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Takes them years, but yes they can.

Since you already have the supplies for a sponge filter, you should use one for sure, they are great. The only downside to them is that they can be noisy if you have a loud air pump. A 5 gallon is a perfect size for a betta and they are perfect fish for a dorm, very hardy and low maintenance.

Different schooling fish will often school together, especially when they aren't in large enough groups. In a 20 gallon I'd stick with one school, although that's a little hypocritical since I have a school of tetras and a school of rasboras in my 20g! But I don't have an angel Its not the end...

How big is the tank? Do you have room for two schools? I personally feel bad returning fish to the store, but its better than overcrowding. I'm partial to espeis, so much prettier and I like their shape better, but if you want the harlequins than you can return the espeis and get a few more...

The top 3 are EspeI or lambchop rasboras, and the bottom 3 are harlequins. They would appreciate being in a bigger school of their own species

Aw, I love baby shrimp

Looks like a pest snail to me It doesn't look like a nerite, they don't have a twisted end on their shell. And btw nerite snails can't breed in freshwater

A couple of notes, cories don't do anything to algae, and its not the best idea to have ADFs with fish, they tend to not do very well as far as I've heard. IMO I wouldn't do mollies, they produce so much waste that you can't have a lot of other fish with them. Guppies and platies produce quite a...

I really like my aquaclears, simple, good quality filters.

There isn't an exact rule for feeding, its trial and error. If your fish aren't overly skinny or plump and there isn't a lot of leftover food you are probably good to go. Both of my tanks get a variety of flakes and pellets(I usually feed omega 1 flakes and minI pellets, hikarI micro pellets...

I agree, fish only actually school with there own species. If they are comfortable they will separate and intermingle with other fish, but as soon as something scares them they will dart back to the fish that are the exact same species as them.

I think you should go cold water! Danio and minnow species are so underrated in the hobby, a big school of zebra or leopard danios would look amazing in there, or white cloud minnows.

Aww, so sleepy! I have 2 male budgies myself and I absolutely adore them

ADFs are supposed to be pretty bad at eating, I've never personally had them, but I know that you are supposed to feed them in the same place every time. I think people put a small dish in the tank to put the food in, or even use a turkey baster to target feed them since they have terrible...

Just boil the wood for a hour or so, then you can put it into the tank and weigh it down with rocks if you can. Unfortunately it is just a matter of patience when it comes to driftwood sinking, it takes a while.