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Aqueon 54 gallon corner unit. Current population: 5 Green Tiger Barbs 5 Red Tiger Barbs 4 Regular Tiger Barbs 3 Albino Tiger Barbs 3 Blushing Tiger Barbs 4 Panda Corydoras 3 Clown Loaches 1 Clown Pleco (possibly,I haven't sen him in months) 4 snails (Nerite, Ruby Lip, and something else) The...

My Panda Corys are active at feeding, and after the lights go out.

Yeah, back in January. I was surprised to hear another one was coming up, I thought maybe the tags were left over.

Last week my local Petco said they are having a $1 per gallon sale on aquariums, I think they said starting March 18th. I believe it is a nationwide event.

Obviously bigger would be better, but a 20G Long will be fine. A 20G High, not so much, as they are a mid-range fish that likes to swim back and forth more than up and down.

Schooling, or shoaling? Tiger barbs are a good shoaling fish, and a 20 gallon long would be ideal for about 10 of them with your 6 corys. I wouldn't get less than 5 TBarbs though.

Yup, that's what I based it off of, with a couple changes.

Yup, it has a guard on it. I was thinking of running it near the top and using it as a surface skimmer.

I have a Marineland 550 powerhead pumping up about 24" through 1/2" reinforced vinyl hose. The hose is connected to a homemade inflow bulkhead created from parts in the Lowes plumbing section. The bulkhead is located near the top of a 24" plastic windowbox planter, the kind with no drainholes in...

The only ammonia other than Dr Tims that I would trust is from Ace Hardware. It should say Janitor Strength on the bottle, and I believe it is 10% ammonia, 90% water.

If you are concerned with the brass, you can always pickle it by soaking the brass in a solution of 2/3 Hydrogen Peroxide and 1/3 water for 10 minutes. Then rinse thoroughly with hot tap water, and you are good to go. I am also a home brewer, and have had to pickle brass for fittings that come...

Bugger. Maybe next water change I will see what I can do to remove them with needle nose pliers.

Last night I noticed about 5 small white spots about the size of sesame seeds that appeared on a piece of driftwood I have had in my tank for a couple months now. Today, I have 17 of those spots. See pic below. Tank is a fresh water 54 gallon corner unit stocked with 19 tiger barbs, 5 panda...

For starters, how big is the tank?

I use a flat rock and a rubber band to keep my cuke slices down on the bottom.