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I rescaped my 36 gallon bowfront after moving the neons that were there into my 29 gallon planted RCS tank. So besides a few RCS, it’s empty of stock. Any ideas? My thoughts are some Cories, rummy nose tetras, danios, and a centerpiece fish of some sort. Other thoughts are several pea puffers...

If you need a cycled filter quickly, I can recommend Angelsplus.com. I’ve moved many times with the military and always end up starting over with their seeded filters.

I love the thoroughness of your quarantine routine. I wasn’t aware we could dose all three meds at once. That will save me some time in the future. Thanks.

King Fisher is giving good advice. Another benefit of running both filters is that if you use the 10 gallon as a quarantine/hospital tank with new fish, all you need to do is move the 10 gal. filter over and you’re instantly cycled.

Betta are usually happier with more space. I frequently hear that 5 -10 are a minimum for a Betta. That’s a great size to heavily plant and raise a colony of shrimp. Red Cherry Shrimp (called RCS on here) are relatively inexpensive and hardy. You could make a beautiful tank with them. I assume...

I have it fishless cycling now.

Thanks King Fisher and Laurie! I’m excited for it.

Do you have nerite snails by any chance? Mine left eggs all over the wood, but they don’t hatch.

My understanding is that a tank needs to be completely empty when moving it. So no rock or sand even. As mentioned, lots of buckets.

I don’t have any idea but I’d sure like to see a pic of the aquarium. Sounds beautiful.

That’s a lovely way of putting it! A puzzle.

Hey all, I won the raffle at today’s aquarium goods auction! So now I have a 36gal. to set up, too! Fortunately it comes complete with everything but the fish. So I’ll have it up and running soon.

Thanks TK and Ayi, I’ll look those up!

I’m at an Aquarium Auction and got a big bag of this for $9. Looks like it could float or be planted. What the heck is it? :)

Cool. Thanks. I’m thinking I have enough room for a few rams, angelfish, Cories, neons, Tetras and swordtails.

Ooo, color choices! I had no idea there were color choices. That’s really interesting. It may be a good idea for me to plan my stock list and choose a blasting sand color that would bring out the fish colors.

Thanks guys. My family doesn’t share my enthusiasm so I have to get it from outside, lol. I’m going to an aquarium society auction on Sunday. Hope to pick up another filter and some heaters for not much. I’m currently thinking of a minimalist tank. Pool sand on the bottom with driftwood...

Great idea about the sand substrate. That would look nicer. And thanks for the great list of plants! That was super-helpful. I’m going to an aquarium society auction this Sunday so hopefully I can get the hardware I need and start setting up with these plants soon!

I have a new-to-me 130gallon tank. It needs everything so it’s a little expensive right now. I’m thinking I could save money and still provide plants for my future fishies by not putting in any substrate. If I put in driftwood, Marino (sp.?) balls, and lots of pothos anchored underneath, as...

Having a planted tank has helped me a lot. I’ve heard that pothos, which I also have, is particularly good at reducing nitrates. It can suck up a lot of nutrients as well, so balance that with what else is planted in your tank. Pothos does not need to be planted, by the way. Just take...

Forgot to add: now that I did another major PWC, the Cory is swimming around in a happy/frisky mood.

This is the last of three Julii Cories I introduced to my 30gal. aquarium a coupe of months ago. I’ve been planning on getting him/her some friends since but haven’t made the trip. I know they should be in groups of 5-6 minimum. I never figured out why the other Cories didn’t make it. I...

Good idea. I do have an extra large HOB filter I could easily add.

Thanks. I’ll do that.

New-to-me canister filter. Marineland C-530. I think I’ll need a second filter. This one alone is rated 100-150g. But I’ve heard I need double the marked filtration.