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A few weeks ago I was looking for a centerpiece fish for my tank and was asking around my local fish stores for ideas. Against my better judgement I let my local fish store talk me into a single German Blue Ram for my tank. My tank is a 20 gallon long and currently houses: 7 pygmy cories, 9...

I hope it is ok that I opened a new thread here since I thought maybe this was a better place for stocking ideas. Setup: 20 gallon long, Fluval C2 filter, Lights: one T8 bulb with plans for a Finnex Planted 24/7 fixture in the future. Plants: 2 types of crypts, ludwigia, hornwort, 2 types of...

I have finally gotten my 20 gallon long stable and am ready to plan out the tank. I also have an old 6.6 gallon bookshelf tank that I kind of want to set up in my kid's room as well. I am still trying to convince my husband that 2 tanks isn't too many. I have a few fish already and I have a list...

First, I apologize for the long post. I will try to give as much info as I can to see if anyone can give me advice. I have had a planted 6.6 gallon bookshelf aquarium setup for 2.5 years with 5 pygmy cories and a betta. My cories were doing so well that they grew to a group of 10. So when my...

I set my tank up in February using the fishless cycling method. Added my betta and all was well for a while. Had a few hiccups but things were looking fairly good. I don't think my tank truly cycled so I was keeping things under control with 40% weekly water changes. The end of May I went away...

I had fishless cycled my tank(6.6 bookshelf tank) over 6 weeks and it looked great w/ 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, 40 nitrates for 3 days before I added my betta and 6 cherry shrimp. Suddenly after a week I was reading ammonia. Now it is consistently showing up at 0.25 every 2 days. I feel like I am...

So my tank just completed its cycle and I went out and bought my betta. I chose the poor little guy because he was so curious and looked very sad. The only problem is he has a terrible case of fin rot. I don't even know what he is supposed to look like as he was just labeled as a butterfly male...

So I am currently cycling a 6.6 gallon bookshelf tank(24lx8wx9h). It currently has a few small small anubias plants and I plan to have some java moss. I may add more plants as I become more confident. My filter is a Hagen Marina Slim S10. I have been working on my stocking plan for while. I...