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New cardinal tetras… Now I have a school of twelve. Fun to see more schooling behavior!

Well, eight new cardinals (one was doa), are acclimated and schooling with my other four! It’s fun to see more of a real school. Also pretty cool to watch them slowly color up! They aren’t fully colored yet but their blue stripe went from white to light blue and the nonexistent red stripe is now...

Thanks y'all for your advice! I'll put some BB in until the fish arrive in 2 days, for a couple days after, and per the water parameters after that. I'll check the water each day and change it accordingly. I'll think about getting a larger tank; might have to wait for another pay check.

I have 9 cardinal tetras coming - I didn't have a choice on the quantity. They will be put into my 10g tank that has 4 cardinals, 3 ember tetras, a multitude of blue cherry shrimp, some moss, and several plants with a new one on the way. It has been up and running for over a year. I know adding...

Ok, thanks! We’ll keep going and do that.

So far everyone is doing very well - no aggression seen, all healthy and active. The guppy is particularly active and inquisitive! Doing daily testing, water changes, and adding BB waiting for the tank to cycle. Should I expect the cycling to take as long as a fishless cycling? Is there any way...

Barbs have arrived! I'll try to post pics asap. Three hours later and they are acclimated and in the tank. They are exploring and looking beautiful!

I'm getting my first group of 6 cherry barbs today! They are going into my 29g which has 5 false Julii cory cats and 8 CPDs. Just gotta get off work and I get to pick them up!

Looks like a male and a female to me!

I did a bunch of research and finally decided on veiltail cherry barbs. They look bigger than they are their long tails. I just put in an order for six of them, mixed sexes. I came across them when researching the rosy barbs and fell in love with their look ❤️ Plus, my cpds are so timid that a...

Ok, six males and add females later. Sounds good. Will let this sink in for a bit and be sure of my choice. Looks like congos will be too big for my tank - should have researched that more before posting.

Yes, I know the females are probably already pregnant. We had male and female platies before and they ate all but three of the babies. Also, they are only in the small tank until the 10g is ready, which is tomorrow. And I am doing research on fish-in cycling as I've not done that before but I...

Well, I'm thinking to go with the rosy barbs as I'm excited to get a little bit larger fish. With the 8 CPDs and 5 peppered corys, how many do you think I can get? I see one website sells them in packs of 10! That seems like a lot. Another sells males only in groups of 6. What do y'all think...

Ok, dwarf gouramis are out! In looking up rosy barbs, I found cherry barbs... Are they the same thing or different?

I have 8 CPDs and 5 peppered cory cats in the tank so far. It has sand and two big mother pot size Anubias with hiding spots in rock-like decorations. Everyone is healthy and thriving. I'm wanting to put something else in there, something larger and showy (I think I have a lot of female CPDs). I...