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I am looking to re-home my pleco. I believe she is an adult female (not 100% sure). She is about 4-5 inches long, over a year old, and quite active (when she's not hiding in the driftwood :P ). I wish I could keep her, but I recently had to take down my large aquarium and so she is staying in a...

At my LFS, they had a ~40g tank full of Gold Gourami. I came in to buy one, and ended up walking out with two. An employee told me they were all living peacefully in that tank for a long time and two of them would be a great idea. Today, it's been about a month since I bought the two gourami...

Thanks for the detailed response :) Gourami - Sorry, I didn't mean that Honey Gouramis were a color variation of the Dwarf! I'm just looking for a non-dwarf gourami in general. The Pearl Gourami looks fantastic. I really hope my LFS will get those in. I definitely want to add 1 gourami of some...

She's about 3 inches long.

This is my bushynose/bristlenose pleco. I got her about a year ago. Because she is so skittish, and usually doesn't come out during the day, I rarely have the chance to get a good look at her. Today, since I moved her to a new tank, I could get a good look at her as she's settling in to the new...

I upgraded to a new 45g tank! I'm still in the process of slowly moving fish from the old tank to the new one, and in the meantime I'm thinking about what I'm going to add. My current stock is kind of haphazard so I'm looking for some advice. Currently Have: - 10 neon tetras. Add more or is...

Sadly my albino cory didn't make it. He died a few weeks ago. He started worsening and getting skinnier, then I noticed some red on his insides - internal bleeding perhaps? I am really not sure if this was a disease or if there was something wrong with the water (I tested it and did water...

Well, his odd behavior started up again. It's been this way for over a week now. Sometimes he is even trying to JUMP out of the water! He gets about half his body out and keeps splashing at the surface. :s Also, I almost never see him resting anymore. Corys do swim around a lot, but I see them...

I bought an albino cory at a Petsmart about a year ago. He wasn't in the best condition, but I figured that once he went into a good tank, he would eventually heal up. Well, I've had this particular cory for about 1 year now, and he is not getting any better. His fins, especially his...

Yep you were right :) And yes the room temperature is around 75 degrees. Thanks!

Hmm I don't know what temperature it was, but I always let the water sit for a while before putting it in the tank, so it is close to room temperature. I don't think it was cold. But I didn't know that may cause them to breed, that's very interesting :) Well, today he is back to normal. He went...

So after I did a water change, my albino cory was showing off some weird behavior today, which I've never seen in a cory before! Instead of hanging out on the sand with the other cories, he decided to stay at the surface of the water. I know they tag the surface to get air, sometimes even...

Keep an eye on Petco's Facebook page, they usually advertise there when the next sale is. At my location, they had other brands like I think Marineland and Aqueon, however ONLY the Tetra brand tanks were actually part of the $1/g sale. I didn't know they were the worst quality though, I bought...

I'll go with the Dwarf Gourami :) I'm not 100% sure on the BN pleco yet -- they grow to 4-5 inches in length. A 20g feels a bit small to me too (even though he assured me a 20g is fine). I'll be adding the fish a little bit at a time, so I'll see how I feel about it when all the other fish are...

Hmm I read that the Bolivian rams are very hardy and not too expensive ($7.50 each). I will consider them for the tank too. Out of curiosity, can dwarf gouramis and bolivian cichlids be kept together? I will probably end up getting just one species or the other, though. Someone brought up a...

Yeah if I decided to get two, I'd stay on the safe side and pick a male and female. Thanks for the great suggestions!! (and if anyone else has more, feel free to add of course!)

Fred and George look awesome :) I called my LFS and they have dwarf gouramis. Hope my tank finishes cycling soon!!

Hmm interesting. I'm not a fan of guppies, but I'll consider the loaches again. I had never seen a Harlequin Rasbora before. I looked them up and they look cool, but they need a pH of 6.0-6.5 and my water is around 7.1.

I love the idea of adding the gourami! Maybe I'll get a pair. I've never had a gourami before but they seem like very hardy and beautiful fish. 8 kuhlis sounds like a lot, and don't they grow to around 4" long? I would have to get a tank upgrade very quickly... What do you think about one of...

Yeah. I'm still not 100% sure of what it is, and it sounds like ich is really common... If it is ich, there will be white spots on the fish right?

Ah that is interesting! My ammonia is at 0, and it looks like my Nitrates have dropped to about 30ppm. Maybe she was flashing because of all the water changes (and the high Nitrates, but it looks like it's getting better). Anyway, she has been fat for a few weeks now, maybe she really is...

I'm setting up a new 20g tank and when it finishes cycling, I'm adding in my existing 5 neon tetras and 5 corydoras. I also have some plants in the tank (not sure of their names). Is there any other species I can add to the tank? On AqAdvisor it says the tank's stocking level would be 53% --...

I haven't tried peas - thanks for reminding me, I will try it. I haven't seen it poop, but I rarely ever catch my cories pooping. No, I haven't introduced anything new to the tank in several months. No new fish, and I don't feed live foods. I did notice it scratched itself on the sand...

My cat is fat. What is wrong with him/her? Temp - 74 F pH - 7.5 Ammonia - 0 ppm Nitrites - 0 ppm Nitrates - ~40 ppm About Nitrates - I was out of town for a few days this week so I overfed them a little before I left, which I think is what made the nitrates rise... Regardless, the cory has...

Ok, 20% was a safe estimate, sometimes I end up changing more (last week it was 50%). I'm just afraid of changing too much at once and abruptly changing the water chemistry. But I will change more weekly now. :) I have a planted tank, and the plants really are wonderful.