Re: advise for newbies from newbies
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may i point out that im a teenager who works at an LFS and i think i give rather good advice, granted i do go with the cycle with fish, but i always sell a dose of filter bacteria + plants with it which IMO is a good thing to do
the staff know what they're talking about as well
but the stocking rules are rubbish tbh things like tetra sized fish
can be kept at 4" per gallon due to low waste + effective filtration and water changes but oscars are like one or 2 or maybe 3 fish per 5ft tank + pleco and maybe some other fish, maybe
so it changes in each circumstance, like i had 2.5" per gallon in my rekord 70 tropical tank ubtil last week when i gave em all away, i'm now going for a minimalistic approach to the amount of fish so i dont need to do water changes every week but will still do one most weeks
There are no experts, mearly beginners who know more than others.
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