Recent content by JoeSmith

Thank you everyone.  I ended up getting a small school of 6 Julii Corys.  Perhaps they are false Julii's but I cant really tell them apart.  They seem to enjoy their new home.  The dwarf crayfish doesn't seem to bother them, just raises his claws when they get to close and the cory quickly...

The only reason I was against getting more than say 6 was I was afraid to overload my tank.  I guess I'll see how large they get maybe I can consider getting a few more.    Thanks for the help from everyone!  I'm sure I'll have another question in the future.

Right that might help .  Both are in ppm or mg/L.

GH appears to be 30 and KH appears to be 40.  Ph has been consistantly reading at 7.4.  Would that be acceptable for some small corys?

Will the KH and GH values give me a good idea of what my water hardness is?  Im having a hard time finding and interpreting mine online.

I've had fish in my tank a little more than 3 weeks now and have been adding API quick start here and there with plenty of plants.  Been doing about 20% water changes every 3 or 4 days while im early into setting it up.  My ammonia has finally gotten to 0 ppm, it was hovering .25 for a while...

I am new to this forum and new to owning fish other than my betta fish.  Several weeks ago I purchased a 20 gallon tank which now has plenty of live plants and a few rock decorations.  Currently I have one guppy, 5 black skirt tetras, and one dwarf orange crayfish.  All the current residents...