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No thoughts from anyone?

I've got a new 40 gallon long and can't decide between a South American biotope or an Asian biotope, the tank will be heavily planted. SA: 14 neons 10 julii cories 10 otos 8 x-ray tetras 2 rams(GBR or Bolivian, haven't decided yet) or Asian: 10 harlequin rasbora 6 kuhli loaches 3 siamese...

Fish survive out in the wild with little to no food for weeks at a time, they'll be fine. Especially since most people overfeed to begin with, they won't be emaciated before you leave. As suggested above, a partial water change is probably a good idea.

As bettaowner said, you need a much larger and longer tank than a 30g tall. And once you got the larger tank, smaller tetras would probably be a bad idea.

If you don't mind my asking, why do you have them then? People raise livestock for food or money, while pets are for personal enjoyment. Unless you're breeding fish for profit, I'm not sure how they could be more like livestock to you.

Any updates? I'd love to see how that moss wall turned out...

I think that sounds great! I'd love to see a picture of it, that seems like it would look really cool.

I wasn't suggesting that for you. I'd like to have a pair of rams, but have no interest in breeding them, so I was wondering if a same-sex pair would get along?

What about same-sex pairs? Would 2 males or 2 females get along?

I'd keep it a South American themed tank and go with the GBRs or add a small school of Otos.

What are the other fish in your tank?

Is that really so hard to do? And you can get a pack of 50 sheets from Walmart for $2. So don't tell me that it is easier or cheaper to paint it. I've never had issues with the paper fading or getting wet. And if it did, I'd spend 1 minute replacing the sheet with another one. So whatever...

To avoid having to scrape off the paint if you decide you want to change it, I just attach black construction paper to the back of the tank. Looks just as good as the paint, and if I ever decided that I didn't want it any more, all I have to do is peel off the tape holding it up.

The eel will get too big for your tank and the pandas should be kept in small groups.

Its also not appropriate for your tank. The panda garr would be better off with at least 3-4 of them. If you want to stress out and kill your fish, go for the eel then. If you want to be a responsible fish-keeper, then listen to what the people on this site suggest.