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I have a ten gallon and I want 4 corydoras in it. I'm leaning towards the false juli. Can I put them in the tank?

Hello all, is it allright if I put in 4 false julii corydoras with 3 female platies in the ten gallon? It has already been cycled with 2 platies. The substrate is soft sand for them.

Depends on the water hardness and how much of a profit you want. There's tons of endangered fish but the fish can be also very popular in the fish trade, like cherry barbs. Cherry barbs are endangered in Sri Lanka but they are very popular with the brand stores.

I would probably keep a few endangered fish and you can make a nice profit off the shrimp and guppies. I suggest breeding the guppies not only for their color but their resistance to disease as a lot of guppies are inbred as feeders and therefore very weak to disease. Maybe you can raise feeder...

If it's only a scrape it should heal up just fine in a couple of days. However, since eels are covered in a protective slime and excrete the slime in certain areas that might be damaged, so it could simply be slime buildup as a result of something else. I suggest you keep a close look at it and...

My room is always above at least 74 with the ac on but that skyrockets to 80 above without the ac. I was researching the badis and was afraid with their picky nature, they might have starved and I don't want to subject any fish to that if I do not have the food for them.

I've decided that the Scarlet Badis I was planning for might not do well after all. This will have RCS and this is to be a self sustaining tank which means no water changes or feeding the fish. The plants will serve as filtration. The RCS is to serve as food for the fish. I already have plans...

Might just put shrimp in the 6.3 and then shift a couple into the ten gallon when the ten runs low.I'll put in the dario dario in the ten. I'm planning on turning the 20 gallon I have into self sustaining, but I think that would only work with the plants as I have a variety of fish altogether...

I heard nightmares of the MTS colony takeover xD but other than that, everything seems good? RSC can eat the plants and the basis can eat the plants and shrimp.

I do hope you have good luck with your project :)

How many gallons are we going for here? Every gallon of water is 8 pounds and I'm not really sure the shelf could hold it. If you took out the middle column and reinforced the bottom shelf it could work. Keep in mind how to do water changes if the shelf doesnt allow for much space. You could...

Since the crayfish is out, is everything else okay? The spider crabs kinda freak me out and I don't think they would be able to eat anything in there, which defeats the point of self sustaining.

I was going for the dwarf version but if they're going to rip up my plants, well. I guess I can't have them. Too bad, really. They're really nice looking and someone on craigslist is selling them for 15 a pop.

I'm using the Walstad Method. No water changes, only topping off the tank when it evaporates. The idea is that the plants and dirt take care of the chemical filtration. I forgot to add that the inhabitatats of the tank will eat each other. I won't feed them but they have supply of food in the...

I'm planning on 2 self sustaining tanks. One is 6.3 gallons and one is 10 gallons. I'm planning on scarlet badis and RCS for the 6.3 gallon. For the 10 gallon, I was thinking maybe a blue crayfish with RCS. They will be planted with Staurogyne Repens, Rotala Rotundifolia, Hygrophilia Corymbosa...