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Since I moved away from my original plan and now have peaceful fish from mixed regions, what would you recommend to go with the brilliant rasboras? I am going to add 3 more brilliant rasboras and 2 more cories to bring those totals up to 7 and 4, but I'll still have room in the tank. I was...

Sorry... 4 brilliant rasboras and 2 spotted corydoras. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

No worries. I am actually pretty happy with the ones I got today even if they go against my original plan. I am thinking now that I will just get a few more of each of them plus a dozen or so cardinal tetras and forego the larger predator fish. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice...

I think rainbows look so weird. I picked up some brilliant rasboras and spotted corydoras this morning. The rasboras school beautifully but are still too small for me to feel comfortable adding a larger fish. (And yes I know I went against my own guidelines. Call it an impulse buy ?) Sent from...

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Do your hatchets jump? I'm not a huge fan of angels and I have heard rams are sensitive to water conditions. Being fairly new to the hobby I don't want to do rams just yet. I keep coming back to one medium sized SA cichlid (convict, firemouth, blue acara, etc) and/or pictus catfish with a group...

I can't do Africans because my pH is naturally in the mid 6's. SA I like and have thought about doing a single blue acara, but can't decide on a good schooling fish to pair with it. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I am back to square one with my tank after a failed group of silvertip tetras so I need some stocking advice. I am not partial to any particular fish, but I do have a few "wants". I want the fish to all be from the same region. I don't need a pure biotope, but I don't want to mix continents...

I like that combo in terms of the colors, but I really want to stick to fish from one general region. If I did barbs and a shark I wouldn't do rummys and vice versa. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Oh I did. Full refund. Back to square one with how to stock the tank though. I want some schooling fish, but I also really like the bigger predator fish like SA cichlids and pictus catfish. It's a 40g tank so I don't want to have only 1 or 2 fish though. Oh well. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using...

Update... All of the fish died. :-( I brought my water sample back to the store even though everything looked good from my end. After they tested it they said my pH was about 6.8 while theirs was 7.2-7.4 and I must not have transitioned them well enough causing shock, stress, and eventually...

Ok so I just got back from the store where I picked up an air pump, air stone, tubing, and aquarium salt. I haven't added the salt yet, but the 2 larger fish already look a lot happier (the 1 small one might not make it). Seeing as though they are tetras, is salt really okay to use? Sent from...

They aren't sticking their mouth above the surface, just hanging out real close to the top. I will try those things and let you know how they work out. Thanks! Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I can't really see anything wrong with the gills. I love animals but it is so frustrating when they are sick. If only fish could just talk this would be easy!? Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

Tested the ammonia last night...0ppm. Tested the nitrite and nitrate tonight...0ppm and 5ppm respectively. temperature is still at 76. I look a minute to observe the fish that are left. All have pretty rapid hill movement and are still hanging out near the top and close to the filter flow. I...

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Would you recommend a water change then? I think I might get the air stone just in case. It certainly can't hurt. I am going to keep the lights on low for a couple days to try and minimize the stress to the remaining 3 fish. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I didn't notice any warning signs in the store but it was also one of the higher tanks and I couldn't see the bottom of it to check for dead or dying fish. Quarantining is unfortunately not an option. It was like pulling teeth to get my wife to let me have one tank. I think if I got a second one...

Big box. I called my lfs before heading out and they didn't have the fish I was looking for. Could the oxygen level have been low? I don't have an air stone and they have stayed at the surface since I put them in the tank. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I appreciate your help sk3lly. I may be new to the hobby but have had lots of time to read up on everything and I was at a loss too. We'll see how the other 3 fare. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I don't have an airstone but I am running an aquaclear 70 on high. I acclimated by letting the bag sit in the aquarium water and slowly replacing the bag water with aquarium water with a 5ml dropper. As for ph, I think it was around 6.8 when the cycle completed so it did go down a little bit...

I cycled for about a month and completed the cycle last Thursday. I will check the other levels tonight but nitrite was an 0 and nitrate was at 5ppm before adding the fish. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

On Saturday I added 5 silvertip tetras to my newly cycled 40g tank. They haven't eaten since I brought them home and as of this morning 2 of them are dead. I checked the water and ph and ammonia are both good (6.4 and 0 respectively). The water temperature has been around 76. I don't know what I...

I was just thinking about it some more... What if I scrapped the blue acara and went with bleeding heart tetras and silver tip tetras to go with the pictus cats? Would that work? Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

My tank is completely empty right now as I just finished cycling so I want to get some opinions on how I should stock it. I have done a fair amount of research and I really like the blue acara and pictus catfish. I am thinking 1 BA and 3 pictus. But I want to have more than just 4 fish. I was...