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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...

In my old 29 I had 12 neons, 5 bronze corys, 5 bandit corys and a pair of koi angels. I never had problems with water chemistry as I double filter and had the tank planted. They schooled well and were very happy.

This is a little Cory that I have in my tank. It appears to be a bronze, but it has a sword tail. Is this just a varietal?

I think I'm going to dig out my air filter. Good idea, thanks.

I was thinking that, except that they could still get stuck against the mesh. Maybe they need a pep talk.

Have young, small neons and every few days I find one sucked up against the inlet. I have saved a couple & for a couple it has been too late. Any way I can prevent this from happening. They're just not strong enough to get away.

Tonight I came home and another of the angels had died. No marks or any outward signs of anything. This one was sucked up against the filter inlet. When I had left the house 5 hours prior all had seemed ok. I'm still leaving the lights off & am increasing the temperature. They are all smallish...

Thanks for the advice. I have turned the lights off and the temp up. It will probably take at least 24 hours for the temp to get to 80*. How long is a while? Is it until I see the fish relax? I haven't lost any since that first one & the rest of the tank is acting naturally including the angels.

This is what the clamped fin angels look like. The ammonia level was at 0.5- 1 ppm prior to the 25% weather change.

Have a long established community tank that is in good shape as far as nitrates, Ph. I have a 55 gal. tank that is planted. Last week I added 6 young koi angels from a month long quarantine. That we're doing fine, eating well, etc. Last night I noticed one down on the bottom on its side. I...