Sara
Aquarium Advice Freak
Hi All -
After doing my research and then some, I think I am finally ready to buy fish for my tank. I was hoping to get some input from all of you fabulous people before I actually take the plunge...
I set up a 10 gallon tank before the holidays with epoxy coated gravel, fake plants and a few fishie hiding places. The filter is an Aqua-Clear and the heater is keeping the temperature at about 76-78 degrees. Its been running for about a month...
Yesterday, I placed my order with Bernie for some Bio-Spira...so hopefully the cycling will take care of itself.
Once the Bio-Spira gets here, I'd like to stock my tank with the following:
2 Cories
2 Black Phantom Tetras
8 Neon Tetras
I know that this is a fairly heavy bio-load, but I am pretty obsessive about water changes and tank maintenance in my other tank (a 2 gallon with a Betta) so I'm hoping this will be ok.
A few outstanding questions I have are:
(1) What kind of Cories should I get? I'd like ones that are as small as possible...
(2) If I'm adding the Bio-Spira, should I just add all of the fish at once or in phases?
(3) Will the two types of Tetras school together?
So that's everything that I can think of at the moment. I would absolutely love any words of wisdom or advice that anyone can give me so I can avoid losing any fish.
Opinions are welcomed and *greatly* appreciated...
TIA!
Sara
After doing my research and then some, I think I am finally ready to buy fish for my tank. I was hoping to get some input from all of you fabulous people before I actually take the plunge...
I set up a 10 gallon tank before the holidays with epoxy coated gravel, fake plants and a few fishie hiding places. The filter is an Aqua-Clear and the heater is keeping the temperature at about 76-78 degrees. Its been running for about a month...
Yesterday, I placed my order with Bernie for some Bio-Spira...so hopefully the cycling will take care of itself.
Once the Bio-Spira gets here, I'd like to stock my tank with the following:
2 Cories
2 Black Phantom Tetras
8 Neon Tetras
I know that this is a fairly heavy bio-load, but I am pretty obsessive about water changes and tank maintenance in my other tank (a 2 gallon with a Betta) so I'm hoping this will be ok.
A few outstanding questions I have are:
(1) What kind of Cories should I get? I'd like ones that are as small as possible...
(2) If I'm adding the Bio-Spira, should I just add all of the fish at once or in phases?
(3) Will the two types of Tetras school together?
So that's everything that I can think of at the moment. I would absolutely love any words of wisdom or advice that anyone can give me so I can avoid losing any fish.
Opinions are welcomed and *greatly* appreciated...
TIA!
Sara