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I've usually used corydoras or barbs to cycle a tank... and in most of the cases I left them in there after adding the fish I wanted. This is my first time doing a convict tank, and from what I understand, the convicts would pretty much destroy the corys or the barbs. I could decide to move...

Due the the ph requirements, is one type of gravel better than just the regular stuff?

I have a 29g that I would like to setup for a pair of convicts. My main question is about filtration. I've read that one should choose a sponge filter instead of a power filter due to the intake sucking in the fry. My question is... if I were to use a prefilter on a power filter/bio-wheel, would...