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If you use some HOT water and a little vinegar and give it a good cleaning you should be OK. One thing I would check though is the seals inside the tank, make sure they are OK before dumping 55G of water into the tank and having it run into the living room.

Another idea for gravel filtration would be under gravel heater, which is supposed to keep the gravel compact free?

Yup ditto to voodoo. I have a cichlid tank with a crushed coral substrate and they much prefer it to normal gravel.

In a newly cycled tank there should only be trace nitrAtes, probably none. As the tank matures you could be looking at peaking at 20, which would be within OK parameters, i.e. tolerable for the fish, but any higher could be hazardeous.

I put my lights on timers so my tanks get at least 10 hours of light. the ebo jagers are supposed to be good, but I don't know what you can get there by you? I use a different heater as I cannot get the Ebos here.

You need to keep changing water, with gravel vacuum, keep up the meds going. raising the temp upto about 30C+. Good luck

Cool did not think they could breed by themselves, I have seen one breed with a Severum, but not with it own...

Always looking on the bright side of life.... hey ID.

How about some Rainbows, placid fish. They might be a bit too docile but they are nice looking fish. I have a pair and had them with my firemouths and convicts.

I had my convicts in my 130G with an almost fully grown Jaguar, a fully grown Parrot and Gold Severum and they also ran in fear when my two were breeding.

Hey JTA, I have kept Firemouths, which I still have, and convicts in a 40G with no problems. Yes there was the odd skirmish when the convicts bred and visa versa, but none were killed or injured. The Firemouths like the convicts get just as aggressive as the convicts given the space and some...

I have seen them and they are pretty cool looking. They would mainly be used for lighting, as they are rather bright.

Hey there total, Sorry I am responding a little late, but have been fairly busy recently, no excuse I know but........... I have always had a fondness for Cichlids so I would recommend some smaller ones eg the Apistogammis (sp?), I have liked the Kribensis and even Rams. They won't get too big...

The CL are some of the nicest loaches. They are more active at night when the lights go out, so throw something in with them just after the lights have gone out.

Hmm I noticed as well how expensive the marines are. I was planning on setting one up but I have to reconsider now as we are moving and will look into it once we have moved properly.