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July 3rd, 2009
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| Rebuild/restart
about a week ago my 12inch oscar died with fish fungus, and i made a horrible mistake in diagnosing the sickness as ick, my fault noone else to blame, but now i am goin to rebuild the tank and probly make a community tank since i have a baby on the way and i want something to keep his attention. Also vivid colors are said to help with babies eye devolopment. So i want to go with a very colorfull and active tank. im just looking for some ideas and suggestions from an experienced keeper. this will be the first time that i have tried a fishless cycle also so any help on that would be great. my tank is on the first week of cycling but i dont have nitrite, nitrate, or ammonia test kits yet. i have balenced the pH to 7.2 and put in some jumpstart and aquasafe water conditioner. i will be getting some test kits soon. | 
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July 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Platies, neon tetras, endler's tetras are all very colorful fish. Mickey Mouse platys have mickey mouse ears on their tails. That's my daughter's favorite.
Corydoras are very active, but not colorful. They're great bottom feeders.
Hope this helps and I'm sure someone will be along shortly to provide information on the fishless cycle. | 
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July 3rd, 2009
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| hi guys ive always done fishless cycles and for me it took about 4 weeks just add some bactaria to the filter as for fish maybe some gubbies with neons and a cloan loach but there livebearers ! | |
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July 3rd, 2009
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Originally Posted by jwokmuba2  about a week ago my 12inch oscar died with fish fungus, and i made a horrible mistake in diagnosing the sickness as ick, my fault noone else to blame, but now i am goin to rebuild the tank and probly make a community tank since i have a baby on the way and i want something to keep his attention. Also vivid colors are said to help with babies eye devolopment. So i want to go with a very colorfull and active tank. im just looking for some ideas and suggestions from an experienced keeper. this will be the first time that i have tried a fishless cycle also so any help on that would be great. my tank is on the first week of cycling but i dont have nitrite, nitrate, or ammonia test kits yet. i have balenced the ph to 7.2 and put in some jumpstart and aquasafe water conditioner. i will be getting some test kits soon. | Welcome to fishlore!!!
Im so sorry for the loss of your oscar  that had to be so very hard...they are my favs 
why tho do you have to recycle the tank? did you let it stand empty without an ammonia source and loose the cycle?
what size is the tank? that will help members suggest community fish for you....
heres a link on fishless cycle methods... Four Methods of Fish Less Cycling
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July 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Maybe some barbs and danios. I have tigar barbs and zebra danios in my 38g. They eat just about anything too, even algea wafers. Tigars aren't just tan and black, you can find green, red, and albino ones too. | |
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July 3rd, 2009
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| 29 gallon, i want to cycle the tank so i can get rid of any left over disease in the water, plus i had to buy a new filter cause the one i had was just about worn out. so with a new bio filter i wanted to start out fresh, also i never have cycled a tank before. oscars are usually pretty tough when i comes to water, as long as the ph was right and i used the regular water treatments.
Last edited by jwokmuba2; July 4th, 2009 at 01:48 AM.
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July 4th, 2009
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| thanks for all of ur suggestions, i also want to make sure i have a good enough clean up crew too. oh and what kind of decor. im just not good at that kind of thing, i also thought about goin with some live plants, let me know
Last edited by jwokmuba2; July 4th, 2009 at 07:06 PM.
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July 7th, 2009
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| ok, so i think that i have almost come to a conclusion of what fish i want in my tank, i just want to make sure all these fish are safe to have together in one tank, if they would be happy, look good and be easy to care for,.....
3 dwarf gouramies
3 black skirt tetras
3 white skirt tetras
3 schwartz's corydoras
please let me know what you guys think
Last edited by jwokmuba2; July 7th, 2009 at 12:24 AM.
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July 7th, 2009
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| Good morning. There may be some aggression issues with more than 1 Gourami in the same tank. Especially if there is more than one male. The rest looks fine. You could actually add another 2 Cory's instead of having 3 Gourami's. The Cory's love to school as well.
Best of luck and hope you can send some pictures our way  | |
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July 7th, 2009
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| Good idea, only probloem is that DG's will fight, often to the death. They are solitary creatures that don't need to be kept with other DG's to be happy. | |
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July 7th, 2009
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| so i should go with 1 DG instead of 3, and get 2 more corys, i also want to add a clown pleco, will that be a problem.? | |
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July 7th, 2009
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| ok so heres what i came up with i my 29 gallon, let me know what u guys think
2 DG's 1 male 1female, mabey they wont fight
3 black skirt tetras
3 white skirt tetras
5 cories
1 clown pleco
Last edited by jwokmuba2; July 7th, 2009 at 11:31 PM.
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July 7th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Female DGs are extremely difficult to find, and if you do happen to find one, you'll notice it isn't very colorful. The male may still harass a female. I'd suggest keeping a solitary male. The rest of your stock list looks fine to me. | |
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July 8th, 2009
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| ok, thanks | |
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July 8th, 2009
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| will the DG be happy by himself, i kinda want to have at least two of every fish in my stock,(with the clown pleco as the exception), what else can i get, any suggestions, | |
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July 9th, 2009
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| What about some platys? | |
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July 9th, 2009
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| How about some Harliquins, they are quite hardy and have nice color.
The only Gourami's I've ever had any luck with keeping more than one of are Pearls. They seem to be quite a bit less agressive than most others.
Last edited by Borisbbadd; July 9th, 2009 at 10:11 PM.
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