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Soooo, that would be the only problem? What about the balance of chemicals?

I have come across a couple huge free bottles of liquid fertilizer that are 2-1-1. Should I mix this with anything so that I can use it in my planted 90 gallon? It would be a shame to not be able to use this stuff. Thanks for your help!

Thanks for the input. Where can I find some for a good price? How are they visually, and are there any more colourful options that would fit the tank? Cheers.

That is an odd question.......I've never thought about figuring out the max. I guess it depends on how much ground space there is. They need territories, and they stick to the bottom, so height will not do anything. If you have too much clutter in the tank it will take that room away, but you still need to provide barriers between territories. Then, I guess you could put in one of each kind after that, if you just wanted the most types. Personally, I think 50 individual different dwarf cichlid would be an odd site in one tank.

I have a 90 gallon planted tank with peaceful community fish. Right now, cardinal tetras, rainbow sharks, plecos, siamese algae eaters, assassin snails. I love having "critters" in my tank such as shrimp, snails and muscles or clams. What kinds of shrimp could work in this set up? Vampire shrimp maybe? Does anyone have advice on keeping clams or muscles? If I can, I would love to keep some of these. Cheers!

Always exciting to find that! Are those convicts? I can't seem to tell from the picture.

The difficulty is that if you don't know what they are, they are most likely hybrids. I have seen those "blue cichlid" all over the place with all kinds of tiny variations. Basically, you will probably never be sure what they are, but mostly what they could be mixes of.

Those are absolutely fantastic. You definitely have an eye for this sort of thing.

I think you'd need some better pictures. From what I can see, it might just be a little scratch. I don't have experiences with external parasites though. Within a week or so, it should be healing up if it is indeed a scrape.

Aren't those texas cichlids super agressive? Rams would be a bad choice as they are dwarfs and community tank type fish. Honestly, you could go with a million different types. Maybe you could take a look at the ones you like and ask if they work...... Anyone else have ideas?

Hahaha, I have only been nibbled on by a curious cichlid before, and I thought THAT was startling. Wish I could have seen it.

Sounds like Cyanobacteria to me. If you pick it out of the tank does it smell horrible? HUGE water change. Black out for 3 days. Like towels covering the tank so NO light gets in at all. HUGE water change. Repeat as needed. (Careful not to kill other plants with too many black outs). This sucker will come back time and time again unless you keep up your water changes. I just found some on a tiny part of my tank and I DO NOT want this taking over. I had a big problem with it in a planted tank of mine last spring and the stuff was terrible. Good luck!

They still have Petcetera? All the calgary ones went out of business and sold everything for dirt cheap over a year ago. Edmonton?

Yup, a bit far. Thanks for the offer though.

Welcome to the forums. Sounds like a big project. I am in the midst of a 90 gallon planted tank right now. What types of plants and animals are you interested in?