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I just tested my PH level is about 8.0 The Nitrate came in at 0.3mg/l and the Ammonia came in at 0 - 0.23 My water is fine, and it is a 50gal tank not a 55gal. Also for some reason my water has a strange fishy smell to it, stronger than the usuall smell that it has, I think that it could be...

No I have not tested the water, my friend is going to come over and test my water. The guy at my LFS said that the more i put in the better because it diffuses the rage that they have everyone gets an equal beating this way. I dont know what to do about my Melanochromis Auratus tho.

Hello, I have about 10 african ciclids in a 50gal tank, and I have a Melanochromis Auratus that http://www.rkdzines.com/cichlidcellar/malawi/page19.jpg has been very terretorial and all his yellow turned to a light gray color, and his black has faded, the black seems to be turning darker, but I...

Yeah i bought a new one to put in there, and one of my other ones from the same lake are already pairing up, i guess the one i already had was a male, he seems to be digging a spot for the new one i bought, I might have lucked out. I have another problem tho with another cichlid i bought...

Yeah, i have decided that I have had enough, I ripped out all the live plants except for on potted, and removed all the corny little plastic crap i had in there for decoration and put some rocks in there, They seem to be adapting quite nicely to it, I will post some pics as soon as i get some...

The guy at my local fish store said that the CO2 will help the plants without a doubt, and as far as knowing more about my fish, I Maily have Malawi and Tanganyika Ciclids.

Yeah i don't know exactly what lake they are from :( I guess i should pay more attention to the names and locations, i don't even know what the plant names are, They do dig up gravel underneath the fixtures i placed in there, to make their home, but the gravel is defiantly moved around, they are...

Well, thats not good at all I've already hooked up and installed my Hagen CO2 system, should i not even bother with fresh water plants with the ciclids? There has to be a way to get both of them to work in harmony.

I belive my light is only 50watts or so, I'm going to go get a replacement light today, I have about 9 African Ciclids in the tank, I'm going to go pickup the CO2 system today also, I hope one of those will work well fro my 50gal. Another questions is do i even need fertilizer if i'm going to...

Hello, I have had my 50gal tank for about 6mo now, and I am starting to put live plants into my tank, they keep dying on me for some reason, i trim them down and they do not grow back, i was looking at the Nutrafin Natural Plant System and was wondering if that would improve it...