Re: Cory's sensitive to 4 year olds...

Hi,

Thanks for that.

I can easily change the water twice a week and I always give the gravel
a good going over when I do that. I was doing it twice a week when I
first got the tank set up until a friend said I was doing it way too
much. My own feeling is that more would be better. I will try about
30 - 35% twice a week.

I don't think the pH should be too much of a problem since the LFS
suffers with the same mega hard water that we have here so they should
be acclimatised.

In terms of space and tank size there is plenty of room in the tank
for swimming from one end to the other unimpeded but I'll take on board
what you said. (My LFS said that these would be perfect for a 5G tank
too!) I'm in the process of setting up a 60-65 litre planted tank
which will have a lot more space for fun and frolicks. It may also be
more acidic since I'm thinking of using ADA Aquasoil which buffers the
water to about pH 6.5 ish. It won't have a bubble stream though
because that would dump my CO2 out of the water. If you think they'd
be happier in here with a few friends, say 5 in total, then I could
easily transfer them when the fishless cycle is finished.

Thanks again for the pointers,

muddy

PS: I don't think they've ever got even one bloodworm - the betta is
mad for them. Maybe I'll squish some up tight so they sink fast. (The
betta can't seem to get stuff that's landed on the gravel very easily -
upturned mouth makes it tricky I think.

.

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