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Is that just a personal preference or is there a reason?

I have a 37 gal highly decorated tank. Currently I have 3 mollies my stocking plan as of now is: The 3 mollies 3 platies 6 panda or peppered cories 1 dwarf gourami And either BN or RL pleco. Which would get along with the cories best or are they pretty much similar?

Add fish even though it's not processing the ammonia yet? It's processing nitrites fast bc I never get a reading just straight to nitrates.

Hi. I don't post much on here but I'm at a loss. I started cycling my first tank (37 gal, ph 8.2, KH and GH between 15 and 17, temp is around 84-85F) I've added tss+ twice once before I got a new filter (switch as much media as I could to new filter) then added another a little later. Just this...

I'm too scared to fish in cycle. I have a toddler also so I'm avoiding multi weekly water changes unless I have to. Lol

I'm gonna run a sponge filter for that reason lol

... I get so excited. And then I remember I still gotta wait. If I could let the tank run it's cycle and not have to look at it and test it I would be good and I could maybe not think about it all the freaking time. I think I've become obsessed and no one understand why I love it so much. Lol

That's so cute! Makes sense since they're catfish but I wouldn't have thought they would.

Now I have a sponge, old floss from old filter, half a sponge (cut to fit QT filter), then seachem matrix.

No it slowly drops to 1ppm over a couple days. It's so slow! I probably didn't have a lot of BB to switch. I only had a carbon filter in it and I cut off as much of the floss bag (Whatever it's called) as possible. The other bio cartridge was just a plastic piece with big holes and bumps. Not...

Even if I switched over the media? Dang it. Lol thx

How can u tell if the cycle has stalled or if it's just slow? I've been cycling for almost 4 weeks and about a week ago I got 5ppm nitrates and has stayed there. I haven't seen any nitrites, it's always 0ppm. I've been dosing to 2ppm ammonia. I've done 5 supplemental doses and with the initial...

Yea I was just gonna do 6 or one species. I'm leaning towards peppered but we'll see if that holds until I'm done cycling lol

Should I up the ammonia or stay with it? Would adding tss+ to this new filter help? Do I need to be patient a little longer?

Does behavior really differ from species to species? I know pygmeaus swims more mid than others and pandas like it cooler but are certain ones more active or playful or shy? Is it mostly just a color, size, temp choice when choosing which one? Just curious.