Longtime prowler :)

[EmilyC]

Hi, I've been lurking in your forums for a while to help get started and am finally posting! I have a 10 gallon guppy fry sanctuary and a 55 that I'm still in the process of stocking.

[Goldfish loach boy]

Welcome to AA, nice to have you here!
What are you stocking your 55 with, will it be planted, did you wait for it to cycle?

[cgthebeast]

Welcome to the club, hope you find some great advice here.

[EmilyC]

I did wait for it to cycle - I seeded it with an old filter from a smaller aquarium and it cycled very quickly ( I have an API master kit). It's sort of planted right now- trying to get some answers on CO2 and ferts( I've posted on the planted forum asking for advice). I currently have a small school of harlequins and neon tetras, as well as a lone platy and a couple of mollies. I'm really excited about getting cories, so I think some false juliis will be the next additions.

[EmilyC]

Originally Posted by cgthebeast

Welcome to the club, hope you find some great advice here.

Thanks! I've already gotten a lot of great advice by reading through different threads. I used the info on the site to set up my tanks. I kept fish as a kid and am really enjoying getting back into it! I see tanks taking of my home in the near future...

[Goldfish loach boy]

Ok, nice! That sounds like a nice stock!
I would add Julie's and an angelfish would be a nice centerpiece

[cgthebeast]

Or a gold gourami, angels sometimes eat neons :]

[EmilyC]

Originally Posted by cgthebeast

Or a gold gourami, angels sometimes eat neons :]

Yeah, I'd prefer nothing eating each other. Are gold gourami s dwarfs? Can I just get a single one, or do I need a pair? I also like the look of rams- are they aggressive?

[cgthebeast]

No , regular size? You could pull off two male dwarfs if u wanted. Gourmais are territorial so it's better if they live by themselves. GBR would be great for your tank and are peaceful

[Goldfish loach boy]

Golden or three spotted gouramis are more aggressive than angels, IMO

[EmilyC]

Originally Posted by cgthebeast

No , regular size? You could pull off two male dwarfs if u wanted. Gourmais are territorial so it's better if they live by themselves. GBR would be great for your tank and are peaceful

I really like the look of GBR, but I've heard that they are very sensitive. Do you have experience with them?

[cgthebeast]

Really it depends in the individual personality. All fish are different

[Goldfish loach boy]

I have had experience, I bought gbrs. And they died, now what I am doing is that I'm getting two Bolivian rams to have a bit of experience with ram behavior, and then wait to get your Germans, but they are very, very sensitive. Bolivians are very nice too

[cgthebeast]

I've had a pair , I added them after my tank ran for 11+ months and dripped acclimated slowly, they were great at first then my tanked cracked and they r not among the survivors