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    Need some advice on my crazy tank

    This isn't really a question about my filter. My filter is fine. I've had it for years and its never filled up like this. If someone could offer me advice on my original post that'd be great.
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    Need some advice on my crazy tank

    Yeah definitely replacing the media, NOT the entire filter...
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    Need some advice on my crazy tank

    To start off I have a 20 gallon high tank. One larger piece of driftwood in the middle. A bit of water sprite. Sand bottom. 5 panda corys. Roughly 100 cherry shrimp. Unknown number, but definitely over 10, snails of some sort (small). Basically I started this tank as a casual tank that...
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    Need recommendations

    I have an update and a problem. In my 20 high I have 6 corys, 2 otos, 6 neon tetras, 2 red cherry shrimp. Everyone has gotten along fine for a while, why wouldn't they, they are all peaceful, my parameters rock. The shrimp have even spawned a few babies already. Couple days ago the neon...
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    Hello all! I am starting a 20 gallon! Questions!

    That's great. Good to hear. Love the black sand. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Hello all! I am starting a 20 gallon! Questions!

    I switched a tack from gravel to sand two weeks ago, also moved it to different room. I kept filter wet and reused about 3 gallons of dirty a$$ water. I even scrubbed tank clean of algae. Tested water two days after it was running again and it was perfect. Added fish next day. All doing well...
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    Hello all! I am starting a 20 gallon! Questions!

    It's probably fine to add them right away but I'd text your parameters to make sure Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
  8. R

    Moving

    They will be fine. But it is stressful. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Moving

    Yeah a 5 gallon drum or two should be enough for all the gravel, you'd be surprised how much fits in one drum. But then have a separate one for just water, fish, and plants. Moving really is easier than it seems. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Need recommendations

    I'm back to considering apistos. Who cares if they are $15 a piece. But I do have a question no one answered yet, some websites suggest if you just have a pair then the male may pick on the female. They suggest that you have one male and 2-4 females. Is this absolutely necessary?
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    Moving

    I personally prefer nothing in tank while move. No water or gravel. Its just so much weight and scares me. When I moved I had two 5 gal buckets, one with wet gravel, and one with fish and as much water as possible. If you can somehow try to keep filter somewhat wet too. But I wouldn't mess...
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    New tank question...

    Yeah I wouldn't worry about hiding. If your water is fine and thy aren't getting in fights with other fish, which they obviously aren't in your situation, then I wouldn't worry about it. Fish get shy and they will come around. Sometimes they get freaked about by us glaring at them from the other...
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    Need recommendations

    I'm in GR so an hour away from lansing. If you ever are on the west side of the state you should stop in bluefish aquarium. It's also amazing. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Need recommendations

    And these panda cories are awesome. So active and energetic Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Need recommendations

    Hm, yeah I think they are super interesting to watch. I might give it a try but to be honest I don't remember seeing any at the lfs. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
  16. R

    Need recommendations

    Yeah I do not want tiger barbs, want peaceful fish and I've heard they can be nippers Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
  17. R

    Need recommendations

    Ok I think I will. Just thinking here, if I went barbs instead of apistos, would the option of a few ghost shrimp come back into play? What I have right now is pretty friendly, how would the barbs do with shrimp? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Need recommendations

    They did have cherry barbs and they did look nice. Maybe I'll get a few of them next week. Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
  19. R

    Need recommendations

    So I got 6 pandas and 6 neon tetras. For now I'll let them have the tank to themselves. Cac apistos were $15 a piece, so I'm considering doing something else. Any suggestions for a good match with cories and neons? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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    Need recommendations

    Good suggestions, thanks. I am beefing up my filter to a aqueon 50. Question about food. I don't want to purchase five different foods, what should I buy for feeding the cories? Right now I only have cichlids tetra flakes. Would those be sufficient for the apistos? Also I've read some places...
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    Need recommendations

    I only made a quick stop at the lfs to grab a few things so I only got a couple minutes to look around at the fish. They definitely have about a dozen panda cories. There was another spotted variety but I think I'm sold on the pandas. Tomorrow I will be buying probably 6 of them. I did see...
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    Need recommendations

    I didn't have a specific type of corys in mind, but I do know that my lfs has panda corys, and they look pretty sweet, so I will likely go with a handful of them. Apistos are what I'm thinking as the centerpiece fish, just a couple of them. I hope my lfs has some in stock. And yeah, tetras...
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    Need recommendations

    I can't remember what filter it is exactly. It was just the 20 gal one that came with the tank when I bought it a few years ago. It's always worked fine. Do you think I'd need to beef it up some if I stocked it with all them fish? Or just a good idea to? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
  24. R

    Need recommendations

    Ok so no kribs. How about apistos? I'm not interested in rams bc they always seem upset and butthurt about something. Bunch of Cory's, couple snails, couple apistos? What about shrimp? Are they compatible at all? What kind of fish would be good top swimmers? Some sort of cheap tetra? Sent from...
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    Need recommendations

    Ultimately for Cory's I will have to see what the lfs has Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice
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