Interesting. I love hearing other views and opinions, i appreciate things I might not have thought of on my own. Yes, the change in behavior started weeks before the albino arrived. I almost hoped he'd perk them up a bit. So it's possible that the change in behavior with the addition of the black ...

While I'm picking your brain about Cory let me ask you (and anyone else who wants to chime in) this; I've had the pandas for a long time, I had them on Tahitian moon sand in a 20g long. I moved them to the 60 gallon, with a tan colored sand instead of the black because I wanted something less ...

The pandas I have now are all 2-3 years old. 3 of them are fry I managed to raise, lost a couple of others along the way. Im torn. I like the little guy (or girl? I think she may be a female, based on what I've seen in my pandas). Also, the girl who brought the albino to my house today admitted to ...

Hmmm ok. Thanks for the input. I'm not sure. I do really love my pandas. But I may also like the albinos? I don't know, ive only ever had panda Cory. How do the albino differ, behavior, personality wise? And would it be unfair to the albino to only have the one? I currently have 6 panda Cory, 9 oto ...

I have a 60 gallon tank with skirt tetras, Otos and 6 panda Cory. I planned on more pandas after I move, waiting to stock until then. At my job we have a betta in a 2.5 gallon. One of my coworkers thought it would be a good idea to buy an albino cory to live in there with him. Long story short, the ...

I almost always buy "Black Diamond Blasting Sand" from a hardware or farm supply store. It's black and less than $10 for 50 lbs. I can't find the black diamond anywhere around here. Only "black beauty", and their website describes the particles as angular and sharp. So that's a bummer, I love the ...

Thanks everyone for the input. After considering all your responses I decided to suck it up and buy the sunset gold sand. I don't want to worry about ph issues. I don't want to risk another bad play sand, and pool sand isn't ideal. After more research I found the manufacturer describes the black ...

i just tested it now. tap water: 7.0, current tank:7.2, sample (after an hour): 7.6. I'm finding this so frustrating! i don't want to buy a new play sand and test it to find out it fails too and have a hundred pounds of useless sand. i know some people use black blasting sand? theres a local place ...

i wonder if the quikrete sands are similar. i really like the look of the playsand i bought, but the guy on the phone spooked me a little, telling me it'll raise my pH and nuke my fish. it looks really natural and super soft and fine but with different variations going through it. i rinsed a small ...

hi! long time reader, first time poster. i currently have a 20g long planted tank with panda cory. i am upgrading to a 60 gallon as soon as i get the substrate figured out. its going to be a dirted tank like my 20g, but i want to find a sand that will be safe for the cory and preferably dark in ...