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Is it possible/advisable to keep singles of lake tanganyikans in a community to prevent spawning and aggression between pairs? Just having a bunch of one of each? Everything I've read says to have groups but they will pair off and I dont want fry or constant fighting while spawning.

I should like to do african. Not sure if I want to do lake tanganyika of not. .I like the shellies and that sound if the fish are a bit smaller but I'm worried about finding fish to stock it.

I'm thinking of switching my 75 gallon to a cichlid tank. I have naturally higher pH in my tap water do figure instead of fightng it maybe work with it. What would be good beginner stock that are colorful, not high maintenance and wont outgrow my 75 gallon? Thanks Nicole

Yeah I know the plants can die off and come back... but it's been almost a year since we moved, nothing has come back except the sword which is doing better than ever. I wonder if its taking all the nutrients? I thought the discus were well fed, I rotate between feeding black worms, beef heart...

I'm lost. I've had aquariums for over 25 years.... I've never had as many issues with aquariums as I have in the last 2 years. After a totally mystery cloudy tank issue 2 years ago I decided to bit the bullet and buy a 75 gallon something that is much bigger than I've ever had before. I...

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It definitely could be both of those things. I had used excel in the past but haven't for quite a while. And I've had plants grow like crazy in the past with no c02 added so what would be some contributing factors to low c02? And it's strange because my other tank tests at below 5ppm nitrate and...

Hi all, I have been having problems for almost a year now with trying to get my low tech tank plants to grow. I am losing hope. I have had plantd aquariums for years and am stumped. Last spring I moved and had to dismantle my tank and reset it up. Same gravel (flourite), same light (fluval...

Hi all. I have a tank that I made some big boo boos with. I have been trying to get rid of a minor algae bloom as well as kill of my pesky thread algae problem. I've been dosing what I would consider a lot of excel daily(6 caps a day for a 29 gallon) and it has been making a small dent in the...

I came to the conclusion that it was the iron. I bought a test kit and my iron levels are very high in that tank ( obviously, since I was dosing daily). I read about the fact that iron is actually often used to kill slugs and snails in the garden! I think possibly what happened was the hughbiron...

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Yeah I don't plan on heavily populating too quickly. I've had good luck in the past with shrimp in new tanks though, I will pick up a handful of rilis next week and go from there.

Tailored aquatics amazon iron. no copper in any of the supplements used

I just got this guy up and running, dusty gravel is taking a while to clear, next step is adding some shrimp!

Hi all, so ive been trying to get some healthier plants growing, so I started dosing my tank heavily with potassium, iron and amazon elements. It did nothing for the plants at all, and killed off my entire population of trumpet snails and rili shrimp within a week or so. I also have nerite...