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Tank is up about 6-8 weeks now, did a fishless cycle, now there is some algae appearing on the walls of the tank. Is this indicative of too much light? At the moment I have the light on from 12-2 and 4-10, for a total of 8 hours of light each day.

I'd like to set up a small, nano-style planted tank for my desk / office room in my apartment. Nothing really fancy, just some java moss and maybe a couple small leafy plants, anubias or something. Because it will be at my desk, where space is a bit at a premium, I was looking at some of the...

Thanks guys, I will try feeding with the lights off. I also thought about perhaps splitting it up more? Feeding the pellets in the morning, perhaps, when everyone is asleep, and feeding the flake at night?

I'm back [again!] In my 29Gal tank I now have two separate groups - 5 Golden Barbs and 3 [soon to be 6] Panda Corys. The corys, as one may expect, are primarily bottom dwellers and the barbs currently tend to roam pretty much everywhere else throughout the tank. In addition to the fish, I have...

Good to know - the Corys are recent additions, but if they are spawning that must mean they are pretty happy here in their new home :)

I'm certainly no expert, but 6 times over 12 hours sounds pretty excessive personally. I'm not sure the size of the feeding compartments, but unless they are quite small I would have to suggest that that is too much food. I've been feeding once a day what they can comfortably eat. Once they...

Are these eggs of some kind? If so, is it possible to tell whose? I have Gold Barbs, Panda Corys, some Amano Shrimp, and an Assassin snail in the tank.

The tank is 30x12x18 - bought the 29 instead of a 20 long just so that it has the extra space vertically for the angel. Definitely no ammonia in the tank right now, but the only fish in the tank at the moment are 5 gold barbs. Ideally, I'd like to bring that up to 8 or so. 1 Angel 8 Gold Barbs...

Hi again, We've escaped the feeding emergency with only one loss, and have now gone a little more than a week with the 5 gold barbs that I have all being pretty happy and playing around in the tank. Our current stocking goal: 6 gold barbs 6 panda corys 1 angelfish I have: 29GAL, kind of...

Unfortunately it's only got the one tube in it. I know it is a little bit more light than would probably be ideal without some more equipment, but at only the ~2 WPG level I was hoping that regular dosing of excel and nutrients into the water, combined with the eco-complete, would cover the...

Is there something specific that cories need aside from just good water quality? I was hoping to stock 6 panda cories next weekend into my 29Gal, it's been cycled and currently has 6 neon gold barbs in it. Do the cories require some empty space on the bottom of the tank to sniff around? My tank...

Thanks everyone! Waterdrop - I don't have my GH / KH readings at the moment, but the LFS will test those for me and I can report back over the weekend. The readings I've posted are pretty consistent - I tested again last night and got 0/0/10-20, so everything is staying pretty reasonable. I did...

Tonight after I ate dinner I resumed feedings. This time around I just added the flakes to the top of the water and let them sit until the fish noticed them. After eating, everyone seems pretty quiet. The fish are spending some time at the bottom of the tank, hiding in the plants and amongst...

Thanks for the assistance and the info. I'm going to try feeding them tonight the 'normal' way, by just dropping the flakes on the top of the water and letting the fish come up for them. One possible issue with this is that every time I come near the tank they hide behind my plants and rocks...

We're using Omega One flakes. Omega One Freshwater Flakes It was new to me as well, and since then a couple of people have told me that shouldn't be an issue, and it was more likely too much food rather than the food being too big / dry when it was eaten. I'm going to stick with less food, and...