Recent content by djhamp

That's a bummer. I would start with the basics, change 1/2 of the water, crank the heat to 85 or so. Have you tested the water?

My tank is fairly crowded, that dosnt seem to bother them. I do have a tall plastic plant in the corner in front of the heater and thats where they like to hang out when having babies. When the babies are small you really had to look to see them in the plant. Once they pair up they will chase...

Careful what you wish for - because once they start its all the time! How old are they?

I think you kind of have to decide on the general temperament of the fish you want. I have severums, firemouths, Red Head Tapajos Geophagus, one green terror, couple of catfish and they all get along fine and are interesting. I went with what was available locally also. There are many cool SA...

There are lots of smarter people on here but I will throw out my 2 cents. The Geo's are cool fish, they are a good idea, I think you can leave the clown loach in there, even add a couple more of them (they are a schooling fish). I like green terrors and the ones I have had got along with...

Nice, great picture!

I can tell you about my experiance with a flowerhorn, bought one at a LFS on impulse because it was cool looking and colorful. Had it with convicts and firemouths. It was fine for months, but it grew much quicker than the other fish and started slowly picking them off. I posted it on facebook to...

I started a 120 gal with SA fish, I had a couple of jewels, and cat fish that I moved from the 55 to the bigger tank. A couple have died over the years.

I have a 55gal (4') tank that was set-up 3 years ago. I started with 19 small mixed africans. They did great overall, no fighting to speak of. Now I am done to 9 fish, peacocks & zebras mainly - 4" to 5". They seem to be getting more territorial, the one big yellow fish (zebra?) re-arranges the...

Very nice! I had two nice ones (about 5-6") and they were the highlight of the tank. Not aggrasive but didnt put up with anything either, just crusied all over the tank (120gal)They were both killed about 2 weeks apart and I have no idea what happened, never saw them being picked on - just found...

There are some very cool fish in here! I have never seen anything like some of them. Here is my contribution - he (or she?) is the king of my tank.

I moved two jewels (red & turqoise) from a SA tank where they were causing problems (killed a couple of firemouths) into my African tank. This was about a year ago. The jewels went from being bullies to being more on the shy side. They are still eating and doing fine but they don't mess with...

Yes, always looking for food. The eclipse's are always squeezing into the smallest cracks between rocks. The loachs are all over my driftwood besides cruising the bottom.

I have 2 clown loachs and a couple of eclipse catfish in a SA tank. The are very active and are doing great, much more personality than a pleco.

I do have some algae, mainly on the sides and back, not too bad. I have one of those magnetic scraper things that run over once a week or so. I have tried different "algae eaters" but have not found any that do much - I guess there is a type of snail that works better, but I havent tried those...