Recent content by Thager917

My son was with me today and picked out the things he wanted for his own tank. He had a hamster and didn't do so well taking care of that, so I hesitate to get him a tank. It may give me an excuse to get another one though. Maybe for his 8th birthday he can get his own tank. That is 11 months...

lol very wacky. I eventually want to do sand or natural looking gravel. I am trying not to change too much all at once or I will have a 4 and 7 year old having breakdowns and needing therapy.

I agree. Right now I like option 2 but I would want to see them at night. It was hard to really tell with the glare.

It was hard to get good pictures because these buggers are so fast! I got a few pics though. We had the gravel from our last tank, and my son picked out the ugly green caves. lol Picture 1: some of the barbs and the Jewels coming out to investigate Picture 2: The Jewels hiding after I put...

I went to my LFS to pick out my fish and they had a "sick sign" on the tank of convicts next to the jewels. So, I walked back out of the store and went to petsmart to see if they had a decent selection. I was shocked that the fish they had were VERY nice. No frayed fins, very active, colorful...

Thanks for the help! I'm looking up how to sex the jewels now.

I haven't added any yet. I have only made the decision those are the cichlids I want based on my tank size. I was thinking 2 maybe 3.

Tank mates for Jewels? Hi all, I have been doing A LOT of research on what to stock my 30g cycled tank with. I love cichlids but wanted to make sure I wasn't overstocking, so I used AQAdvisor. I decided on Jewel Cichlids, but now I'm struggling to find compatible tank mates. After hours...

I think the 30gal for me is going to be silk plants and the 50 will be my big planted tank. My husband was not very excited to hear I was given 2 tanks. haha oh well!

I am going to start with the 30 gallon first. I only want to do one at a time because I am terrified I will screw something up and hurt a fish. I am so excited!

I love the bright colors! beautiful!

I looked at both links you both game me! Great stuff! I was lucky enough to be given a 30gallon and a 50gallon tank!!! I pick them up on Thursday. An old friend had 2 given to her from her mother and she didn't want them. woo hoo!!! So not only does this save me some money tank wise, it also...

Ok...i decided a 55g is best. Now to break the news to my husband,lol.

I was going to actually ask that about angels. I heard they like to be in pairs, is that true? I may be able to convince my husband to agree a 60 might be better.

Great! Thanks guys I will look at both of those links :)