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My red devil, who seems very healthy, eats fine, exhibits normal behavior, and is the most agressive in the tank suddenly exhibited color changes. His fins seemed to darken a bit and on one side of him, his lips turned completely black. It looks almost like someone colored one side of his...

I recently stocked my tank with 2 bumblebee cichlids, 2 green terror cichlids, and 2 red devil cichlids. Night 1 of the tank, one of the green terror cichlids disappeared completely. I've found no trace of him. I've searched the room and surrounding area to no avail, and no mysterious...

I stocked my first tank yesterday, a 75g. I bought 2 green terror cichlids, 2 red devils, and 2 bumblebee cichlids. All the fish were young and of similiar size, about 1.5in. The tank has been in my living room for several months and finally completed the cycle. I realize this is probably...

Just added some tankmates to my first FW tank. The tank recently finished cycling has I've been learning / setting it up / cycling it for several months. I purchased 2 Bumblebee Cichlids 2 Green Terror Cichlids 2 Red Devil Cichlids The tank is a 75g Tenecor Simplicity, it was given to...

After 6 long months of spending money, manual labor (refinishing the base), and patiently waiting. My 75g is finally cycled and ready for fish! I did a water change last night and added conditioner to allow everything to run overnight. I will check the levels when I get home and I expect it to...

After several long weeks, and several headaches. I finally hit the nitrite spike in my 75g freshwater today. I had numerous problems, wrong ammonia first to begin with. But it was about 3.5 weeks ago that i started over with the right type of ammonia. This time it worked and I am pumped...

So I started my cycle. Went down to a few stores in search of some surfactant free ammonia. Stop and Shop, no luck. Home depot, no luck. Price Rite - Hooray! I found a bottle of "Clear Ammonia" the ingredient list included only Ammonium Hydroxide. No surfactants, so I thought I was in...

So, as promised (in another thread) I took photos of my lego fish tank setup. The tank is currently cycling, so no fish yet! But I finishd my random lego designs. It's not perfect but I think some of it is kind of neat. I threw in a little sponge bob set because hey... why not? Maybe this...

In the process of cleaning my new tank, which was given to me by a coworker. I found something pretty unfortunate. My tank has an integrated wet/dry filter. The rear of the filter is sectioned off by acrylic inserts and some grating. I noticed that at some point, a fish or invertebrate of...

I'm in the process of setting up my first tank (freshwater) I will be starting a fishless cycle soon, once I get everything setup. My main question is in regards to lighting. The tank I have was previously used as a saltwater tank by a coworker. Along with the tank he gave me a Coralife...

I recently acquired a 75g saltwater setup from a coworker. Due to cost and maintenance reasons I plan on converting over to a freshwater setup. I'm looking for advice on what to clean the tank and equipment with. The tank has an integrated wet / dry filter with bio-balls. I will be using new...

Hey everyone, I just found this forum through furious searching of a few questions. Another member happened to be posing the same question as me so I figured I would sign up here as it seems to be a good resource. I am brand new to fishkeeping and I am currently trying to convert a salwater...