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I have just started a 55 gallon Cichlid tank. I am using African Cichlids. Never heard of shelling dwelling, only African and American. I have heard that different Cichlids prefer different Ph. My brother in law has a 55 Cichlid tank and has a mix of African and American. He keeps his Ph...

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Thanks for your input. I have a 30 gal with tiger barbs and are currently preping a 55 gal for cichlids. But I love oscars too. I guess when I go bigger I will have a couple oscars to their selves.

In Richardson off of Coit Rd. My local fish guy scooped 2 Plecos with net and hand! After catching the fish he realized a paper cut on the Index finger. Non-chalant he told me about how the Plecos have barbs as protection against attackers and that he needed to wash the cut because of...

55 Gallon tank, 1 Albino Tiger Oscar and 5-6 Ciclids? 2 Convicts, 2 orange and 1 blue and 1 yello. Looking forward to feedback! Ive heard that Oscars who grow with smaller fish will not eat them. My friend had an Oscar who kept a goldfish as a companion. Goldfish almost got bigger than Oscar.

So I have had a tank for about a month now. All I stock are Tiger Barbs and one Redtail Shark. 3 Tigers have died so far, well 2 have died and one has no tail and all the other tigers are eating him. What is the deal? Is this normal behaviour? Also I have another tiger with half a tail...

All of my barbs wear Black and yellow, pick on the Danios who Sport Blue, while my Cherry barbs wear red and drink 40's all the time. What do I do?

Are you doing a freshwater tank? I thought octopus were saltwater.

You have 80 fish in one 10 gallon tank? Were you able to fit any water in there?

believe nothing you hear and half of what you see You should do your own research before. A fish tank is an investment. Money matters and if spent foolishly it will never serve its purpose!

I think smaller tanks are harder given the margin of error. But you can do it!

yeah mana water changes and testing. Fish cycles are stressfull bt ok. Lots of people dont like them but it is an accelerated way to go.

Make sure the test kits you have work accurately with prime conditioner. It has been known to throw tests off. Google it.

Yep I meant red tail sorry. He does very well with the tigers. The little ones are the ones that normally try to check him. I noticed my tigers doing kissing dances and saw that they are establishing rank. Soo cool! Little pack of wolves.

What size is your tank? I did 10-15% water changes everyday. Also used Prime. Prime will give you false readings with standard ammonia test kits though.