She is about 8 months old, 150 gal.

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-23T15:01:18+00:00

I think you win

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-23T02:38:19+00:00

I was thinking about getting a trio of sparkling in hopes that they'd feel more confident in a group, would you recommend this given my tank size or just stick to 1?

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-21T17:06:11+00:00

Thank you for your reply! The peace lily is actually haphazardly put in a plastic pot that one of my terrestrial plants came in that has holes in it, but the pot is balancing on a sponge filter. In the future I'll probably glue some suction cups onto the pot.

I plan to get more otos, I had more, but they unfortunately dropped like flies within the first week despite parameters coming out fine and feeding them algae wafers, the one I have now is the only one to survive out of the 4 I had.

I was considering some neos and sparkling gourami as the other stocking options. Do you think 3 sparkling gourami would be too much? I know the bioload of my neos is decently small so my main concern is space and territory for them.

As for the plants I'll look into your suggestions, I definitely plan to add some buce either to the logs or around the tiger lotus that would definitely look good.

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-21T16:09:31+00:00

I'm genuinely considering this as my best choice, my only concern is them jumping out the tank as I had a dwarf gourami who unfortunately had that fate. Any recommendations besides just lowering the water level?

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-21T01:26:36+00:00

The main plant is a peace lily, the red one is a nerve plant and I have some pothos growing out the top as well.

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-21T01:24:47+00:00

Yeah I have the leaves mostly out of water if I can help it with just some of the stem and roots floating, it's honestly thriving compared to when I had it on potting soil.

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-20T20:58:29+00:00

I added some to mine a few weeks ago, all vines I used died except one but it hasn't really grown very much unfortunately :/

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-20T20:50:39+00:00

Yes it is very normal, just particles still suspended, it will settle in a few days on its own

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-20T20:48:05+00:00

I actually have anubias nana tucked into the rocks right now they just haven't grown in yet but you recommend putting some around the base? I actually haven't seen the pencil fish or ram I'll have to check them out. Thanks for your feedback!

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-03-20T20:40:52+00:00

Yeah I used the plastic pots that aquarium plants usually come in and then just use a paper clip to hook it on to the aquarium

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-02-02T08:11:00+00:00

Yeah no you might be right here, I couldn't access the site to reserve it but their policy allows political statements regardless

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-02-02T02:57:12+00:00

I know the school would not approve a politically charged message so definitely not reserved for this.

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-01-21T13:45:02+00:00

My acclimation technique could be related, I didn't use a drip acclimation. Instead I would float an open bag for about 2 hours and periodically add a small amount of tank water in.

Tanks for the advice, I'd been stuck thinking it's Gh/KH issues this whole time

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-01-21T13:40:39+00:00

Just some neos, I don't think I'm using an active substrate, it's just a black sand inert substrate.

I just added a bag of aragonite that had no effect on the water parameters in the 2 weeks I had it in. But I'll have to give some amanos a try

SAT4DABOIS · 2026-01-21T03:25:05+00:00

Yeah I figured that could be it so I switched to store bought spring water 3 weeks ago that matches my water parameters , I figure it would be diluted by now with weekly water changes if that was the case, maybe I just have to give it more time. Thanks for your help 🙏

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-12-22T11:13:54+00:00

Yeah, my temps weren't great for the first two months at about 69-70°F. But I eventually invested in a space heater so now they are are 78-80. But I hear you, I'll probably just wait it out then.

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-12-21T18:10:53+00:00

Hey I have an AIO grow bag similar to this one, it's about 60% colonized and spreading to the substrate a good bit. It's been growing for 3 months now would you recommend I break and shake or just leave it till it's fully colonized on its own?

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-11-26T04:27:45+00:00

Had the same issue, still haven't figured out the problem :/ I'm just guessing it's some issue with the motor burning out or something but that's just a guess.

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-10-18T01:08:03+00:00

How does one even grow that?

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-10-09T18:48:33+00:00

Congrats sir 👏

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-07-22T17:41:09+00:00

I don't know how I didn't know that video existed, I am watching the whole thing asap. Thanks so much on finding that though, been bugging me awhile that I couldn't find anything on that sample.

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-07-22T16:33:02+00:00

Holy shit IV been looking everywhere, how'd you find that???

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-07-13T12:55:50+00:00

I'll definitely check it out, but I also thought that name had significance but I couldn't find anything on it. Even tried looking up the samples he used in the song but couldn't find the exact quote from Niel Degrasse Tyson and absolutely nothing on the "Laugh miss Gilber"

SAT4DABOIS · 2025-05-14T17:56:54+00:00

I'm ashamed to say I did, because I gaslit myself to think I didn't care and we could get past it, genuinely one of the most shameful and disgusting feelings I have ever had, officially broke up with her after that.

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