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[aokashi]

no way oO considering how miniscule pygmy cories are

[harleraven]

Originally Posted by LeoTheLakerBetta

It seems your tank may be overstocked.

I have another 10 gallon that has started cycling. It'll be several weeks still before it's done (I seeded it with a decoration from the original tank, so hopefully that is speeding things up), but I'll see about moving the neons over once it's done. I had planned on dividing it for bettas, but if the community tank needs changed, I'll do that instead.

I did the water change, and nitrates are down to somewhere around 15-20 ppm after letting it sit for an hour to give the water time to mix well. I don't mind doing extra changes. They really don't take very long at all. I just don't want to kill off the biological filter. It's doing a great job, so I'd rather deal with diatoms than nitrite.

Originally Posted by aokashi

no way oO considering how miniscule pygmy cories are

Yeah, pygmies are so small I have to search around the gravel to make sure they are all still in there and alive! They're ridiculously tiny little cuties.

[ChoclateBetta]

Originally Posted by aokashi

no way oO considering how miniscule pygmy cories are

Dwarf Indian Puffers are an inch they need 5 gallons each waste, agression, size. and activity levels not just one.

[Olympia]

Who said anything about puffer fish? :s

[harleraven]

Um... I don't have puffer fish. I have Pygmy Cory catfish. They're nothing like puffers.

[aokashi]

Lol

[ChoclateBetta]

I was making a point of just because they are small does not mean small tanks work how did you all get that mixed up?

[Olympia]

5 gallons is a small tank..

[aokashi]

5 gallon is a nano XD
OP has a 10 gal. which is ... a small tank.

[ChoclateBetta]

I know I meant like 2.5 I need to be clearer and I said each not total so for all you know your tank is overstocked.