These guys are on an unending breeding spree. These fish sacrifice weeks of eating just so they can go at it again and again. In fact I'm certain their growth has been stunted by their extra-curicular activities, they are barely 2.5" long and haven't grown. I bought them at the same time as a...

I have two baby oscars about 2" long in a 38gallon. When I bought them they were only 1/2" long so I started them in a 10gallon. One of them has developped like a whitish grey tinge on his bottom lip. Is that a fungus or cottonmouth? Since then I moved them to a 38gallon. Problem dosen't seem to...

Hello, Does anyone have any designs of protein skimmers and wet dry filters. I would like to build one for a pond I am building and Need some good directions and maybe some pictures of some youv designed so I can see exactly how to hook them up and build them.. thanks everyone ..plz email me at...

I am new to the world of cichlids, and have just got my first tank. The guy in the fish shop did tell me the names but in the space of a week I have forgotten which are which. I have posted some pictures to my website, that can be found at www.stuartmueller.co.uk/personal/aquaria I know I have...

Help! Alot of my small Malawis have started to scratch themselves on the sand. They seem to be trying to scatch their gill areas. I have checked the water parameters & all seem OK. the pH is 8.0, gh 6, no2 0, no3 10. The kh is rather high at 20. Could this be the problem? Can anyone offer any...

My adult male mozambique is showing signs of sickness, but I have no idea what's wrong. His fins are clamped and a little ragged. He's been hanging about the surface lately and not eating. His balance is affected as he doesn't seem to swim "upwright". His missus knows something is wrong as she...

Welcome to the Aquaria Newsgroups! 1. Copyright. The text for the Welcome (this posting), except for the copyright paragraph, was written by Mark Stone. The Aquaria FAQs were compiled and are maintained by Erik Olson. The articles incorporating the FAQs were written by: Shaji Bhaskar, Gary...

Hello, We have recently (ie last week) populated our new cichlid tank. It is a 220 litre tank and has a custom built background, complete with loads of "caves". See http://fish.alansilver.co.uk/Mark3/ for more details of the tank, background, caves, etc. Anyway, the first fish went in last...

looking for a breeder in mid MI area. anybody?

May This Flame War Stop Today So That Nothing More Will Be Posted On February 21st. Stop abusing these groups and stop heaping abuse on me, if you heap abuse on me on February 21st 2004 then you will be hearing from me on February 21st 2004. -Daryl S. Kabatoff

Redforeman needs to stop throwing abuse at me, also his friends are required to stop throwing abuse at me. Here is what one of Redforeman's friends posted in alt.religion.christian.adventist, because the problem originates with alt.atv, rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids, rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc,...

Hello, Is it ok to keep an Oscar: a) on it's own, i.e. the only fish in the tank? b) with other fish, but no other Oscars? I read that they are a pairing fish, but how important is this to their well-being really? Regards,

I have 5 juvenile oscars (in a 300 litre tank) that I bought at the same time, all of a similar size, the idea being that a pair might form. They have grown at different rates and now the two largest (4"?) which are almost identical are dominating the tank hanging in mid-water at the front....

Unfortunately I'm in Halifax. You won't ship them will you? Jay "Pisidan" wrote in message ... Free port cichlids to anyone who can pick them up in the ottawa ont canada if interested please email me at...

Has anyone ever kept a Neolamprologus sp? in a CO2 injected high light 29C tank? The pH is around 6.6 and gH is between 6-10 (coral chips in the filter). I just have to separate them from a smaller tank. Two of the Neolamp group have chased the other three and seem to pair off. I have to remove...

This was a sad sight as my Blue Ram laid dead in the middle of my tank pale with black fluid leaking from the gills This was a bizarre sight ..anyone could explain this?

I put three juvinille electric blues into my girl friends overcrowded community tank. She has been working the late shift letely and hs not been feeding her fish regularly. One of her favourite Corydoris has been found shredded and eaten. The electric blues are only an inch and a half long and...

I bought a bunch of cichlids at the Chicago show yesterday. I have a 120 gallon, fully cycled tank. I bought about 10 fish (to a tank that had about 6 already). Worrying about the ammonia spike, I added some Amquel. Is this what most of you do when you buy fish at shows? I saw a lot of folks...

In regards the "exploding" thread "On Sunday" which is being crossposted: D.S.Kabawhatever is clearly a troll, probably a 12 year old who doesn't have his Daddy's permission to use the ol' computer. His involvement in RAFC is entirely limited to this single thread and he is not, nor has he ever...

I really hate to do this, but they leave me no choice ... ** PLONK ** Blocked both of them ... Keith J.