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I grew up with tanks and live plants--for the more complicated, high maintanence stuff--forums

I did it in college. 10 gallon, low light live plants, low bioload of hardy fish--all the things that lead to a stable tank that doesn't need such constant maintanence. I set it up at the beginning of the school year so it was quite stable by December. Left it over the holidays. Moved it to...

Don't know if you've gotten enough yet...but next time I'm thinning the tank--I usually have tons of Bolbitis heudelotti and I have a Anubias barteri v. 'coffeefolia' or two that are taking over my small tank that you can have--if you're interested.

So, I've been quite neglectful of my tanks for the last few weeks...and while the large tank hasn't seemed to notice...I now have an algae issue in the smaller tanks. I know what to do for the green spot algae (start up the phos again) but what about hair algae? (Short of the...

I'm another vote for "yes, definitely". Two options, as have already been mentioned...either with mature foam from a filter (I've done this several times, starting even a new shrimp tank without any losses) or with live plants (although this requires slower stocking). I never fishless cycle.

Glofish (genetically modified danios) are very active swimmers. I wouldn't put them in a tank as small as 5 gallons. Shrimp would be great and mine are really active and fun to watch. A dwarf puffer would be another option--they're suppose to be quite responsive. As for the...

Hi Kara, Welcome. I'd check out the planted tank forum for planting suggestions. They're lots of ways to do planted tanks ranging from complex to simple... and which you want depends a lot on the answer to how to do it. As for undergravel filters and plants. Yes, you can do it. Many...

I've used carbon alone and it works amazingly well (so much that I didn't realize how badly the mopani releases tannins...) :)

Dwarf puffers are fresh water. However, they're supposed to be quite territorial and not conducive to many tank mates. Dwarfpuffers.com is a pretty good web site about them (there've also been a couple articles in a few of the big magazines lately...can't remember which ones though...sorry!)

If you plant the rhizome under the substrate it'll rot. However, I have several rhizome plants (java fern, anubias, bolbitis) "planted" in the substrate by their roots. I've done this with Eco, gravel and sand. I'm able to anchor just the roots in the substrate and keep the rhizome above the...

Hi all, I've been reading a ton about shrimp...and like keeping fish...there are a lot of different opinions of what to do. So I'm curious what people here do with their shrimp set ups and what has worked/hurt. I've just got my RCS today. They're in a planted, shrimp only tank. I'm...

I'm another who leaves it in until it's gone. (Rarely stuff has lasted, maybe 48 hours...but that's unusual since I've a large gibby and otos). I've never had problems beyond the fact that it does break down which would then make it hard to get out if it hasn't been eaten.

Let's see. So, 96 liters is about 25 gallons. You could easily keep a pair of angels in a tank that size. As has already been said, corys like to be in groups. Most people say at least 6 ideally. I've never had bristlenoses...so I'm not sure if both would be too many bottom feeders or...

As QTOFFER said, they're genetically modified. So essentially they're just zebra danios with an extra gene. That's why they'll breed. (Not really hybrids...) Like any danios, they're better with a group since then their chasing stays in the school. They will school with "regular" danios...

Of course you could combine the two. Angels and rams often work well together. (They're both south american cichlids and like soft water). Rams will pair off like other cichlids...but I would think with a 55 gallon you could probably have more than one pair. Many different tetras could...