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My best guess would be: Try to remove however much gravel you think is appropriate where there are no plants. Then just add sand. as long as you don't have crazy amounts of substrate in there already (crazy means 3.5-5"...which I guess is about 9-12 or 13cm) you should be fine. My favorite...

Has anyone noticed decreased lifespan correlated with feeding live food? Someone brought it up to me today and it got me thinking a little... I know that if fish are kept in warmer water their metabolism is higher and they don't live as long, but a friend of mine who has kept fish for 30+...

I have a pair of kribs in a 29 with lots of plants. They have a cave to spawn in and do so regularly. The only other tankmates are three zebra danios and 6 neon tetras. The kribs get pretty aggressive when they're spawning. If a fish is a little (and I do mean a little) too slow the kribs...

Dwarf Gouramis! great colors and neat behavior.

I posted on another forum and found out that scarlet badis are way in the clear for shrimp. I've got my ear to the ground to get a few of those. Thanks for the help.

So, the topic sounds stupid but... ...I have a heavily planted 10gal that I have stocked with about 15 cherries and three amanos. I really like interesting fish with personality. I've kept angels, gouramis, kribensis, severums, bettas, and cories that I really liked. They all have behavior...