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The tank is really too small for an Oscar. The problem with the all male suggestion is that the cichlids are usually sold as juveniles and it may be difficult to sex them initially. I don’t have experience with those species so not sure how they would get on, but I think it might not be...

I haven’t kept rainbow cichlids but I believe they often eat plants so may not be appropriate. Firemouths might dig more but if plants are well established they should be fine, unless the cichlids breed and dig holes. Even then only some will be affected and epiphytes will be fine of course. I...

Yes swordtails and firemouths (or rainbow cichlids) should be a good combination and suit your harder water. If you decide on this I would get the swordtails first and then get cichlids that are still quite small. Wild type swordtails are very nice if you can find them. To answer your other...

Personally I wouldn’t keep a group of G, pyrocephalus (Tapajós) in a 55, they are among the smaller Geophagus but not that small and they are also one of the more aggressive species (among themselves not to other fish) in such a small tank I believe there would be trouble as they mature as well...

You can also get some small dehumidifiers that are meant for cupboards etc, they might help.

You might find some helpful information here: CARES Fish Preservation Program – The CARES Preservation Program is about fish and it is about people

Yes, I don’t have programmable lights but I agree many fish look better in lower light.

Previous post seems to be AI generated?

I have had the same issue the last few days but I realized what was wrong- the email I used to set up my account originally no longer exists and my usual email is hotmail which is not allowed here, eventually I got it sorted with a different email address.

I did all the water changes today but got distracted doing something on the angelfish tank while filling the last one and didn’t realize until my feet got wet that the hosepipe had fallen out of the other tank, water all over the floor, I was annoyed as I had managed to do all the maintenance...

Funnily enough I have had most success with a black net, with the help of a blue one. I think it’s because the black one is quite big and I use the blue to herd them in.

I’ve got green, blue, black and white, different sizes, not noticed any difference in how fish react. I have never seen a red one for sale!

What are the What are the cichlids? They look a bit like Laetacaras but I can’t tell through the bag…

I agree they should not have sold the fish that went on the floor, shame about the female whether or not this was the cause. No suggestions re the plants I’m afraid, I’ve never tried high tech, I only have “easy” plants, sand substrate, no CO2, basic home store floodlights and I haven’t used...

I did suspect that at the time, there was never any breeding activity and all but one (including the removed one) were very big.