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There's the freshwater tank showcase thread in the freshwater forums.

Did you treat your water before adding it when you did your water change?

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/news.php That's where I get a lot of my info. But there's plenty of other places out there that give fishy facts. And if you have any specific questions I'm sure there will be someone here that has hands on experience with the species.

I completely agree. And no, it wouldn't leave room for much else.

You're to kind. Now, as soon as Panther stops laughing at my blonde moment we can get back to snails and cuttle bones. :P

I stand corrected. I knew it did something. Apparently I remembered it backwards. :)

You do have to watch out for ph drops too. Calcium does funny things to water.

I would try treating and testing the water straight from the source. My ammo goes to a .25 every time I do a water change just from the chloramines in the local water.

Wouldn't you have to be careful with the live rock though? I would think it would alter the sg of the tank...

I use black or brown sewing thread. It blends in pretty well and evenually errodes.

You could do that. You would have to add a bit more gravel. And whatever new filter you get you just put the sponge/mesh part of your old filter in front so you don't lose bacteria.

Just added 32 inches of bubbles to the back of the tank. They seem to school quite nicely once you scare the "carp" out of them!

Awww! I love my albinos corys. They glow under the blue light. :-)

I took to long to type... everyone beat me to the punch... :(

You could keep him in there for a while. They are indeed a smaller than normal pleco. Being that they only get around 7". You could keep him for bit if you're planning on getting a bigger tank someday. Like in the next year or so. As far as adding corys with a pleco I wouldn't. There's not...

I think you could add 4 corys. But I wouldn't keep the pleco. They get to big for 10g tanks.

Yeah, I know. But for some reason it hasn't died yet. Haha didn't know it wasn't fully aquatic until after we got it. But as long as it isn't in any shade and gets good lighting it seems to do alright.

Welcome to AA! Having just recently tackled a fishless cycle myself, I will be here to help you though the empty tank syndrome you're sure to face. Haha Nice set up too. :-)

Sounds likely. Do they have any places to hide out? They really like feeling safe when they're molting.

It looks like mondo grass. I have some in my 26. Been in there since we started the tank. 1 of the 4 started looking a little frail so we pulled it. But despite what everyone said they seem to be doing quite alright. Btw, the tank looks amazing!

With 2 males you would have to add 6 females to counter the agression. Otherwise the males with harass the females to death (literally). You're best bet is to pick up 3 more male platys. A general rule of thumb for community fish is keeping them in groups of odd numbers, with no less than 5 in...

I'm not entirely positive, but I don't think you can. Brackish water is only about a 1/4 of the salt of a full marine tank.

Wait... are you saying that cycling a tank with fish in it isn't a fishless cycle? I can't imagine where you would come up with such a concept... :-P

Don't get to down about it. They're hard to come by. Nobody knows how to captive breed them so they're all wild caught. Takes time. But in the end you have something more that a WalMart fish. To me its worth the wait.

I hate waiting...