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My water knowledge is based on looking in my kettle. I used to live in Wiltshire where the kettle was constantly full of scale, I'm now living in Barry, The Vale Of Glamorgan where the kettle is clear, and the tea and coffee taste better. According to Welsh Water my water is slightly hard with a...
After much consideration (and googling Latin names) this isn't far off what I had hoped for. I will substitute the smaller tetras with angelfish, so not entirely cichlid free. I recognise the pleco varieties and have had them before. From your advice I think it will be one bristlenose plus...
I went through many plecs in my youth although I've no idea what species most of them were. Some grew large and some stayed small. I found them easy to care for. As well as a community tank I had a 600l tank with larger plecs which slowly went from silver dollars to tinfoil barbs to medium...
Would you consider the tank overstocked without the dwarf cichlids? I wouldn't be concerned with a larger number of tetras and forgo the dwarfs, but they are pretty fish.
Ahh... More choices! Thanks for educating me further, I was just going to get some rams. A quick google confirms that I must be more specific and ask for Bolivian rams.
Thank you for the comprehensive reply, there's plenty to think about!
I've asked in 2 local aquarium shops and none of the above was mentioned. They felt the quantity and mix was good for the size of tank, but both were unsure about the Apistos/Ram mix. Its always good to get the opinion of...
Hello everyone,
I'm returning to the hobby after many years and about to start setting up a new tank. Previously I had a pair of Ram and Agassizi cichlids in a community tank with mostly tetras. Maybe I just wasn't aware 15 years ago that Agassizi cichlids were part of a group called Apistos or...