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so currently i have 7 neons (that i will up to 10) and 4 cories (that will be upped to 6) 3 harlequin rasboras (no intention of restocking them, I have someone waiting to take them to put in their kid's 20g and willing to up their numbers (he takes care of the tank, the kid is really young)...

yes yes. I'd recommend API root tabs and Jobe's fert sticks (can find them at like lowes for like..2$ for a lot) just snap the Jobes in half and you can place them in the substrate too along with the API root tabs. That combo is what has made my amazon sword explode (along with the cycling...

corys prefer sand because they sift thru the substrate. Gravel is ok but you HAVE to make sure it is round, small... VERY small, and smooth otherwise you might injure your cories. i have false julii's in mine and they're silly little guys. I can always tell where they've been in the tank cus of...

Added some neon tetras and really liking the activity now. bought 3 more harlys (someone came in friday and snagged most of them litterally just an hour or so before me) so I still gotta get 3 more but i got 8 neons, though i meant to get only 7 but the guy gave me an extra (found out after...

yeah thats what a figured. the 5 corys seem to be just fine. always grouped up and swimming around my tank at hyperspeed like little kids. I have no problem with my BN having fun in the sand. I don't care if my sand is 'uneven' because ya know, sand isn't completely flat in their environments...

the heater? yeah i can put it anywhere, but id prefer to keep it in the middle of the tank as I rarely see it run that often. Maybe... 3-5 max during the day and once or twice during the night? It's winter now so I expect it to be off the majority of the day as it warms up but yeah, where it's...

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BAHAHAHA yeah a lot of people find the heater an eyesore XDit is a bit "Meeeh". That amazon sword should hide it real well when it grows more.. which i doubt won't be long since within a week it sprouted 5 new stems, 2 of which are now 3inches long. Rediculous... thought they were slow growers? XDDD

Acclimating now. got more plants <3<3 very happy. my 2nd piece of driftwood is coming in monday and will go on the left.

Well it finally happened. I tested this morning and Nitrites were still there, though for the past 2 days it has been slower to change to purple. What I mean is, when I hit the spike the first time, the tube changed purple IMMEDIATELY after adding the drops, before even inverting. The past two...

fyi, my ammonia now is dropping real low 1-2ppm in a day or two and my nitrites are 5pppm+ Nitrates are going past 10ppm so I'm hoping this will be over soon :P My stock list will be as followed: Harlequin Rasboras x10 Cory x5 BN Pleco Betta I'm 100% content with this stock now :D Ganna go get...

As of today the ammonia reads: 2-4ppm Nitrites are around 2-5ppm Nitrates are somewhere in the 5-20ppm (oranges are a bit difficult to tell apart but I'm leaning more towards 5ppm just cus it's still got a yellow-hue) Is it just me or is this cycling really fast o-o I thought it took about a...

I've read you should keep ammonia topped off at about 4ppm. With no fish in there, there is nothing to worry about. Once the bacteria 'get strong enough', as you could say, they'll be able to eat through 4ppm of ammonia and all those nitrites within 24hrs. You don't have to worry about...

I have a 4200k light in the stand atm, though I'll be going out this week to get a new bulb (6500k) and I have flourish substrate with sand over it and API root tabs. I'll be getting liquid fertalizer too (The flourish stuff, since most people seem to have the best luck with that) and will...

yeah first tank. P: i might just do a little water added by use of a cup because I don't feel like spending that extra few bucks for tubing haha it's not neccissarily quicker but I feel with drip acclimation I might accidentally forget about it because.... I've done a few things like that before.