Thanks for the good info and ideas. So thought it would be good to sign up and say hi everybody
. We have a 20g long for my daughter. Just upgraded from a 5g prison. but Iforgot the best thing to do is start with a bigger tank. this tank is stocked with 2 platy, 2 cardinal tetras, 1 otocinclus catfish, 2 glass shrimp,and 1 cherry red shrimp. the crs was a foundling at lfs. and yes cardinal tetras are schooling fish but 5 gallons was too small for a school. Any way I do like this site and its resources.

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