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All my info about Chiclids are from my friend, as he has about 3 tanks worth of them, he was always adding cichlids and didn't have to many problems. Although, you may have a weird cichlid or something that may attack anyways, you never know until you try.

the cichlids will probably get along with the goramis and the plecos, but chichlids are failrly agressive fish. you genrally have them in a dedicated tank because they are territorial. as for overstocking, you almost definitly did not.

the Filter Cards I have have 4 chambers in them, and are glued to a cardboard backer, so I can't just slit them open. I just went to the LFS and bought a wisper cartridge. (too big and too wide at the bottom, but i just bowed it and it fits.)

so how difficult is it to breed bettas? I think it would pretty fun to do.

Goramis and coreys are nice and hardy fish, and they are fun to watch! I personally like the opaline gorami and golden gorami. they grow to about 4 inches (minus tail) and are a very docile fish. The coreys will play around and generally add life to your tank, as well as eat any food that...

they are about 12-14 inches across and give it a little under 5 inches clearance in the back.

Well, I gave you come numbers in a previous post, and adding 3-4 (like molleys or plattys) more to that shouldn't be too much of a problem, but don't go any more than that. if it does get overloaded, (which shouldn't be by much) you'll loose a few fish within about a month. the tank would then...

try using a cardboard box thats a bit bigger than the air pump, and use some thin strips of insulation to line the inside of the box. (plastic foam insulation, it comes in 120 foot rolls for about $5.00 at home depot) I use it to line my PC case due to a noisy Processor fan. just leave a spot...

one thing I forgot to mention. Neons are VERY sensitive to environment. if there is something wrong with your tank, the neons are going first. As long as you have some aquarium salt and change your water a few times a year, you ahouldn't have any problems. (you'll prolly loose some in the...

as far as I've seen, betta's are pretty much frendly tward every fish I've thrown at them. (goramis, angels, loaches, coreys, neons, sharks, plecos) All you have to watch for are the fin biting fish. if buying at a walmart or someplace similar, look at the cards under the tanks to determine...

It depends on the type of fish you want. bettas really don't "need" any hiding places, but they seem to have more fun if there is sonething in the tank. My bettas always droop themselves on a plant leaf and sleep :lol: my reccomedation is that you get a few leafy plants and some slate, don't...

I assume your talking about the type that is merely a tube connected to a larger, solid tube. they are basically gravity driven, all you have to do is have the tube full of water, place thin part of tube in a bucket, and place large part into the gravel. once the water starts flowing into the...