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Re: Stocking advice - Have I got room for some bottom dwellers?
« Reply #20 on: November 16, 2014, 06:25:56 PM »
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Very few shops ever mention fishless cycling. The ones that know about it are probably afraid of scaring customers away when all they have to do is go to the next shop which will tell them it's fine to get a tank and fish the same day, this miracle product will do everything you need.
I also wonder if some people are capable of understanding cycling at all let alone how to follow instructions for a fishless cycle......


Keep an eye on the 'platy'. If it does mature into a swordtail it may well take a dislike to the male platies.
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Re: Stocking advice - Have I got room for some bottom dwellers?
« Reply #21 on: November 16, 2014, 07:00:02 PM »
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Thanks again Sue,
What you say about the sales assistants makes sense, sad for the poor fish though.

Out of interest, what do you have in your 50L?
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« Reply #22 on: November 16, 2014, 07:13:45 PM »
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My 50 litre is a long shallow tank, the length being 60cm. I have 9 Sundadanio axelrodi, 3 pygmy cories - I did have more but they have died and I don't want to replace them - an unknown number of red cherry shrimps (they breed like rabbits)and 2 nerite snails. And an internal filter.
In the CC, I have salt & pepper cories as pymies aren't in the profiles and the two are the same size with the same requirements. And I have 1 apple snail entered as they are quite a bit bigger than nerites.
All that comes to 53% stocked.
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Re: Stocking advice - Have I got room for some bottom dwellers?
« Reply #23 on: November 16, 2014, 08:05:26 PM »
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That sounds like a lovely setup. They're sometimes called Neon Green Rasbora right?

 In hindsight I wish I'd gone with a school of small fish. I was quite struck by the Spice Rasbora, Fortail Rainbowfish and CPD's at my LFS but only after I'd bought my Platy. Don't think the first two would work well with my slightly alkaline hard water and CPD's would probably need a larger tank.

If I do get a larger tank and make my current one a species tank, if you have any recommendations for mico-fish that do well in alkaline hard water, please let me know. Endlers would be good come to think of it...
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« Reply #24 on: November 16, 2014, 08:33:21 PM »
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I have moderately soft water with an alkaline pH (GH 6 german deg, pH 7.5-ish after standing 24 hours) so the sundadanios were a bit of a risk but they seem to be doing well.

How about these for small hard water fish? Shops often call them emerald rasboras; they are quite distinctive, you can't mistake them for anything else when you see them in the shop tank.
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« Reply #25 on: November 16, 2014, 09:07:19 PM »
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Wow, beautiful little fish! Looks like my current tank is too small though :(

Just another excuse for another tank!
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« Reply #26 on: November 16, 2014, 09:12:19 PM »
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You might get away with celestial pearl danios aka galaxy rasboras as long as your pH isn't too high. Though pH is less important than hardness and these fish can go as high as 268ppm (15 German deg)
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« Reply #27 on: November 16, 2014, 09:15:09 PM »
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They are great too, and my pH is only 7.4 so should be fine for them. They're pretty pricey for such a small fish so wanted to make sure I wasn't an awful fishkeeper before committing to them!
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