I have a tank in my living room that I want to eventually set up as an Angelfish tank. What's a good species of fish I can use to cycle the tank that will get along with the angelfish when I am ready to stock the tank? Andy

Any cichlid folk still around this NG?

Hey I took a chance and threw in a small piece of turkey to my pack. It took awhile, but after a few half hearted pecks they really started to go after it! Who knew? -- JK Sinrod www.MyConeyIslandMemories.com

Hi, I have 2 South African Cichlids, one Albino and the other Black (I know there are more subcategories, but this is the basic version). Recently the Albino started exhibiting labored open mouthed breathing and would not eat, he has since died. All water levels checked out fine after testing. This...

Exactly what do the adults do to keep the free swimming fry alive that I can't? I wait until they are swimming a couple of days. I've tried a couple times to remove some to a hanging breeder, and they all die within hours. Water and temp are the same, and I add a drop or 2 of tube fry food. --...

So I added fish to be a "dither" for my Green Terrors beating on each other. A few black tetras, 2 giant danios, another Terror, and finally a pair of small Jack Dempseys. Well to my surprise the smaller JD laid eggs on a rock in a cave, and the bigger one totally took over. He chased her out...

Interesting fish. First of all even after all this time, they are just so damned skittish. Even when eating they dart up and then, back down again like lightning. The bigger one dominates and chases the smaller all day. Now that that she just laid eggs, she can't get him/her to get involved at...

On Dec 1, YumYumPandaburger wrote: LOL @ drawning FISH What's the national fish of Poland? Pollachius pollachius They don't have one, it drowned. You know what else I wonder... do fish fart?

Are there any cichlids, other than the most obvious rams, angelfish, and keyholes that do not dig? I find cichlids interesting, but I like to have plants in my tanks and prefer to do the aquascaping myself. Maybe some kind of shell dwellers? Please only respond if you actually have experience...

Who's more likely to be eating my plants? Pleco's or mystery snails? Both introduced at the same time, and I don't catch either one in the act. Holes up and down leaves. -- JK Sinrod myconeyislandmemories.com

On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 01:24:52 -0000, JK Coney wrote: " (((°" wrote in message news:op.u2psqmbbcnngb9@w7... On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 03:47:32 -0000, JK Coney wrote: Can someone point me to some info on these guys?...

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Happy New Year! We have a great speaker lined up this month to start us off, too. Gerald Griffin will speak on "Wild Bettas". Gerald is the chair of the International Betta Congress' Species Maintenance Program. He will discuss care, keeping, breeding, and conservation of all manner of wild...

Hello All, Please come and check out our fish auction and hobby network at www.finvillage.com. There are alot of things to do there, including gallery, forums, live auctions etc.. hope to see you all there, Jinen

Happy Holidays to you! This month our speaker will be Dr. Dario Valenzano. He will be speaking about Nothobranchius Killifish. I'm a killifish nut myself, so I'll be there! Our speaker will start at 7pm. Come early for social hour, order food, and check-in for the auction and bowl show. We meet...

The recurrent theme for this year for the Silicon Valley Aquarium Society has been speakers unable to come at the last minute. It has happened once again this month. Our previously announced speaker is unable to come. Don't worry though, our own Chuck Rambo will be giving a Lake Malawi Travelog. We...

I have 2 female yellow labs that are holding. There're other cichlid in the community tank (29 gallons) as well (1 male yellow lab who probably is the father, along with 10+ fishes). I had another breeding tank (may be about 20+ gallons) setup with a small filter & heater (suppose to be for 10...

The other day I noticed there was a small hole in one of the gills of my buffalo head. Ive had him for a few months and his behaviour has not changed much. Ive taken a few pictures. He is in a 44g tank with some bala sharks and baby plecos. The only thing that ive done recently was change...