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Always dissolve any powder buffers etc that you are putting in your tank with corals, in my own experience API buffer max. it seems to highly agitate corals and they shrivel up. using either tank water, RO or distilled water in a cup. if it's dissolved it wont be so much of a bother. funny...

hey all, i had the fun of obtaining a heap of coral from a store and within one of the pieces i found an aiptasia anemone, actually the funny part was i didnt realise they were bad until i was reading up on peppermint shrimp and found they eat them, after i saw a picture and identified i...

i had the fun experience today of attempting to remove rocks from my little maingano's (grumpy's) mouth. it was a very different experience, after noticing for a few days that he hadn't been eating, i decided to take a look in his mouth, from reading in books that a major problem with...

hello there, i was testing my saltwater tanks water today after starting a cycle about 2 weeks ago. my water tested at a ph of 8.2 , ammonia 0.25 ppm , nitrite 0ppm, nitrate 0ppm, and salinity of 1.028. i personally think that the water is not ready but i thought i'd ask to get other peoples...

hello there, i just today set up a saltwater aquarium ( there are no fish) so far this tank is a 20g, that used to have freshwater fish in it, so firstly i took everything out and cleaned the whole tank down with a cloth ( no chemicals) after the tank was spotless, i decided to wash some...

hello there, today i woke up to find my bristlenose catfish( smiley) has bloated up alot. at first from watching i noticed her mouth fully opened and she went to the surface for air. after researching about bristlenoses going up for air due to lack of oxygen in the water, i decided , although...

hello there, i have recently obtained yet another tank, this time with 2 electric yellows, (yellow labs) one male, and one female. but they are incredible shy and dont come out very often from there hidey holes. so this got me started on thinking of some ways as to getting them out more. one...

woke up this morning to feed the fish, to find my small tank for the maingano leaking, and a bit of water over the floor, see the thing is i had my new 20 g cycling for him but couldnt put him in because it hadnt fully cycled. this led to a hard decision, place the fish in the new cycling tank...

just started cycling my new 20 g tank for my maingano :) its getting there slowly, question is , would the 20 g be enough for my maingano and perhaps another fish like an electric yellow? or perhaps an auratus? it will have bubbles going through the centre with some caves, would this work or...

hey there. i was just interesting in maybe obtaining some angels for a 40 gal tank in a community with 4 swordtails, 3 panchax's 1 molly and 2 bristlenoses. would a pair of angels work together in this size tank, or cause problems becuase of over stocking?? also can any1 give me any helpful...

hello there, my panchax goldie has been attacked by one of my swordtails ( junior) his in really bad nick, and finds it best to just lay on his back in the breeder trap that swimming upright. ive been watching very closely, fins are hugely damaged, and the scales around his head are also...

as ive mentioned in other posts. i have this 50 gal tank, and dont know what to do with it. i was contemplating an oscar, or placing my maingano in there with other maingano's. and just had a spark of idea, can my maingano go with any other cichlids that wouldnt cause problems. ive read that...

i was at the pet store yesterday and was looking at this betta that really caught my eye. this one was a male, and was interesting in placing some females in there so his not so bored lol. would they fit in that size tank or cause problems??

would 4 fit in a 5 gal tank or better yet would the 1 male (junior) thats causing all the problems with my community tank. his attacking my panchax's and i dont want to see them die, they're my most inquisitive fish that like to bite my arm wen im working on their tank lol.

a couple of days ago i asked the pet store if he was able to order in a 4 ft tank for me to start a maingano setup , or perhaps one oscar. he had one sitting the the back that supposedly had a slight leak but he hadn't checked it. so he gave it to me. got home and filled up, yes it did have...

i just noticed that one of my golden panchax's has a clear worm like thing on its side fin. i havent seen this before and was just curious as to whether anyone else has had this before. the thing is only about 8 mm long and fully see through. any ideas???

saw this very cute oscar yesterday and was just curious as to housing and filtration methods for this fish that grows so large. i also received a 4ft tank yesterday for free and was wondering if it would fit in there. its about 45 gal, give or take. ( i didnt measure when i was testing it for...

hey there, im looking into getting some of these lovely fish, and wanting to get a heap of information about them. for example, what size tank? i was looking at a 8g for them, them being 1 male with 3 females. with the tank rather heavily planted, though the plants will have large broad leaves...

i have a male and female bristlenose catfish and am wanting to get some fry ( males name is bristly and females name is smiley ) at the moment they are about 50 mm long. at the present time they are in a 30 g with 4 swordtails , 4 panchaxs, a mollie and a flying fox. specifically for them...

looking at getting a 4th tank, just either for a separate community to my 30 g, and also for a different variety of fish. i have a few ideas listed below: 1: get a male betta with a few female betta's , ratio of about 1:3. 2: start a massive guppy fest. and see how that goes. 3: school of...

im looking at setting up a tank specific for maingano's and also to go with my current maingano stuck in a 5g at the moment. from alot of time and effort im pretty certain the one i have now is a male ( cant be sure though). once i tried placing a male with him and he had fun trying to catch...

just curious about how much room would be needed to set up a sw tank for 2 clownfish? also is it worth it to invest in getting real coral, or just stick with fake? what are the pro's and cons?

looking at setting up a maingano tank and am just curious as to what pumps will be best, if not using more than one to provide a perfect habitat for the lovely mbuna cichlids :)

looking at setting up a larger tank for my maingano to be with 3 females in a set cichlid tank, anyone know an appropriate size for this setup, also, is it easy to set up a rockery with caves through it, and is it better to place the rockery in the corner or middle to allow for more territories...

got some bristlenose catfish yesterday, and been watching them alot, one seems to like sitting at the overflow and have the current running on him the whole time, the other disappears under the driftwood, i placed some pleco logs in there for food, but havent seen any eating of them , and to...