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joshua969 · 12-12-2006, 04:19 PM

Unfourtunatley they're CAE'S. Maybe Petco will take them back seeing that when I bought them they were labeled as Oto's. Lesson learned I guess.

I thought the danio's or guppies would be perfect for cycling as well, but I thought I would ask because I read that algae eaters should be first in a tank so algae wouldn't get a foothold.

I'm keeping this low light low tech, so I won't be getting into CO2 or high light. Right now it's a 48" twin tube strip at 80 watts total or 1.45 watts/gallon, which I understood to be good for a non CO2 tank. I went with an Aquaclear 70 because while cleaning my Emperor 400 I managed to drop it and the main housing shattered.

Thanks again for your help.
Josh

12-12-2006, 04:19 PM	#8 (permalink)
joshua969 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Joliet IL Posts: 116	Unfourtunatley they're CAE'S. Maybe Petco will take them back seeing that when I bought them they were labeled as Oto's. Lesson learned I guess. I thought the danio's or guppies would be perfect for cycling as well, but I thought I would ask because I read that algae eaters should be first in a tank so algae wouldn't get a foothold. I'm keeping this low light low tech, so I won't be getting into CO2 or high light. Right now it's a 48" twin tube strip at 80 watts total or 1.45 watts/gallon, which I understood to be good for a non CO2 tank. I went with an Aquaclear 70 because while cleaning my Emperor 400 I managed to drop it and the main housing shattered. Thanks again for your help. Josh