With 50g to play with having neons, angels, cories and gourami's wouldnt be a problem atall (loooads of room to play with)...The problem with the angels eating the neons is apparant. At the end of the day, your tank, your risks Most people have given you the best advice, get he angels young, feed them well and ensure theres loads of decor to break the line of sight etc

Good luck and keep us posted.

well ive had the neons for about 2months now, and boy do they have some color, but if youve red in some of my other posts, im having a bad cloud up in my tank right now so its hard for me to enjoy them.

Algae bloom's? I really dont miss those atall, took me agies to shift ours...twice.

Hi flyhawk,

I'm sorry I haven't posted back. I've been out of town for awhile. Has your cloudy water cleared up?

finally, my aquariums clearing up, after i started adding oxygen to the tank!!!! i can enjoy my neons now!! i still have 14 neons and 1 pleco. oh im worried though, that all the oxygen will take down the c02 levels, hurting my plants

Try adding a product called Flourish Excel. Flourish Excel is a liquid carbon supplement. Its not all that expensive if you order it through the mail.

thanks for that tip maybe ill try it!

Do you have an air pump with an adjustable output. If you do you can run your airstone on low. I would only recommend running an airstone if you are adding Flourish Excel.

well, im using a powerhead, that shoots out a jet of water and bubbles. i had diy co2 running, but i stopped to try to clear the tank up. should i run it again?

Could you give me the list of plants you have in your tank. Many plants do not really need a co2 system.

Also does your powerhead have an airline tube looking thing that can protrude out of the water. If it does stick that inlet tube out of the tank so that it can pull some co2 from the air.

This post has been edited by Nicolas: Jun 25 2008, 04:56 PM

my list of plants is
red rubin sword
dwarf baby tears
ludwigia repens
dwarf sagitteria
tiger lotus
didiplis diandra
anubias coffelia
i am alredy running that air hose from the power head, that sticks out of the tank, just as you described

How much lighting (WPG) and what kind of lighting do you have. This is a huge factor in whether or not you need co2. You have some interesting plants! To keep them all alive I would add some Flourish Root Tabs because Didiplis Diandra and others are root feeders that like fertile substrate. Your plants would benefit from the diy co2 but I don't think its necessary. Try replacing the co2 with liquid fertilizers. I find the liquid fertilizers to be very good at keeping my plants looking top notch. You know I am a fanatic for the Flourish products so give them a try. I have never had a co2 setup on my planted tank.

Oh Yeah I don't have pictures but I bought 3 Pineapple Swordtails yesterday.

(I decided to not get Neon Tetras)

i like the sound of swordtails. i never got them because i heard they were more susceptible to ich than other fish, but i do like them! are you still getting angels? about the plants though, i am alredy dosing seachem flourish. i also got my c02 running again today. my lighting is 3.4 wpg. i would like to see some pics of your swordtails!

This post has been edited by flyhawk: Jun 28 2008, 03:56 AM

Great! I'll get my digital camera and snap a few pictures.

My "current plan is (7 Zebra Danio's 8 Albino Cory's 3 Swordtails 1 Angelfish 2 Ram Cichlids)

If I get any Tetra's I think they will be Bleeding Hearts or Red Phantoms.

this is just my humble opinion, but if you have a big enough tank, maybe get 3 angels, because they can be less stressed in groups.

flyhawk,

I've taken some pics while I was feeding my Cory's. I have to load them to my PC and then I'll post them. Meanwhile I'd like to see your tank.

arghh, i hoped you wouldnt ask that because, when i am ready to but my pics in their way to big, and i dont know how to shrink them, with out totally messing them up! im still excited to see your fish, though!!!!!!

This post has been edited by flyhawk: Jun 28 2008, 03:57 AM

Hi flyhawk,

I've been out of town again. I can't figure how to upload photos either. The easiest way to see my fish is to google DNicolasL flickr. Then click on my photostrem. You can see pictures of my Cories and Swordtails.

it really sucks doesnt it? well ill see if i can find your sight. my tank is really starting to fill in. i started putting in seachem again and my tank clouded, so i wont do that anymore!!!! all the neons do great and im only a couple months away from getting angels!!!!!!!