Recent content by ghorwitz

Thanks for the clarification! My previous home was in Virginia and I had so much space I basically had an entire room dedicated to my aquarium. I had to move up here for work and it was devastating having to dismantle and give away all my fish. I couldn't get a reasonable landlord to allow me to...

It's funny you say that, because one of them did moult very soon after addition. I read that it's important to leave the exoskeleton in the tank as they consume it to restore mineral content. Is that true?

Ok, great this is helpful to know! I've made an effort to count them every morning (harder than it sounds!) and so far I'm still 4 for 4. I had one get pulled into my filter on the first day (it's tiny) and managed to rescue it and it's still doing well. They are amazing to observe here’s a pic

Shrimp are a relatively new addition - they've only been in there since Friday. Good to know! :) If they do breed, will they over produce and crash the tank? For now, I'll just stick with the few neons and shrimp. Assuming keeping tetra and beta together is a no-go since the neons will nip the...

I hear you and I used to have a wonderful school of cardinal tetras in my 55g but that's unfortunately not possible in my current situation. I've got 4 neons in a 5g tank and my choices right now are: 1. Keep them as a group of 4 (this is what I'm expecting to do) 2. Add 1-2 more to improve...

This is super helpful, thank you! So would it be better to add 2 more neons knowing the tank dimensions don't meet their needs (I checked, and it is indeed not 24" long) or leave them at 4 which is fewer than their ideal school size? Realize this is a bit of frying pan/fire but not sure I see an...

Thanks for the quick reply! I've never heard of a minimum tank length for neons (can you point me to a website or something that discusses this? I tried googling but came up with nothing) - I chose them initially because of an article I read and also I recalled them being easy and my water tends...

I used to be an avid hobbyist and had a really well established 55g Amazon themed tank. Unfortunately, I had to move states and went from owning to renting and could not bring my tank. It's been about 6-7 years and I recently decided to slowly get back into things with a tiny 5-gallon custom...