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Consistency is everything. I've had zero deaths in my 40-gallon for 6 months. Key for me was sticking to a strict water change schedule and over-filtering. Double the recommended filtration capacity has kept everything pristine.

I have setup a 29 gallon lightly planted community tank with beginner friendly plants - (crypts, fern, anubias and valisneria)
The tank is up and running for little over 2 months with 10 neon, 6 rummynose tetra, 3 oto and 5 platys. (I added each set over three weeks so as to give the cycle time ...

OK, there's the picture I requested in your other thread. Do you know how hard your water is? You have some soft and hard water species mixed, which could cause problems for someone down the road.

I would stay away from angelfish in a tank this size. They are very social animals and won't live ...

OK, there's the picture I requested in your other thread. Do you know how hard your water is? You have some soft and hard water species mixed, which could cause problems for someone down the road.

I would stay away from angelfish in a tank this size. They are very social animals and won't live ...

This picture is from just before I added any fish to it. So basically a newly cycled ready to go tank awaiting the fishy inhabitants

I have setup a 29 gallon lightly planted community tank with beginner friendly plants - (crypts, fern, anubias and valisneria)
The tank is up and running for little over 2 months with 10 neon, 6 rummynose tetra, 3 oto and 5 platys. (I added each set over three weeks so as to give the cycle time to ...

I've had a surprisingly good run with a few plants despite my inexperience. I've found hornwort to be pretty hardy, and duckweed's been growing like crazy - maybe a bit too much, to be honest. Zorchzon swords and micro swords have also done well for me, as have corkscrew Vallisneria and various ...