Amateur hobbyist, trying to move bigger

[vanillaXtiffy]

Personally, I would go much bigger than 100g for a fully grown pleco, but if 100g is what you can reasonably afford and fit into your home, then it's still better than a 55g.

Something that helps with skittish fish is having more hiding spots. They will be more brave if they know there's a few places they can run and hide to at any moment.

 

[djfsolo]

Thanks- Perhaps a 200G with a few extra fish will be sufficient. Hopefully my pleco can last another year or so before I drop that purchase.

I just wanted to thank you all again for the advice and information, I'm pretty sure the tank is done it's cycle. Levels are staying consistent and I haven't had to do a water change in 3 days or so.

Will update with pics and stocking as this build continues!

 

[djfsolo]

Ok guys, I think the tank is fully cycled and with NO CASUALTIES

Everyone looks healthy, seem to be eating and growing appropriately. I'm gonna see if we can keep things normal with weekly water changes.

Replaced the old Proquatics heater with a brand new Eheim Jager 200W, seems to be working fine so far- very accurate!

At any rate it's time to ADD as far as I'm concerned, right now I have my eyes on the blue acara cichlid- any warning signs/bells about this? I did plenty of research and my tank should be able to support it environmentally, and it seems to be of a good temperament for communities. Are they good in numbers? I considered getting two

Thanks for sticking with me throughout this process!

Also random question, do fish NOT like a lot of oxygen in the water for any reason? I currently have two bubblers installed in there and while they seem quite alright, just wanted to be sure I wasn't doing bubble overkill or anything (sorry if bubbler is the incorrect term)

 

[djfsolo]

bump.