I should've been more clear. What I meant was if there are lots of nutrients in the tank from aqua soil will I need to do water changes very often as the tank isn't cycled yet so the plants aren't growing very much so not using the nutrients and I want to prevent as much algae as possible? At...
A lot of stores say it's okay but it is in their interest to sell the fish so I don't fully trust them. If so, could I keep any fish with them?
Thanks!
The tank is 82x39x40cm. The light is actually pretty good but doesn't have great reach, especially in the back of the tank, it will be low flow and I'm using tropica soil but no co2.
For stocking I'm considering: 1 honey gourami, 12-15 schooling fish (haven't decided which), 6 ottos or a...
I need to change my location, so many people on this forum just talk about water hardness. 1. if I'm buying fish used to London water it could be more harmful to change it 2. I'm mixing ro water and tap water to lower it to like 140-60ppm.
Could i do an apistogramma, 12 cardinal tetras, a siamese algae eater and some cory's in a planted fluval flex 123l or would the bioload/ aggression be too much. If so please suggest how i could change some of the fish to make it more suited while keeping the same backbone. I really want some...