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That is the kind of thing I like to know ahead of time, thank you.

Fairly hard, but I have access to RO water and a good tester, so I plan on optimizing for whatever the community needs. If everyone else is good with hard water, I may opt for something else. Will the others you mentioned school somewhere between Rummynose & Neons?

Would 18 Rummynose in a 48" 60gal be reasonable? Or would I be better off with other dithers, maybe Cardinals and something else?

Very good, thanks! Seems like 24 would be a good start. I'm beginning to wonder as I'm envisioning the Rams owning the bottom: will this tank be certain death for neocaridina and/or amano shrimp?

I appreciate the feedback. That's disappointing to hear about DG's. I honed in on them because I really like the ones my LFS gets. If 2-3 Pearls would make for a happier tank, I'm all in. Anything else comparable you'd suggest (other than Honey, they just don't appeal to me)? I was worried...

Tank: 60 long, planted, dark substrate, plenty of driftwood. Wife's requirements: "Make it colorful, and somewhat active, but not crazy/spastic like your guppy tank" Stocking plan: ~4-6 Dwarf Gourami ~2-3 German Blue Ram ~24 Dwarf Corydora (but which kind?) ~24 Rummynose / Neon Tetra / Rasbora...

Thanks, sounds like they really wouldn't do well with many other fish species.

60 long, heavily planted. Several dwarf gourami (open to suggestions of how many) 12(more?) Celestial Pearl Danios 12+ Rummynose 12 Corydoras I've never kept CPD's, I hear they can be quite skittish- will they be comfortable with 1-several DG's? This is a planned build so I can make sure to...

Will spirulina powder in my Scarlet Badis tank bother the fish? It's a micropredator, so it won't be interested in it, but it will feed the flora upon which he feasts. Any good reasons not to put the powder in his tank?

Those 2 look great! Thanks for the info, both of you. Good to know it's a known single-badis thing... Don't think I'll put another male in my 5 gal, but if I ever come across a female it would be interesting to see what her presence would do. Think I'll look for some leaf background, put...

I added a Dario Dario to an old planted 5 gal I was overfeeding 2 shrimp in. So it has loads of planaria, daphnia, and blackworms I'd put in. He immediately went to town eating. His belly is full. So I thought he'd be happy but he spends most of his time swimming against the glass like...

Seems like there's a bunch of things called detritus worms, and NO ONE'S selling them.

I have a natural style tank, complete with soil under the gravel. The soil must have come with planaria. I'm not against the planaria, per se, but what I want is multiple species of tiny invertebrates living in the detritus. So, I'd like to introduce other inverts to compete with the...

Killifish would want a lot of clear surface area though, right?

They just haven't seen her when she's angry.