Well, a couple weeks ago I went to the fish store with the intention of getting a dwarf gourami. I recently realized that it is not a dwarf gourami, but a gold gourami - not quite sure how that happened...
Anyway, here are my tank specs, should I swap out the gold for a dwarf? Or will this be ok. Also, he is very shy (though the last day or so, he has been coming out more); is this common? Would it help to get a second?
Also, should/could I get a second cory cat? And I would like something with color (my angle is black and white and the gold gourami kinda blends in with the plants...); is there a nice looking fish that could fit in with this tank?
I am planning to set up an aqua bridge to a 20 gallon, but that probably won't happen until this summer.
Well I guess tomorrow I'll be off to the fish store.
I didn't realize that they prefer sand, but I was planning on replacing the substrate the weekend anyway, so I'll just be sure to get sand.
The filtration is through an in-tank filter, I can't think of the brand at the moment.
What type of substrate to you have in the tank now? I'm sure you realize this but alot of your tank's biological is in the substrate so it's probably not a good idea to remove it and replace with sand all at once. I changed from gravel to sand and put a large amount of the gravel into a nylon hose. I filled the tank with the heavily prewashed sand and then placed the nylon hose filled with gravel onto the sand. I kept it there for a few weeks so I could avoid a mini-cycle in my tank. It worked very well. Just a heads up
either put the gravel in a nylon sock as mentioned or remove a small amount, add sand. wait a week, remove a small amount, add sand...
if your going the sock route try not to let the gravel dry or be out of the tank long as this will kill the bacteria and but you back at the beginning regardless. IMO black sand always looks nice, just make sure you get one that doesnt have buffering properties
Some sands such as for marine or african cichlid tanks will raise your Ph. You can check with your LFS. Tell them you need a sand that is inert so it doesn't change your Ph. Or you can use play sand from Lowes or Home Depot.
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