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Hi I wanted to start a low level Brackish Aquarium for a figure eight puffer, and wanted to put established media in the tank however im worried the salt would kill the bacteria, would it be safe to start the puffer at fw and change the salinity slightly over the course of a couple weeks? I...

Bristlenose or clown pleco. I love mine

Last week I saw my firemouths had white spots on their heads and it was starting to spread through their whole body. Figuring it was ich, I cranked my heater to 86(F) and watched my fish. Within 48 hours it's all gone so I plan to leave it up for the next week or two, but was it really ich? I...

I'm glad to hear he's doing good!

How is he?

I can recommend firemouths for your temp and tank size but they seem to roam the bottom areas unless you're feeding

I don't have firsthand experience with the barbs yet but I think it depends on the the cichlid's personality. If you put them in make sure to monitor them. I have two firemouths and I think I could get it to work but like I said it depends on the fish ;)

Ah alright I think I will pass then. Thank you

Well my ph and temp is perfect for it after finding its real name is ctenopoma acutirostre, and I'm fairly confident in my tank size, all that worries me is my tank mates.

I have a tank set up with some very chilled out firemouths and saw one of these guys at the pet store. I've done my research but haven't been able to find anything about keeping them with some of the more chilled out cichlids. Is there actually a problem with mixing fish from different...

Hi my name is Alex and I'm looking forward to hanging out on the forum. I have a recently cycled 36g bowfront with two firemouth cichlids :O