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What are the best freshwater fish for 54 Gallon bowfront corner Tank?

Ok so after I posted a questions last week, I quickly realized I had to upgrade the size of my tank. I will be going from a 20 gallon High to a 54 Gallon corner bowfront. I have 2 Pictus Cats, 2 Clown Loaches, 2 Silver Dollars, @ Gourami, and a Rainbow Shark going into the bowfront. Any suggestions on the transfer process? Also, I was thinking of adding another loach and silver dollar. Any other suggestions? What about something weird like a freshwater shrimp??

Final question, should I install air pumps?? Thanks!!
All the fish are very small (less than 2 inches)

10 Gallon Freshwater Tank Stocking Question?

I have set up a 10 gallon tank about a month ago. Have been testing the water and I have gone through the cycles. I have had neon’s in the tank since the second week of setting it up. I had 3 and I lost one about a week ago to NTD. I do weekly water changes and I watch my levels closely. I’ve been talking to my local pet stores here and they talked me into buying 3 Dwarf Honey Sunset Gouramis. They are really small fish and they are very pretty.

Now what was Ideal for me was to only have 1 gourami and 3 balloon mollies and the neons and I really want some red cherry shrimp. Do the shrimp count towards my stocking count? (That may be a dumb question.)

Could I add the balloon mollies and some red cherry shrimp without overstocking my tank? I would really like both but if I was in danger of overstocking I would reconsider my purchases. Could someone help me out?
I already have the 3 gouramis and they are very small no larger than an inch. The two neons are fine together and i prob should get some more. I will prob. do 3 mollies but i just wanted to know if the shrimp would over load the biofilter or not.

Can I put a cleaner shrimp into my 21/2 week old marine tank?

My snails and reef crabs are doing great but alge is starting to grow on their shells. should I get a cleaner shrimp or just wait another week to make sure the tnak is ready?

Why are my fish dying?

Hello all. I have a 60 gallon freshwater tank. It has been running for almost a year so it is a mature tank. I am very experianced in keeping fish but I can’t figure something out. I religiously do my water changes 1 week to everyother week and my water tests ALWAYS are at 0. (Nitrates,nitrites,ammonia). Well in the past week or so I have lost 2 swordtails, a sunbelly, and a bamboo shrimp.I still have 5 neon tetras, 4 black neons, 2 blue rams, 1 molly, 2 angelfish, 1 spotted puffer, 2 tuxedo fish,1 swordtail, 3 bamboo shrimp, 3 mystery snails,and 3 bettas. They all seem healthy, are all eating well, and there’s no sign of disease. My tank is as clean as a tank can get so why all the sudden deaths? Or is it just a coincidence and those that passed had reached the age that death was upon them? Pls let me know bc I’m getting upset and I don’t want some of my rarer fish to pass away if there’s something I can do about it. Thx

do mountain shrimps hide in a tropical fish tank and do they eat much?

we have just bought 2 shrimps the other week and only seen one of them. The other one tends to stay on top of the pump. Do they eat much too. I have asked a couple of questions lately about these as I havent got a clue about them and still learning so would appreciate any answers. Thankyou .I have checked a couple of web sites out and they dont really give you a lot of info about the shrimps I have.
I didnt read about them because we never thought we would buy them until we seen them in our local pet store and we asked about them and said they were ok to put into tropical tank. We thought it would finish our tank off nicely. And it does its just now I am learning about them .
SO THANKS FOR YOU OPINION
They are mountain shrimp not ghost shrimp (just for reference) thanx