Hello Aquarium Advice members! I was just hoping for some feedback, comments, or suggestions on my aquarium situation and set up seeing as how I am brand new to the hobby...
About a month ago I put together a planted tank from various Kijiji deals (Canadian craigslist). The tank is a 37 gallon tall (30"x12"x22") with a submersible heater, Penguin 200 bio wheel filter (running 2 cartridges), 24" t5x4 + moonlight LEDX2 light hood by Odyssea running standard plant bulbs(resting directly on the glass lid). The tank is moderately planted with a variety of species. some Val, Anubias, Rotala, Ludwigia etc. The hard scape is red Lava rock and dark brown Fluorite substrate. The tank is currently stocked with 2 dwarf Plecos, 2 Albino Corys, 3 Siamese algae eaters, 3 turquoise Rainbows, 2 dwarf Gourami, 2 large-ish Angels, 2 dwarf Puffers, and 5 Apistogramma Cocautoides; 4 female 1 male. I feed the tank a healthy pinch of flakes twice a day and half a cube of bloodworms once a day. I also use an overdose of flourish excel 2 caps a day, to battle a recent algae flare up ( hair and beard).
The tank seems for the most part peaceful though the cichlids fins are getting chomped by something I can't tell if they're doing it to each other or those sneaky little puffers are doing it. That being said I started out with 3 puffers but I found one dead 2 days after adding them, possible cichlid attack?
I was hoping someone could share their thoughts and insights on the this sort of set up. Should I add this or take away that etc. Thanks in advance!
About a month ago I put together a planted tank from various Kijiji deals (Canadian craigslist). The tank is a 37 gallon tall (30"x12"x22") with a submersible heater, Penguin 200 bio wheel filter (running 2 cartridges), 24" t5x4 + moonlight LEDX2 light hood by Odyssea running standard plant bulbs(resting directly on the glass lid). The tank is moderately planted with a variety of species. some Val, Anubias, Rotala, Ludwigia etc. The hard scape is red Lava rock and dark brown Fluorite substrate. The tank is currently stocked with 2 dwarf Plecos, 2 Albino Corys, 3 Siamese algae eaters, 3 turquoise Rainbows, 2 dwarf Gourami, 2 large-ish Angels, 2 dwarf Puffers, and 5 Apistogramma Cocautoides; 4 female 1 male. I feed the tank a healthy pinch of flakes twice a day and half a cube of bloodworms once a day. I also use an overdose of flourish excel 2 caps a day, to battle a recent algae flare up ( hair and beard).
The tank seems for the most part peaceful though the cichlids fins are getting chomped by something I can't tell if they're doing it to each other or those sneaky little puffers are doing it. That being said I started out with 3 puffers but I found one dead 2 days after adding them, possible cichlid attack?
I was hoping someone could share their thoughts and insights on the this sort of set up. Should I add this or take away that etc. Thanks in advance!