Recent content by DS98

I should really get to reading about water hardness and the impact it has on fish

No worries, it's better to be corrected now than to have a problem swimming around in the tank later on so thanks for the feedback    I'd be happy with a shoal of habrosous cories to start out with, best of both worlds as they are catfish (which I love) and are shoaling fish. How many of them...

Alright then, I do want to avoid waiting on cycling so I might ask the LFS for some cycled media as well as get plenty of fast growing plants and do regular ammonia tests to be safe.   Do cories school with other species of cories or do they bully each other for food?   I'm thinking about having...

So is this quality of water ok for corydoras? I'm quite convinced to go down the direction of a cories-only tank because it avoids many complications of a community tank including nipping. Also, some sources online say that cories do poorly in newly cycled tanks, is this true?   Thanks for tips...

Hi again and thanks for the detailed advice!   From what you guys said, neons are not an ideal beginner fish, so what could replace them?   The tap water here can be considered soft from what I've read online (the island is tiny with good pipe systems so water quality can't vary that much) so it...

Hi all, I'm new to this hobby and am planning a small 2ft by 1ft 20 gallon planted aquarium for tropical fish. I've read up on fish types, plant types and the nitrogen cycle as well. Here is the basic idea:   Fish: 8 neon/cardinal tetras, 7 bloodfin tetras for schooling fish 4 platies or 4...