Hi, bear with me as I am a beginner to cichlids. We have a 6' x 18"(h) x 14"(d) tank with about 45 gallons in it. It has been running with fish now for about 6 weeks. My wife bought a variey of fish from several shops and we now have: 1 x 6cm Electric yellow (Labidochromis Caeruleus)

My tank (24 gallon) started innocently enough; two electric yellow juveniles, two blood parrots, two convicts. Flash forward four years, having bought no fish, I have a blood parrot and about 300 convicts. (not literally, but... ;) And they _keep breeding_. No fish store around here wants any...

I have a 55 gallon tank with 5 firemouths and a raphael cat. I 'm looking for something to add to the tank for a little variety and color. Someone at my LFS suggested blue acaras. One of the other workers there( a younger worker) didn't seem so sure if this combination would work. Any ideas...

Greetings, I finally got 5 different Africans for our 50 Gal. tank last weekend... 1-Yellow Zebra 1-Cherry Red African 3-Kenieye assorted For food I was told flakes & got Omega One Super Veggie Flakes & Tetra Spirulina, which I was told to mix 3x a day (To me seems excessive) Then I go to...

Hi I recently "cured" a brief, but rather nasty, bout of cyanobacteria (came back from holiday to find rocks covered with slime) in our Mbuna tank. I used a single treatment of eSHa Protalon-707 and added a UV steriliser to help prevent its return. Now that the blue/green mess has been defeated,...

I have have two Jack Dempsies purchased in Jan. and they simply won't stop breeding. I have about 30 babies and I don't know what to do with them. I also can't seem to find a way to get the parents to stop breeding. What are my options for finding homes for these little guys. The oldest ones are...

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Is it the male or female that holds the fry in the mouth ? And from the time you notice it holding the fry, how long before the parent can no longer keep them safe in the mouth ?. I have one that is holding fry again and I need to set up another tank before I start to loose any. The last lot that...

Hello, One of our fish has developed a white lump on a fin. It doesn't seem to bother the fish, but I would like to know what it is and if I should do anything about it. Please have a look at :- http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/Mark3/Gallery/040816BigBob/

When can newly hatched fry be removed to a new tank of their own? These are Severum. Is there a best time to do it, growth wise? I'm asking so they can be better fed, and the parents can start over again. -- JK Sinrod Sinrod Stained Glass Studios www.sinrodstudios.com Coney Island...

Sorry to repeat this, but I lost my old messages, and can't seem to get them back? Is there a study done concerning when to separate fry from the parents? Is there a safety vs. growth potential at an early age? I have spawning Severum at this time and want to put the babes in their own tank, so...

Hi, Looking for some alternatives to feed my mbuna (mainly p. zebra). I predomantly use nutrafin flake but would like to vary it with pellet & fresh. I have tried the nutrafin spirulina sticks but my fish didn't fancy it! tia sky.

I'd like to use something besides the Emperor 400 cartridges (with the charcoal) in the first position for particulate filtration - something less expensive - I already use the media baskets in the second position with crushed coral to help with the PH - I have loads of uncut blue bonded...

I have a royal blue discus and I only noticed tonight large holes in his head .... Initially it didn't look like the hole in the head disease I faced a couple of years ago... I thought he had a fight with another of my newly introduced discus. But now I realised the bad pronostic and I am quite...

I have a royal blue discus and I only noticed tonight large holes in his head .... Initially it didn't look like the hole in the head disease I faced a couple of years ago... I thought he had a fight with another of my newly introduced discus. But now I realised the bad pronostic and I am quite...

Been looking around, can't find, any ideas? Fish store (lfs) too expensive... ....Kodiak

Does anyone have experience culturing and growing black works. I was wondering about methods.

i just moved my 125 gallon fish tank (not fun) into my sunroom. after the water was in, i noticed the water is about a half inch higher on one side than the other, and i took a level and found out the sunroom is not quite level. my first question is will this imperfection jeopardize the structure...

I'v currently got: Sunshine Peacock 3" Electric blue 2" Labidochromis 2" Redfin Kadango (female) 2.5" 3 clown loaches 2 - 3", 1 - 4" The peacock is dominant but everyone gets along. Sometimes the sunshine chases the Lab and the Redfin chases the blue, other times

I am sure my tank has a T. Marinum infection, 'wasting disease.' I would like to know if anyone has had success in treating this infection, and the best place to get antibiotics. thanks. sarah