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Hello all, I have recently fallen into a bit of luck and was given some aquariums. Then my wife agreed to let me set them up in an area and make it into a fish room if I can do it for pretty cheap. Here is what I have decided to do with them and the whole family (my wife and kids) are excited...

Any advice on how often to fertilize and with what?

Any ideas on a replacement for a gourami on the list by any chance?

Perfect. Thank you.

Yes. Life can be comical sometimes. It is funny how things happen sometimes.

Great. Thank you for the information on the rams. Are you saying I could do 2 pair of gbr and 1 pair of ebr or whatever mixture of those I want? Where would I buy these? You said to stay away from the fish stores, right? Thanks for your help.

My wife did not like it at all and the first one we saw had some sort of disease and was obviously dying. It scared one of my kids and he could not get over it the rest of the time. Every time we saw another one he talked about how scary it was and how he didn't want a fish that was going to...

So we just planted some plants in our tank. I need several more to be more heavily planted and then will begin adding our list of fish after the cycle is done..starting with 6 corys. We looked at fish while we were out and I now need an alternative to a gourami in this tank. Any ideas?

What is safe/prime?

That is helpful. Thank you. Do you put the roots in the h2o2 solution?

So the bleach is the same ratio and time as the h2o2? What does the bleach do? I definitely want everything clean before putting them in. Thank you again.

Can you explain the H2O2/bleach dip? What does it do exactly and how do you dilute it down? After that, is it just a quick dip in each then add them to the tank or do they soak and get rinsed or something? Thanks again for all your help.

Thank you. That is very helpful. As a follow up, do gouramis and angels not do well in pairs? I have read about aggression issues with gbr if more than two are together. Can you tell me why 5? Just trying to figure it all out. Thank you for your help. Also as a follow-up question. What order...

I was thinking neon tetras but if there are a different type that would be good I am certainly open to them. What about rainbowfish? How many of each type of fish would be good? Any other ideas?

Thank you again for all your help. The tank is finally being set up tomorrow. I will then be focusing on planting and cycling. Now I have to figure out fish. I am leaning toward angels, german blue rams, cory catfish, ottos, a rainbow shark, maybe gouramis with or in place of something on that...

Thank you again for all the help. So the stand is drying and ready for the second coat of paint tomorrow (I refinished it). The tank is cleaned out. The gravel is ready to be rinsed well and added and so are the decorations for the kids. I have the heater and 150 gallons worth of filtration (my...

Thanks again for the advice. A couple followup questions. Why no dwarf gouramis? Why are guppies and platies iffy? Last night I had one child tell me they had forgotten tetras, killifish, and barbs, another said they want rainbows and rasboras, my wife wants ottos and corys. I obviously can't...

Thank you for the help and advice. Your tank looks very nice. How many plants are in there and what size is it? What kind is the plant in the middle? I have a pretty good idea of plants for the tank now. Now let's talk fish. Any ideas on a good stocking list? A lot will depend on what my...

Thank you again for your help. So if I get tissue culture plants I don't need to dip them or anything? I have a 75 gallon tall tank. It is about 3 feet wide and maybe 1 - 1.5 feet deep. Not sure exactly.

Thank you all again for your help and advice. I think I am narrowing things down. A few more questions. Where do you buy root tabs from? How about fertilizer for the water column? I have found them but am wondering if there is a better place to get them. Coming from the saltwater world now I...

Thank you very much for your help. Are the two types of fertilizers (root tabs and water column) safe for fish? Is there a type of root tab that is good? How often do you need to fertilize? Sorry. I am full of questions. Thank you for all your help.

Thank you for the advice and help. Can you tell me how gravel with root tabs work exactly? How deep of a bed do I need? Does that work as well as the other substrates? What size gravel is best? I have heard about a soil tank with gravel on top. Is that better than just plain gravel or is it just...

Hello, I am getting back into the hobby of freshwater again and this time want to do a planted tank. I am getting ready to set up the tank and want to plan now. Please tell me what type of substrate is best for a good variety of plants and fish and how to go about setting this up. Also, what...

Thank you for the reply. If I wanted discus, how many should I get and what would be a good stock list of other fish to add along with them? If I go with rams or the other types of cichlids that were mentioned then what stock lists might be good ideas? What if I went with angelfish rather...

Hello all, I decided to get back in the freshwater aquarium hobby after taking a while and doing saltwater. I have a 75 gallon tall tank. The last tank I had for freshwater was 18 gallons so it is quite the difference. I want to start the cycling process next weekend and have read that I can...