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Let my mistake be a word of advice for anyone thinking of the tetra - betta combo. STAY AWAY FROM IT The tetra were a bit fin nippy at first, but quickly stopped. The beta was hiding up at the heater not because he was shy, but because he was in fear for his life. The tetra must have nipped him...

my ten gallon has been running for something like 2 - 2 and a half months with 6 black skirt tetra. I was thinking of adding a dwarf gourami but changed my mind at the last minute and got a crescent moon betta fish. I picked him up about 6 hours ago, when i first put him in the tank he was very...

you're right.. on pretty much everything you said :D I did a 50% water change and vac two days in a row and the water is much more clear and the gravel does not have much more debris than normal. when do you think i should stop this hardcore tank save and go back to normal weekly pwc?

I started getting interested in fish keeping about two months ago and immediately jumped into it. While cycling my 10gal i was looking around for what fish i should get and which i want and how many i could hold, etc. Before my tank was finished i planned on getting 6 black skirt tetra, 3 juli...

5 Black Skirt Tetra and, sadly, now only 2 Juli Corys

any advice would be appreciated, woke up to a dead cory today :c

My 10gallon aquarium was up and running great for about a month and then i went on vacation. I asked my family to throw in 6-7 pellets a day, and don't worry if they miss a day as its harder to starve than over feed. I guess they didn't really hear me because i was gone for around 10 days and...

My 10gallon aquarium was up and running great for about a month and then i went on vacation. I asked my family to throw in 6-7 pellets a day, and don't worry if they miss a day as its harder to starve than over feed. I guess they didn't really hear me because i was gone for around 10 days and...

I just got myself 3 Juli Corys from the store today and two of them have been swimming around the bottom as they usually do, but the largest of the three will swim along the bottom with them for 5 seconds and then lay on the bottom of the tank for a couple of minutes. is it normal for a cory to...

Hey guys, i've been having some fun researching fish and what not since i started my 10gallon tank. So far i have finished cycling and added 6 black skirt tetra. I have a mix of gravel and sand in the bottom and feed the tetra the smallest brand of tropical sinking fish food from API, the thing...

I just looked up Otocinclus on liveaquaria.com which i usually find as a trustworthy site and it says they need minimum of 30 gallons which is more than a cory would need :confused: Maybe a couple ghost shrimp are my best bet

do Juli corys have a chance in a 10gallon? or it is just not a good idea

Hey everyone, my ten gallon is up and running, so far only have 6 black skirt tetra in there and i am feeding them the smallest size sinking tropical fish pellets from API. They seem to like them but if they miss a few while they are sinking, they will not eat it out of the sand or gravel. I...

I just stocked my cycled tank with 5 black skirt tetra and I'm sure it is nothing to worry about but i may as well ask - they swim in a loose school most of the time (although i have only had them a day) but every now and then one will break off and swim somewhere else, when he does that one or...

Hey everyone, my tank has finished cycling, was getting 0ppm ammonia and 10-20ppm nitrates, then i went on vacation for 4 days (still did not have fish) and came back to .25ppm ammonia and 0-5ppm nitrates. I got 5 black skirt tetra and tested the water 2 hours after getting them, ammonia was at...

scared i may have screwed up I moved the goldfish out of the ten gallon i was cycling because i was getting consistent readings of 0ppm Ammonia and 5 - 20 ppm Nitrates (it gradually went up). Once i moved the goldfish out, i put in the heater for the fish that will be going in and also bought a...

hmm, never heard of any of those. Only ones i have ever seen for sale are green, albino, false juli, and just a regular old cory also, what eats brine shrimp? everything? because at a LFS they are dirt cheap

no, she said it wasn't all that important

I checked some sit called 'badmanstropicalfish(dot)com' where some guy will review your tank and give his opinion if it will work out or not, he notes it should only be a second opinion, not a definitive answer. Well he agreed on you with the tetras and dwarf gourami and said some false juli...

I have never seen a khuli loach for sale anywhere, but if it is similar to a clown loach, wouldn't that be a bit too big?

How about the Gourami and Tetra? will the tank be too full with both and i would have to decide between one or the other? And also i might switch out Painted Tetra with Black Phantom Tetra

I was doubting the false results as well so i took my water to get tested at the LFS for a second opinion and they got very similar results as me. 0ppm Ammonia and 5ppm Nitrates. Also found my PH because i don't have a test, i think it was 7.6 or something like that. they said my tank is pretty...

My cycle is coming to an end as my Ammonia levels are going between .25 and 0 and Nitrates are around 5 and 10. PH is 7.6 or 7.8 i think. I have a heater that keeps the water at 78*F, so please keep that in mind when giving possible fish. I have a 10gal, lightly planted with a mix of sand and...

Thought i would post some pictures because i find it hard to believe that a nitrate test specifically designed to test for nitrates would consistently test a false positive. No disrespect to Crazyhermitcrab, but i would like a second opinion.

something like 8 days