Recent content by MoxieIV

Don't get otos until the tank is mature, at least 6 months. They are very sensitive and will starve in a new setup. Cory cats are great and if you get pygmies you can get a nice small shoal of them, at least 5 of them.

Tank parameters are: temp ~77, gH 120, kH 60, pH 7.5, nitrite 0, nitrate 20. I don't have a tester for phosphates yet.

Is that right about the 3 mL's/gal peroxide? That works out to 165 mL's (5.5 oz.) per treatment. That seems like a lot. I'm running the light for about 8.5 hours/day. I'm using Flourish twice weekly. Tank parameters are

Thank you. Do you have to re-treat on a schedule? I'll go turn off the filters now.

Can I use an alge killer in my planted tank. The link about it a couple posts down just goes to a dieting page. The black brushes just came out in the last week. At this point it's only on my amazon sword leaves. Thanks for the advice.

I also wouldn't get tiger barbs with angels. The tigers tend to be very nippy.

Get some more corys. They like to be in groups of 5 or more.

That sounds overstocked to me.

Also, going by what you have listed on your profile page your tank is extremely overstocked. The goldfish are also cool water fish unlike the rest and they have a very high bio load.

I'm in.

Ammonia is also at zero.

Today I came home to a dead Cory. It was looking more pale than the others last night & was staying isolated from the others. It looked like it had a bruise on its right side. Today, after dying, this it what it looks like: Does this look familiar to anyone? The tank is 55 gal...