If the question is what's the best substrate for most aquarists to keep corys on (especially in community or "wide biotope" tanks) then the answer is fine rounded or pea gravel. Jools Jools, I've been thinking about changing gravel to sand in an 80g community tank with angels, praecox rainbows ...

Thanks very much for you replies. I will secure some sand for the soon to be new arrivals. I don't even know what a cyclops is but I'll google it. I'm a little nervous about tubifex because of everything I've read on possible diseases. I always have frozen bloodworms and freeze dried daphnia - is ...

Pectorale, thanks very much for you reply!! But...my question is will the corys be OK in the q-tank with no gravel for the period of the quarantine - 4 to 6 weeks?

I'm planning on ordering six adlofois in the near future and intend to quarantine them for four to six weeks before adding to my 80g community. I have a 5g q-tank and am running a sponge filter. The q-tank has been cycled for approximately three months. The tank has a "cave type" ornament and a ...

I can't help with the fungus but I have disinfected tanks with chlorine. I filled the tank including gravel, plants, everything except the fish, with a 5% solution (some say 2 or 3% is enough) and let it sit for a day. Then I emptied the chlorine water, rinsed everything several times, and filled ...