Search results

The friendliest place on the web for anyone with an interest in aquariums or fish keeping!
If you have answers, please help by responding to the unanswered posts.
  1. B

    Glass catfish Qs

    i've got a 20 gal tank, very light planted, still having a mini cycle at the moment coz i've just started them 3 days ago, i'm using aquaclear 150, with only 2 banana lilies, 1 anubias paco, and 1 anubias that i dont know[still waiting for my irder of lots of waterplants online]. ..i put 5...
  2. B

    need help for new tank

    i have just moved from jakarta to sydney [kensington] for foundation studies, leaving my lovely tank at home, and planning to make another one here in my 'new home'.. . .does anyone know how to get any afforable tank i can get easily ??? is there any good LFS near kensngton, besides ones in...
  3. B

    black ghost knife with cardinal tetras. ..

    I've been keeping him for a week now in a 25gal with 2 GBRs, 2 upside down and a tiger catfish, but it seemed that he's been chased all around, and is spending a lot of time hiding within my Java ferns, so I've been thinking of putting him with my tetras. by putting aside the tank size [since my...
  4. B

    java fern Qs

    i've been keeping a handfull of java fern in my 20 gal long tank for 6months now, and the old leaves started to fall after it 'gave birth' to plenty of new shoots. . .since the hole in my log is alredy full, i was thinking of putting it on the gravel, is it possible ??? my lfs said that it cant...
  5. B

    golden algae'eater in cardinal tank ???

    i'm still keeping 10 cardinals in 20gal well planted tank and just wondering if i could mix them with a couple of golden algae eater, since my brother said that my tank looks very dull with only those inhabitants.. .is it a good idea ??? i heard that GAEs are aggressive and sort of territorial...
  6. B

    my java moss doesnt grow well

    i've been keeping a 20gal long tank with -10 cardinal tetras -14 RedCherryShrimps -plus some little pond snails that doesnt bother any of my plants. .. with some plants -8 small syngonium spatterdog -2 small syngonium podophyllum -1 set [2x15cms] tiny grasslike plant -1 handfull of java fern...
  7. B

    discus anyone ???[probz setting up]

    my aunt just bought a 20 gal, and i'll be done decorating it d dae after tmorrow. ..and just wondering, how many discus i can put inside it if each of them will only measure up to 1" in diameter ??? how's the water parameters supposed to be then ??? pH, temps, gH ? and do i need to put plants in...
  8. B

    my current tank. ..is it stocked or over ???

    my tank is only 20gal, with now [after some advices]: 10 cardinals 19 red cherry shrimps [i guess] 12 malaysian trumpet snails [to clean up my tank walls] with 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites, and 8 nitrates, pH ~6.5, temp 24'C~27'C since it looks a bit like lion king's pride rock^^I call this one...
  9. B

    new addition. ..MTS[great] n an apple snail[disappointing]

    just got them[11 tiny MalaysianTrumpetSnails and 1 apple snail as big as ur thumb] this evening, put them all in my 20gal tank with 10cardinals and 19 puny RedCherryShrimps...was doing fine until mu apple snail snatched my plant .T _ T. ones that i love so much. ..got a bit mad, and moved it to...
  10. B

    arowana Q's

    firstly, i'm planning to keep a red arowana[wish to keep a 6" from borneo] in a well cycled 55gal and was just wondering if i could put him/her together with 1. an ornate bichir[10"] that i had for 6 months now, or 2. 2 couples of cichlids[1 pair cobalt and 1 pair of unknown(not aggressive...
  11. B

    little thin worms ???

    i've been running a fine cycled 20gal tank with 10 cardinals and 4 rasboras, plus 2 female silver angels [is it overstocked ???] and just noticed this evening when i moved some of my plants from another 20 gal.. .. when i tried to plant it, some of the debris floated in the water, and among...
  12. B

    cardinals. . ..loosing its red spark ??

    umh.. . i set up a new low planted tank 3 days ago n yesterday i added: 8 cardinal tetras 4 glowlight rasboras [mind if u could tell me its scientific name^^] 4 fire neon tetras is it too crouded ??? they seemed very fine to me, i feed them twice a day, is it too much ??? since they aren eating...
  13. B

    arghh. ..massive ich investation [really4 important .T _ T.]

    huaaaaa. ..... haven't got home since morning until, just this night i saw one of my bala shark got lots of ich on his head up to the half of his body, and also both of my clown loaches has an ich, but on smaller scales, on their tails. . .. FYI : 55gal medium decorated tank [upgrading soon to...
  14. B

    cory. ..swimming up and down

    i've been keeping 5 albino aeneus cories fr half a year now... .when i kept them in a small shallow pond, they dont get too active, barely swimming aroung looking for a hanging spot flat on the ground, but since a month ago i moved them in my 55gal decorated tank, and they'll just swim up and...
  15. B

    fish coloration and tank lighting condition

    owkay, so it's bout my bichirs again. .. about a month ago i moved my bichirs to a stable 50galls (i know it's very small fr 10 bichirs, but me mom got mad when i ordered a 236 galls tank, so i canceled it fr a moment .T _ T.), with a gravel as it's mediator, since i'm putting a lot of plants...
  16. B

    nutritious bichir food

    i've been feeding my senegals all live fish for half a year now, before that i used to feed them live tubifex worms, but the water gest so murky very quickly n i think that the water got thicker as well. .. some say that beef heart has the bast nutrition for bichirs, but.. . what actually is a...
  17. B

    tank size, bichir age n breeding

    who knows how old bichirs should be before they can mate ??? do their tank size matter on mating ??? since i'm going to upgrade my tank from 50galls to 180 galls this week . ..is it big enough for 3 senegals, 2 albino senegals n an ornate ??? the oldest ([animus] 1,5 years, since he's like a...
  18. B

    aquarium size for senegal bichirs

    my senegal is 1.5 years old with length of 8", but I put him with 5 other senegals, having lengths of 6.5", 5.5", 5.5", 3.5", and 3". my aquarium is 25 gallons, and I'm feeding them live small fish, thinking that they'll need some exercise and by chasing their prey they'll stay fit at all times...
  19. B

    plain senegal bichir mated wth senegal albino ???

    I've bought 4 senelgal bichirs plus 2 senegal albinos since 2 years ago, n not knowing what are the genders up until now. after I knew, my 4 plain senegals are males, but my 2 albinos are females. knowing this, I began to think, "can my senegals mate ?" seriously, can they mate ???
Back
Top Bottom