It's now all filled with such as i can do. It's at the very beginning cycle where you get some bubbles on top of clear water.

With a tank of this size, cycling takes a month or more and may never happen without proper starter stuff or a few fish. Since I cant get the really good stuff (has to be refridgerated, not carried here), I will have to fish cycle.

Before anyone screams at me <grin>, in a tank of ths size, you can do this carefully without undue fish stress. While I hate this stage, it's something I've done through various moves and such, some 20 times among my various
tanks. It's easy with a bit of patience.

I will start with 4 small fish, about 1-2 inches each. Keep in mind with a
70 gallon tank, this isnt much. I can easily go 6 and might.

I have no perused my book and am ready to cautiously start a community tank. I've normally done mostly species tanks so this will be interesting!

I will not be starting with a goldfish as m normal tanks were, because I
don't want to have goldfish limits again. (They mix well with few others because they pee alot and most other fish can't handle what they do to a
tank's water).

Pending if I can find them, my start will be 4 zebra danios and possibly 1 or
2 small catfish of the types that grow to 4 inches max. Looking at pygmy
cory, emerald, or bearded cory.

If I can't find the danios I want, the scissortail rasbora or black molly may do.

Expanding later, once all is cycled (about 3 weeks to a month later), I am looking at several fish and mostly ones that do not need a heater. It wsnt clear is a discus really needed one but it seems an easy fish. Mollys say
they need a heater but i know from experience they do not. A Krib would only need one in winter here.

Discus- Cichlid- middle
Arulius Barb- Barb- middle upper
Blue Panchax- Killifish- upper
Kuhlii Loach- Loaches and Sharks- lower
Danio- all over
Catfish- lower
Mollie- depends but upper and middle


I do want a few live bearers in there so Mollies of some sort will get added.
They dont overpopulate a tank like guppies will.

Aiming for no fish over 6 inches due to the tank being a 70g Tall (meaning
it's less deep). Have more need for middle and upper layer fish.

Think it will work? Availability of the fish will make for some changes.
xxcarol
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I do want a few live bearers in there so Mollies of some sort will get adde
They dont overpopulate a tank like guppies will.

I use to raise guppies and will soon start again once I get moved into my house. I have a 30 gal tank and several 10 gal tanks. I use to sell my
guppies for 50 cents each. There was one summer I made over 200 dollars
selling them. I also raised albino swordtails. In my tank I had guppies, swordtails, a cory and 2 plachostomous (sp).

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I do want a few live bearers in there so Mollies of some sort will get a They dont overpopulate a tank like guppies will.

I use to raise guppies and will soon start again once I get moved into my house. I have a 30 gal tank and several 10 gal tanks. I use to sell my guppies for 50 cents each. There was one summer I made over 200 dollars

Cool! I used to sell plants out of my plant tank. I no longer have so many tanks and am not sure if we will setup the plant tank again.

Plant tanks are easy BTW. Use catlitter (plain clay, no filler or other
stuff) and tuck the plants in. Place tank in a sunny window and ignore it.
xxcarol


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Cool! I used to sell plants out of my plant tank. I no longer have so many tanks and am not sure if we will setup the plant tank again.

Plant tanks are easy BTW. Use catlitter (plain clay, no filler or other stuff) and tuck the plants in. Place tank in a sunny window and ignore it.

I used live plants in my 30 gal tank. Had some good luck with growing them
from the seeds. There are only a few plants that are sold around here, not
much to choose from. I wish I could find some good ones when I get ready to
set my tank back up.

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