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Didn't attach a picture but I suppose I should have specified-I got Julii Cories

Update for everyone: All the Cory's are still alive, but they're not being very active. Most are sitting in a mass of plants on the bottom. Every once in a while on will get up, move, then go back to resting. I guess I'm asking what normal behaviour is- are your corys kind of spastic upon moving...

looking bad, I should have laid my net across the bucket and done this method, but I need a bigger net first! Thanks for the reply

I was looking online and many of the things I read (including other people's posts on similar forums) stated that they'd all used the plop and drop method with success, and Cory from Aquarium co op claims its the best way to treat shipped fish. Many people were saying that after multiple nights...

Okay, so I got 6 Cory cats in the mail. 3 in each bag. I did the plop and drop method as I was concerned about the water quality in the bag. I was struggling to cut the bag open, and I was cutting it inside a 5 gallon bucket, and I slit the bag and poured the Cory's and the water into the...

I agree, I should probably get more friends for the shrimp. I don't know if the amanos would bully him due to the size difference? I like the honey gourami suggestion, but I've heard they like to be in groups.

There's just one lone neocardinia shrimp. I might catch him and put him in a different tank but I don't think he'd contribute to the bioload a lot. I'll probably put in 3 amanos once I get them. Proposed stocking right now would be: 6x Julii corydoras 6x Zebra Danio 3x Amano Shrimp 1...

I have a 20 gallon long with 6 zebra danios, one neocardinia shrimp, and 3 nerite snails. I will be moving two of the nerite snails to a different tank, as they used to be in other tanks that I'm currently re-doing. I just ordered 6 Julii Cory cats and 5 amano shrimp. Would my 20 gallon be...

Great info. Interesting to hear that Canada banned most fish meds.

I have two Betta tanks. Both 5.5 gallons. One is close to a year old and the other is fairly new, like 3 months. I had to move both to a different room in my house about a month ago, and I did an almost total rescape on the year old tank housing my male Betta. Took a lot of the plants out and...

I have my two Bettas in 5 gallons and they seem to be doing well. However, I would think about the variety of Betta you are getting, because plakats with shorter fins tend to swim around a lot more than halfmoon Bettas and such

This might be a stupid question, but I thought HOB and canister filters are different? Canisters being the ones that run lily pipes up into the aquarium and HOB sucking water up with a tube connected typically to a small plastic box hanging on the outside of the aquarium?

Currently I have a 5.5 gallon planted tank housing a Betta, a nerite snail, and 3 Neocardinia Shrimp. I have the TopFin BettaFlo 5 filter in my tank currently, but am searching for a replacement as it does not provide enough surface agitation to combat the layer of biofilm growing on the top of...

Yeah my filter has been running. I'll throw some floss in there. It's already looking a little better after a day so I think it'll be alright.

Thank you for the advice! I appreciate it. Right now I'm just waiting on plants I ordered online to come in and then for a cycle to establish. I am having some problems right now with cloudy water. Maybe it's due to not rinsing the caribsea sand thoroughly enough?

Would I be okay stocking 5 zebra danios, 6 sterbai corydoras, and a few honey Gourami's in my 20 long? (as well as maybe some snails and amano shrimp) It's going to be moderately planted with an aquaclear 30 as the filtration. I have read conflicting information on how many honey gourami to keep...

I know there's a product called PH down by API I think. To my knowledge it makes the water more acidic, thus softening it a bit. I could be wrong though, I haven't delved into it a ton.

cichlids love hard water I"m pretty sure. my neighbor keeps some and we have rock hard water too up in the UP Of course, with a 29 gallon that would limit what cichlid species you keep

I agree that you should closely monitor a Betta with shrimp. There's a 50/50 chance your Betta could be either chill or a bloodthirsty demon. Mine seemed chill until I added shrimp, then I had to move him cause I was worried they'd become a snack. Shrimp tend to do better in an established...

I'm looking for inert rocks that won't change water parameters but will look good with caribsea sunset gold sand. Preferably not dragon stone as it's a pain to clean. Any suggestions? I'll attach the link for the sand: Caribsea Sunset Gold Also would love to see pics of your aquascape using...