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Ok so I have a 150g community tank and these are the fish I have. They're all babies. My question is, how many more fish can I put in?
4 golden dojo loaches
4 hillstreem loaches
6 albino cory cats
4 julii cory cats
3 cory cats with orange*fins
2 grey black and orange cory cats
1 African dwarf...
Thank you so much. That article was very helpful and I learned a lot. I knew I wasn't doing something right. I am not parting with my DW, so I will use your methods to remove the tannins. I'm doing a 50% WC right now. I'll post pics when I'm done with it.
So why did he ask that final question? What I meant was what are the consequences about not following the steps to let it cycle properly. Am I doing anything wrong?
The day by day run down of my set up is in my first post. I have florencent lightings, total of 80 watts, and they run 10-12 hours. I've read up about cycling, but decided to start right away. Is it that important? What are the consequences of not letting it cycle?
Edit: Picture is on its way.
Ok so I've realized my water is turning a yellowish green. I just started up my first 150 gallon tank. I installed the Fluval FX5 four days ago on Dec 12th. Then I applied black sand and added 2 cory cats, along with 2 large wood pieces. Last night I added 6 albino cory cats, 2 julii cory cats...
For abrage22.
Wow! I will research every thing you said. Thanks!
For marsh,
Thanks for the tip I will be carfull
For blert,
After reading your advic, I am going to buy a water test kit. thanks
For Hholly,
I am going to buy for the ph test. Thanks for the advice.
I have used well water for my outdoor fish in large rock bowls and small ponds. The fish have done well. Now, i have my first 150 gallon freshwater tank, is well water safe?
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:fish2:To start-up my 150 gallon freshwater tank, I am thinking about beginning with bottom dwellers: Loaches, Cory Cats, ghost shrimps, etc. Is this is a good idea as the aquarium gets used to the ammonia levels?
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My 150 gallonfresh water tank is very tall. I need to know how many inches of sand will I place on the bottom? i want to at least have 4 to 5 inches. is that ok?
Also, i want to stack many rocks on top of each other. Can the aquarium break?
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