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Originally Posted by Cimarron29414
Rule: Add aquarium salt to your aquarium. It increases the health of your fish and reduces the risk of some fungii. I used to breed African Cichlids and had my Specific Gravity at something like 1.012. If I recall correctly, 1.000 is pure fresh water and 1.020 is considered the low end of a salt water aquarium, just to give you some perspective. Even your run-of-the-mill fresh water tetras will thrive in a little salt.
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DO NOT use salt if you have any type of catfish in the tank, as they have a special skin (no scales) and the salt will basically burn them.
Everyone is hitting it perfectly. As a substrate, I think sand looks better and is easier to clean than gravel is.
Guppies are great to start with and are absolutely beautiful when they start progressing in their breeding generations.