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My wife's African cichlids, a couple of them anyway.

Do you run your fuge lights 24/7, reverse daylight or same as tank lights and why. When I was previously active in the hobby most recommended a reverse daylight schedule, because caulerpa (macro the was used mostly) had a nasty habit of going ballistic on a 24/7 schedule, but there are more...

Can someone with red sea coral pro salt please test some newly mixed salt for ammonia and tell me what you get?

As many problems as I've had with this tank, I do believe the end of the 2.5 month cycle is coming to an end, so hopefully I will be adding more things sooner than later. Equipment -AllGlass Aquarium 20 long aquarium -DIY HOB refugium run by a Rio 1100 pump -Aqua-C Remora skimmer with MaxiJet...

S I've been cycling this tank since the end of April http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f14/tank-wont-complete-cycle-217154.html that thread depicts the issues I have had. I started over cycling with a raw shrimp and then straight ammonia. I have been dosing the tank to 4ppm each night and it...

Here are some photos I took tonight. I think this is a flatworm, is that right, is it a good one or bad one? What kind of pods are these? Isopods? And this is a poor picture, but does anyone have a clue on this? These were all very tiny, so as to be unnoticeable unless your...

Love my iPhone and my iPad, but it seems this hobby will cause autocorrect to make you look like an idiot every time you post something. I need it most every other time, I guess I just need to get in the habit of proof reading before I post.

Ok here is the deal, I have been what I would have considered an advanced aquarist, but got out of the hobby completely about 5 years ago and have been tankless for 8 years. My daughter convinced me to set up a tank for her clownfish she go in her marine biology class. These were tank raised ORA...

Dear Friends, Aaron (fishfreek) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a part of our community and a part of our lives for the past 5 1/2 years. Aaron and I started this community to help fellow likeminded aquarists set up and maintain healthy tanks. While we hoped it...

It's been awhile since we had a FW contest, we haven't had the submissions, but we have some this month, so vote for your favorite. Thw winning photo will grace the home page for at least 1 month.

Alright folks, you have just 6 days left to submit your pics in the 2007 AquariumAdvice.com Calendar. We need all the entries we can get, this is a way you can help support AquariumAdvice, all proceeds from the calendar go right back into the site. Plus you get your picture published in a...

Recently one of our members posted a message to our members asking them for help in setting up a tank for a boy that had "Downs Syndrome", The original post was not asking for donations, simply asking for 2 dollars over shipping for plants and therefore did not violate our "No Soliciting"...

The following change has been made to the AquariumAdvice.com User Agreement: (Chages/additions are in italics below. 7. Commercial Posting 7a. Commercial Posts AquariumAdvice.Com exists for the non-commercial exchange of information. Hobbyest users of this site are given a "classifieds" forum...

With over 600 thousand posts and over 10 thousand members, the growth of AquariumAdvice.com is something that we always hoped for, but never really believed was possible. With approx 200-300 new members each month the staff has found it overwhelming to keep up with everything going on the board...

Take just a minute to congratulate our newest moderators. czcz Devilisihturtles Fishyfanatic Zagz tecwzrd MT79 melosu58 We are all glad to have them aboard to help us run the site and help make this the best advice forum on the net. Congrats guys and gals!!

We have changed up a couple of forums in the SW and Reef category of the site. We no longer have a "General Discussion" Forum, instead...we have split it up. Saltwater Reef Aquaria: All things Reef, if it pertains to keeping a reef tank, this is where you post it Saltwater Fish Only & FOWLR...

Considered one of (if not the) sharpest zoom lenses from canon, the canon 70-200mm f/4L is one awesome lens. From the canon site: Lens comes with: Original Box Front and rear caps Soft lens case Lens hood Instruction manual This lens is in like new, excellent condition, no scratches on the...

Took a trip to the "not so" LFS and took a few pics. This is my first aquarium photography with my current camera. Here are a few pics. Broom tail wrasse (maybe, not sure on the ID) ricordea dog faced puffer flame angel going after a snack it sucks they don't keep their tanks cleaner...

OK, I saw this post on one of the photography boards I frequent, after the response we've gotten to the calendar I decided we got plenty of budding photogs here and some of you might benefit from this as well. I took a look at the auctions and decided to bid on one. I won the auction for...

Submitted by Jchillin German Blue Ram – Mikrogeoghagus Ramirezi Synonyms: Apistogramma ramirezi, Microgeophagus ramirezi, Papilochromis ramirezi Common Names: Balloon Ram, Butterfly Cichlid, Golden Ram, Singapore Ram Category: Cichlids Family: Cichlidae Origin: Columbia Main Ecosystem...

Over the long weekend we asked 5 people to become advisors (moderators) of this site. As of this morning we got the final response back so we can make our announcement. Some of you have already noticed a few of them, but take the opportunity to officially recognize and congratulate the newest...

We have four great entries this month for the FW Photo of the Month. Take a minute and stop by and vote for your favorite!! http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=60538 Congrats to seafan for winning the Sept SW POTM with his photo of a true percula clown living in a sebae anemone.

As usual each photo will be added to a reply below, view all the photos and vote for the one you think is the best.

Here are a few I've taken this summer, feel free to add your own, mine will be mostly animals and insects...but anything taken in the sumertime is fair game. If others join in...I'll post some more later.

The poll for the SW photo of the month for September is up. Take a look and vote for your favorite. http://www.aquariumadvice.com/viewtopic.php?t=59975