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Makes sense about the substrate. When changing to sand, should all of the river rocks be removed, or could I remove half of them and put the sand on the top? When vacuuming sand, is there a certain siphon that you find works best? I looked online for the Malaysian driftwood and found a few...

I have attached a picture of the tank. I think the water is a little hazy, so I purchased a UV filter today. Are the rocks I have as a substrate not the best? I will plan on removing the lava rocks to see if it softens the water a bit. Mixing the source water with pure water is an idea...

Update: I returned the yoyo loaches and have not made any additional fish purchases. I tested my source water and the general hardness results differ from the water report. GH is at about 120, picture attached. It must be the lava rock that is increasing it to 180+. Any ideas on how to...

Thank you, I will check out the Seriously Fish site. There is so much conflicting info out there. When I purchased the Oto from a local fish store, there was only one available, and the fish store owner who had been in business for 34 years said he would do well on his own. And then I read...

L Correction: parts per million

The units of measure is ppm, parts for million. I am going to test the water source tomorrow to see if I get the same results as the report.

I read that at least three yoyo loaches should be kept together (though more is better, but unfortunately my tank is not large enough for more). Is this not true? I attached an image of where I found this information. What fish do you recommend for this size tank?

Thanks! I checked the town water quality report from 2022, and the hardness amount detected is showing as 80.3. I have lava rocks in the tank and river rocks as the substrate. Could these be raising the hardness?

Thanks for the responses! I returned the Chinese algae eater and two of the yo-yo loaches. Since the CAE is no longer in the tank, the loaches have settled down a lot. The CAE was pretty disruptive to the tank. Though I must admit I will miss him! He had quite the personality. The ph in the...

Correction: 1 powder blue dwarf gourami