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New Fishkeepers / Re: Fish stocking plan
« Last post by Sue on August 03, 2024, 07:51:33 PM »
The fish you suggest are compatible with each other, but we need some more details to know they are OK with your water.

The fish you suggest are soft water fish, except perhaps celestial pearl danios. So you need to find out how hard your tap water is. The easiest way is to look on your water company's website; it could be under 'in your area' (or however they phrase it) or water quality report. You need a number and the unit of measurement as UK water companies sometimes use strange units so we have to convert into the two units used in fish keeping.


A few comments on your fish list -

Threadfin rainbows are often sold as just males. If you want to observe their behaviour with males and females, spend the fishless cycling time looking for somewhere that stocks females.

Celestial pearl danios can be very shy fish so make sure there's lots of places for them to hide in. It sounds wrong, but the more hiding places there are, the more likely they'll be out and about as they know there's somewhere to run and hide.

Cories do better in larger numbers - and on sand rather than gravel.



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New Fishkeepers / Re: Fish stocking plan
« Last post by fcmf on August 03, 2024, 07:31:30 PM »
As I understand it, the Juwel Rio's dimensions are 101cm (W) x 41cm (D) x 50cm (H), and your choices of fish are fine for a tank with its footprint.  Numbers also seem fine, although you can check with the Community Creator on here.

All lovely fish.
As for the cories, panda cories might work well size-wise .v. the other fish. Sometimes it's best to leave cories until the tank is more mature and has developed a biofilm (eg 9+ months old) but yours might be fine if you didn't deepclean it after the predecessor fish and if it wasn't too long ago.

As for the fishes' compatibility with one another, @Sue might be the best person to advise on this.
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New Fishkeepers / Re: How to fix acrylic to glass
« Last post by fcmf on August 03, 2024, 07:17:58 PM »
Sorry for delayed reply.
Might these work for your tank, or are they too narrow to fit over the sides of the glass? https://www.amazon.co.uk/FYSL-Aquariums-Acrylic-Aquarium-Support/dp/B088WV6TSD
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New Fishkeepers / Fish stocking plan
« Last post by Tizme on July 31, 2024, 05:00:51 PM »
Hi at the moment I am waiting for rest of hardscape to be delivered. After I have planted , and done my fishless cycle I am planning to get the following.

15 cardinal tetras
15 celestial pearl danio
9 threadfin rainbow
7 corys ( not sure which yet. But small)

I also want a statement fish. Was thinking about 3 honey gourami.

Will honey gourami be ok. Or are the other fish to boisterous
Which fish should I add first

My tank is a 180l rio with the internal filter
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New Fishkeepers / How to fix acrylic to glass
« Last post by Tizme on July 24, 2024, 03:48:44 PM »
Thanks to all the wonderful people and advice on here I now have a plan for my tank.
My lights are ordered. So only one thing to do before I can start.
The original lights got condensation in the unit so am upgrading to led.
I am worried about condensation getting in the new unit so will address this before I set it up.
The only thing I can think of doing is getting a condensation tray but I don't have a lip around the tank. But it has a brace across the center that's curved at the edges.
If I buy some acrylic square rods how can I stick them around the tank.
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New Fishkeepers / Re: Substrate help
« Last post by Tizme on July 23, 2024, 06:55:14 PM »
Ty so much. I am so grateful for all your help.
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New Fishkeepers / Re: Substrate help
« Last post by Matt on July 23, 2024, 03:13:11 AM »
No you don’t need co2 provided you choose ‘easy’ plants.

Regarding test kits - you want one of the ones with liquid reagents rather than the test strips (whilst easier/quicker to use they simply arnt accurate/reliable). The one by API is probably the most popular.
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New Fishkeepers / Re: Substrate help
« Last post by Tizme on July 22, 2024, 09:59:18 PM »
Ty so much that's awesome. Do I need to look into co2. And can you recommend a water test kit that covers everything I need please.
I know I ask a lot but I want everything to be right.
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New Fishkeepers / Re: Substrate help
« Last post by Matt on July 22, 2024, 07:41:33 PM »
Ok plants…
Primarily you’ve got root feeding plants (which suit a soil substrate) and stem/rhizome plants (which take their nutrients more from the water column).

So your choices of plants may well influence how you wish to set up your tank.

Some easy stem plants:
Bacopa monnieri
Egeria densa
Hygrophila species (any)
Ludwigia palustris (hard to grow red)
Hornwort (ceratophyllum demersum)
Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea'

Some easy rhizome plants and mosses (should not be planted in the substrate):
Anubias species (any)
Bucephalandra species (any)
Java fem (Microsoft pteropus)
Bolbitis heudelotti
Java moss (taxiphyllum barbieri)
Mario moss balls (cladophora aegagrophila)

Some easy rosette and bulb plants (that SHOULD be planted!):
Crinum calamistratum
Crypt species (any)
Echinodorus species (e.g. Amazon swords)
Dwarf Sag (Sagittariua subulata)
Vallisneria (any)
Aponogetum capuroni

Fertilisation of the water column if you end up wanting to go this way, you don't want to increase nitrates so should use a micros only product that contains phosphorus also, something like JBLs Ferropol.

Hope that helps

Edit: Topica have a decent site and plant difficulty rating system
https://tropica.com/en/plants/
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New Fishkeepers / Re: Substrate help
« Last post by Tizme on July 22, 2024, 10:51:23 AM »
Ty so much for the link.
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