-BethK is an incredibly rude person. I put research into each fish before i buy it and make constant water changes to keep them happy. I'm a good pet owner. Sure i dont have a perfect stock of fish, but i got fish that i really enjoy and made sure they work well enough together to be happy in there. People like BethK need to move their rude remarks elseware!! I'm done. It was nice being a member for the time being. Thank you for the members like verminator and Gab who were respectable people. --
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Verminator89
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Nicely done, not personally a fan of fancy fake scenery such as the Roman walls, but its nice none the less. A catfish for this size tank is too big, unless you go for the smaller corydoras, but your right in saying your gravel will be moved about somewhat. One thing to note would be the plnt at the back of the tank - i dont think its an aquatic plant. If thats the case it'll rot over time and cause a bigger ammonia spike. So i'd take it out.
Well done
Well done
ShinLi
New Member
Nice little tank, also not a big fan of such decorations, but as long as you like it, it's all good .
I do agree with verminator on that plant in the back. I'd really remove it if I were you because I've never seen that in aquariums before and don't think it's a waterplant. Also the other little plant, it's better if you remove the stuff that's around the stems, and the lead thing as well and push them in the gravel a bit. That way they might grow and root better as well. Also the gravel isn't really suitable for corydoras. Maybe a group of otocinclus affinis (spelling?) If you want some more plants, you could first choose some faster growing stemplants like the Cabomba aquatica (although I don't know if that's sold as much in other countries as it is here). And for the background you could use a nice amazon sword plant (Echinodorus species).
Good luck with your tank.
. I do agree with verminator on that plant in the back. I'd really remove it if I were you because I've never seen that in aquariums before and don't think it's a waterplant. Also the other little plant, it's better if you remove the stuff that's around the stems, and the lead thing as well and push them in the gravel a bit. That way they might grow and root better as well. Also the gravel isn't really suitable for corydoras. Maybe a group of otocinclus affinis (spelling?) If you want some more plants, you could first choose some faster growing stemplants like the Cabomba aquatica (although I don't know if that's sold as much in other countries as it is here). And for the background you could use a nice amazon sword plant (Echinodorus species).
Good luck with your tank
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Verminator89
Jack Dempsey Enthusiast
We all like to think our LFS ar reputable, and most are. Sadly it doesnt stop them from selling the odd plant that isnt a true aquatic plant. They will often sell plants that can survive for short periods submerged, but in the long term they will die off. Possibly one of the best, if not the best local shops to me sell plants that arent true aquatics and its perfectly legal for them to do so. I myself have bought these plants and watched them die slowly, its probably worth mentioning that the big one at the back (that you've since removed) is actually one that i bought, and it died
Do a google search for "Tropica", they do some great journals/books/reviews on all true aquatic plants and how easy/hard, fast/slow they grow, along with much more advice. Also people on here will gladly reccomend plants to try that are good starters.Echinodorus Bleheri is a good spacve filler if you want something similar to what you had at the back. Also cabomba that was mentioned previously is a good, easy and fast grower to try. Hope the pointers get you in the right direction.
One thing i would say is for such a shallow tank it might be worth taking out a little bit of the gravel. The extra half and inch you would gain from doing this will make a surprisingly big influence on the final look of the tank
Leave enough for your corydoras to rummage around in though 
Ditch the chemical its not worth using as you have to continually add it. 10% water changes won't be effective either I recommend doing a 50-75% water change wait a few hours check ammonia and proceed to do 25% changes daily until you have 0.00 Ammonia. You never want ammonia in your tank at any level and not to scare you but its in your fishes best interest you get rid of it as soon as possible. Also as Ammonia is converted by bacteria it becomes nitrite and then nitrate. So the longer you have high ammonia you run the risk for high nitrites and nitrates.
Aside from your ammonia hiccup, looks like you got a tank which you really like and enjoy and that's the key go for what you want not others
Ditch the chemical its not worth using as you have to continually add it. 10% water changes won't be effective either I recommend doing a 50-75% water change wait a few hours check ammonia and proceed to do 25% changes daily until you have 0.00 Ammonia. You never want ammonia in your tank at any level and not to scare you but its in your fishes best interest you get rid of it as soon as possible. Also as Ammonia is converted by bacteria it becomes nitrite and then nitrate. So the longer you have high ammonia you run the risk for high nitrites and nitrates.
Aside from your ammonia hiccup, looks like you got a tank which you really like and enjoy and that's the key go for what you want not others
The reason i am only changing a small amount at a time is because i recently re-did my tank(2 weeks ago). This involved new gravel, filter, structures, and a %50 water change. Now i think my good bacteria is very low and needs to rebuild. The water even got cloudly for a couple days(yes, i heavily strained the gravel), a sign of a cycling tank. The mistake i think i made was changing too much water and the filter.
Now i dont think i should be taking that much water out at a time because i need to rebuild bacteria. With changing 10% nightly, i get to constantly b filtering ammonia out while still allowing the most bacteria to grow.
If you have any advise on what i should be doing something different, im all ears.
did you thro away the oldfilter stuffs? if you did thn your stuck doing it all over again
dechlorinate the water? some people dont but idk if a 50% change could be enough to kill off some bacteria
sometimes the gravel has bacteria as well and when doing a substrate change its best to do so little by little or else you risk a mini-cycle
bacteria mainly settle in the filter and on the gravel so doing massive water changes would only benefit the fish
Ditch the chemical its not worth using as you have to continually add it. 10% water changes won't be effective either I recommend doing a 50-75% water change wait a few hours check ammonia and proceed to do 25% changes daily until you have 0.00 Ammonia. You never want ammonia in your tank at any level and not to scare you but its in your fishes best interest you get rid of it as soon as possible. Also as Ammonia is converted by bacteria it becomes nitrite and then nitrate. So the longer you have high ammonia you run the risk for high nitrites and nitrates.
Aside from your ammonia hiccup, looks like you got a tank which you really like and enjoy and that's the key go for what you want not others
The reason i am only changing a small amount at a time is because i recently re-did my tank(2 weeks ago). This involved new gravel, filter, structures, and a %50 water change. Now i think my good bacteria is very low and needs to rebuild. The water even got cloudly for a couple days(yes, i heavily strained the gravel), a sign of a cycling tank. The mistake i think i made was changing too much water and the filter.
Now i dont think i should be taking that much water out at a time because i need to rebuild bacteria. With changing 10% nightly, i get to constantly b filtering ammonia out while still allowing the most bacteria to grow.
If you have any advise on what i should be doing something different, im all ears.
did you thro away the oldfilter stuffs? if you did thn your stuck doing it all over again
dechlorinate the water? some people dont but idk if a 50% change could be enough to kill off some bacteria
sometimes the gravel has bacteria as well and when doing a substrate change its best to do so little by little or else you risk a mini-cycle
bacteria mainly settle in the filter and on the gravel so doing massive water changes would only benefit the fish
ok sounds good. Yea i think i did end up with a "mini-cycle" as you have stated. It should be done now. I will do a big water change tomarrow and hope t goes back to zero
i just wanted to make sure i got bacteria in the filter and gravel before i took large amounts of water out.Thanks for the help
Changing water doesn't do anything to beneficial bacteria as long as it is dechlorinated. I do 50%+ a day on my Discus tank and if bacteria was killed all the time I'd have a lot of dead fishok sounds good. Yea i think i did end up with a "mini-cycle" as you have stated. It should be done now. I will do a big water change tomarrow and hope t goes back to zero
Thanks for the help
o ok thank you!
I just did a %50 change a few mins ago so my tank should be close to good now.
Once the ammonia is back to zero i was thinking of adding: a couple ghost shrimp, another guppy, and a dwarf gourami. Does this sound good? Would i be overstocking?
I just did a %50 change a few mins ago so my tank should be close to good now.
Once the ammonia is back to zero i was thinking of adding: a couple ghost shrimp, another guppy, and a dwarf gourami. Does this sound good? Would i be overstocking?
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