Hello Everyone!

I'm glad to be here as I find I have a hundred worries and questions as I'm starting my first Freshwater Aquarium. I've studied on the internet like a mad person about plants and fish and tempratures and stratus and cycling. etc and etc. trying to set up the perfect tank. I've already had a few of my stresses relieved by awesome information from people on this site. So thank you thank you and I look forward to more Q/A fish stuff and getting to know my fellow aquarium enthusiasts.

Lol, so true! However, no plastic plants!

Well, after a few months of planning, I already have it up and running. It's a 29 gallon with live plants i.e.; creeping mint charlie, crypto's, eel grass, short swords. I have a large piece of driftwood that I would eventually like to carpet with dwarf baby tears and also am wanting some kind of red plant and an anubia and corkscrew Val. I also have lava rock which hides the airstone. I believe that my cycle has completed seeing as amonia and nitrites read zero and I have a small amount of nitrate. I already have fish. They are three very lively danios, 5 glowlight tetra, 2 juli cory catfish and one little oto. I had 3 but two died right after putting them in the tank. The third one is thriving great and munching on the brown algae on some of my plants.

I have seen the different opinions on some posts and come with a complete open mind. I also expect to get some scolding for doing a fish cycle

Wow! Good to know about the airstone. I actually thought it was good for the plants. Even a small flow is bad? My filter flow is quite gentle and it doesn't seem to put out a lot of bubbles as I fill my tank pretty full. Are the fish OK if there is a stilll surface? I was worried about not enough movement at the top of the aquarium. The filter I have is a Fluval AquaClear 50, for aquariums up to 50 gals. I was going to get the 30, but thought at 29 gal it was too close to the max so got the bigger one.