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It sounds like we have similar tanks as I have low light plants and does Excel. So are you thinking just get some LED strip lights and attach them to the underside of the hood? I have since done some research and see where people wrap strips around PVC pipe and place them in a gutter so it...

Can you post those links again? It looks like those links direct to the orders page. Thanks.

I have a 50 gallon tank (36" wide) with a stand and hood I built for it. For the last several years, I have installed two 36" fluorescent tubes to underside of the lid running off of a ballast mounted in the back. I want to convert to LED and was wondering if anyone had any ideas of some DIY LED...

How many bolivian Rams do you have?

Thanks for the replies. I have been away for a bit so haven't gotten back on here, but the cardinals I added a few weeks ago are getting bigger so its time to add more. These fish make me nervous as it seems like it depends on which one you get as to whether it will eat the other fish or not...

Yeah big like a gourami. So I could easily do 3 angels and then still have room for a gourami later? I have always like rams but it sounds like they are difficult to keep from what I have read on here. What kind of gourami do you have?

I was actually thinking of angels. I just bought 6 cardinals today for a total of 10 so I will wait a few weeks for them to get bigger. I was worried more about the shrimp but they keep multiplying so they might be ok. I figure angels might eat some of the really small ones but the bigger...

Hello all. I have posted here before looking for advice but it is time for some new fish again. I have a 50 gallon planted tank and some fish have died over the last several months. I just did a thorough cleaning and trimmed the plants way back so it is a good time to start restocking...

Thanks for the info. Maybe I better skip those because everyone has always gotten along in the tank and I want to keep it what way. I'll probably just get gouaramis again since they worked the first time. I'll post more about that in the gourami forum. I didn't even realize the temp was too...

I just read about GBRs and it says the range is 78-85. I keep it at 78 now. What temperature do you recommend? I don't really know a whole lot about them. I was just asking the guy at the fish store for some recommendations he mentioned those. People seem to be surprised that the gouaramis...

Mine is about 6 years old now and I just feed him algae tablets daily and he and all the other bottom feeders eat those. I do give him zucchini in the summer once in awhile when I have them for dinner and just blanch them as described above. I have one of those suction cup clips and those do a...

I got 4 corys yesterday and looked at other fish while I was there. What do you think of a pair of German Blue Rams plus maybe a single gouarmi?

Hey thanks for the reply. I will get 4 more corys to add to that school. I have never looked at congo tetras before but I will check them out in the store. Do they get decent size? Are you saying those instead of pearls or get both? I like to keep a peaceful tank too especially with all...

This is a 50 gallon 36 x 18 x 18 tank that has been going for several years and since I just cleaned the filter and trimmed the plants way back, it's a good time to add some fish as I haven't gotten around to it in awhile. So right now I have about 8 harlequin rasboras, 9 or 10 cardinal tetras...

Thanks for clearing that up about the pearls. I have heard mixed things where some say just 1 and some say its fine as long as there is just 1 male, but last time I ended up with 1 male and 2 females and they still seemed to chase each other around a lot. The one female is the one that ended...

Hello all. I haven't posted in awhile but I am ready to get some new fish. At one point, I had harlequins, black neons, cory cats, otos, 3 pearl gouramis, a bristlenose pleco, a bamboo shrimp, and tons of red cherry shrimp. As some slowly died off and were replaced, right now I have: 3...

I have a 50 gallon tank with 2 -36" T8 25 watt tubes overdriven. There is a large piece of driftwood and a smaller one and low light plants that grow very well. I leave the light on for 8 hours a day. Brush algae grows primarily on the wood and I have been keeping it under control by picking...

What type of catfish?

If you like shrimp, get some red cherry shrimp. Since they are like $5 each, I didn't want to spend $50 to get 10 of them in my 50 gal which they still probably wouldn't stand out. So the store sold me 10 very very small ones (i mean you could hardly see them) for a couple bucks and I threw...

I think I originally had 6 so maybe I will get 2 more. Funny you mention that because ever since I trimmed the plants a couple of weeks ago, I am seeing the coriies a lot. I trim them every few months but have never seen them as often as I am now. They are pretty fun to watch! I used to have...

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Great. What do you think, like 6 maybe? More? Then I would have two shoals (the rasboras and the tetras). Would I still be able to get one more shoal of something else in there? I really would like another big fish in there but I don't want to disrupt the pearl so if there is a risk of that then...

I ended up buying 4 more harlequins and a bamboo shrimp. I looked around the shop and saw some green neon tetras that I have never noticed before. I think I like those better than the regular neon tetras and they would probably look pretty good in my tank. If I added those instead of getting...

I'm going by the fish store today so I think I'll start by buying 4 more harlequins to up them to 8. Then I'll take a look at everything there and if there is anything that catches my eye I'll check back with you guys to see if it will work. Thanks for the replies.

I thought about doing that and getting them back up to 8 each, but kind of wanted something different. Will those tetras school with other types of tetras? Or if I add more of the same, can I add a whole other school of different fish as well? I would also like to have at least one other fish...