone has good opinions about fish-in cycling, every article I find online spends half of the body really emphasizing that it should only be done in emergencies if you can't return your fish. I really do get it, but man is it panic inducing and I am...

Hi there! Fair warning, I'll do my best not to ramble but I'm kinda long winded and intend to be as thorough as I can. This will probably be a lengthy post. Thanks in advance for whatever time you take. :flowers: I made an introductory post yesterday but didn't want to get quite this detailed...

Oh geez I'm sorry if my last comment sounded curt, it wasn't meant to. I was half asleep and honestly appreciate the info this forum has provided so much. That was the most thorough breakdown I've come across on fish-in cycling in my many days of frantic googling lol

Yes thank you I did read this post and this is the procedure that I have been following

Thank you! And thanks for letting me know that you think leaving everyone is the way to go, the cost of disruption vs. benefit of extra space was exactly the issue I was unsure about. I've definitely been trying to make sure that I understand all of the chemistry of it. So far my ammonia has...

Hello! My spouse and I recently decided to get some fish. I've never had much experience in this area, but he worked at a chain pet store as a teenager. I'm sure you can guess where we might've gone wrong. Unfortunately we are about nine days into a fish-in cycle. Of course I anxiety googled...