Marty

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Hey Harold, Wondering if you have or will get some dwarf rasboras? Like Boraras maculatus for example, or others? Thanks!

I've had great experience with Eheim professional series filters. I've had a Pro 2 for years no problems. Never tried Rena filters. I've only heard consistently bad reviews on the Fluvals.

Yes please do share. What would you buy?

Good advice given, but I'll add my experience. You can mix the tropheus species (duboisi and moorii) as they will mostly ignore each other and other fish that don't look like them, but amongst themselves they need a group of at least 10. Although Trohpeus will mostly ignore other fish they are boisterous and constantly active, so that usually stresses out more mellow fish.

I've seen these at Pisces Pets.

rummy nose tetras are the best schooling tetre in my opinion. I have had rasboras and cardinas among other tetras, and they school when you first put them in the tank, but after a few weeks they stake out territories exactly like jvision has described. Currently I have cyps, angels, and discus in a 90G with cardinals, and rummy nose. the cardinals will school occasionally (being smaller in size than most other tankmates), but the rummy nose are always swimming around together.

Have you had better luck with the HAGEN GLO T5 HO fixtures?

As far as I know the prefix "neo" means new... Probably has something to do with when they were defined as a genus is my guess. So Lamprologus was defined, and some time later the genus Neolamprolgus was defined to encompass new species being discovered. Edit: According to the Wikipedia articles Jaykit cited Lamprologus was defined by Schilthuis in 1891, and Neolamprologus by Colombe & Allgayer in 1985. So if you believe wikipedia I think that is ur answer...

I saw those Fluval Ebi tanks for shrimp at Pisces. They are very cool! It's on my short list of things to get... Everything you need is in the box. Just add the shrimp and water!

If you don't plan on having plants with high light requirements I suggest you go to Home Depot and pick up a shop light fixture. Home Depot Link It is 48" and takes 2 bulbs. They have full spectrum T8 bulbs there also. $10 for a 2-pack. If you plan on having more growth/plants (or plants with high light requirements) you need more wattage. I suggest the Hagen Glo T5 HO system. The fixture itself is not too bad in terms of price, but the bulbs are expenseive, especially compared to the shop light package at Home Depot. I've heard the Coralife fixtures don't last too long because the compact ballasts are not very durable. Unfortunately, if you want good plant growth you need to spend the money on the lights.

I get mine from fairdeal. Within a few days of getting it my BN was inside. There are many other hiding areas in the tank so the pleco musta chosen the clay cone for a reason!

Talk to fairdeal! He has really good ones I've had success with, and at great fairdeal prices:)

Gah! I hate that algae slime! I find that it turns up when there is too much light and/or nutrients in the water. If the plants you have in the tank cannot absorb enough nutrients to establish a good balance the slime will appear. The fact that you moved gravel (with poop) and what not from another (probably larger) tank also makes me think that there is an excess in nutrients in the water, and the small Edge tank has not established a balanced cycle yet. If you rinsed the gravel before putting it into the Edge then my theory could be wrong. :eh: I've had success with manually removing the slime, and reducing an hour or two off the light timer.

Looks neat! how long have you had it setup for? Looks like the plants are growing really well under the CFL spirals!