I am happy for you Frenchy, I just wish I was happy for me too :lol:
Gorgeous day today, people on the walking tracks in shorts and T shirts.
Got 4 loads of washing dry.
Lawn still too boggy to mow though :roll:
Wait until the tank has been running for at least 6 months before you add a loach. This means they will have stuff to graze on as they move about. They like a tank that has been running a while.
Any of the small fish would suit your tank. Have you thought about the smaller species of danios, tetras and barbs?
It is one very unhappy gourami and the situation will only get worse. Blues are more aggressive than the others for some reason. Are the blues male? They are worse.
The rocking may be a result of injury or its way of appearing less threatening to the more aggressive fish.
If the bullying doesn't settle down you may have to rehome the victim.
No need to feel stink. I am anti medications if they can be avoided (I even hate taking them myself) and just wanted to make it clear. Others would say to treat "just in case". It is a personal choice, not a matter of right or wrong.
We have an under tank homemade heatpad the tank sits on, a little different to the undergravel cables that run through the substrate which is what most people mean when they refer to undergravel heating. Works well and is economical as heat rises.
I did not say to treat it in case it gets fungus! I said keep the water conditions as good as possible and keep an eye out for fungal infections. Only treat for that if it develops.
I answered this in the other section you posted.
Organism stock Fluvals, as do, I think, Bubble & Squeak, Critter Kingdom and possibly Animates. Use your phone book and ring local lfs.