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I placed a med pleco in one of my tanks. 14 gal. There are about 6 julii cats. Very small and one glow fish. Decorative. 2-3 days later the med pleco had been chewed beyond recognition and I am trying to figure out how. Was it the Julii cats? They are strong in numbers, but very small. Any...

Aloha, I was wondering what I can use to anchor a plant in a hole in my driftwood that's not harmful/toxic for my aquarium. I've seen lead bands on plants. What's good n safe?

I just noticed a couple of a days ago that one of my male pink convicts has small holes around his eye socket and now there are a few hole forming around his mouth. All the holes for now are on his right side. I have the med lg Oscar in there with the deformed mouth. An associate at the local...

I have 6 EG Corys in my 75 with the convicts and Oscar and red tail sharks. I noticed one of them has what looks like a war wound on it's nose and though maybe it got too close to the pair of convicts with fry. Now I see there's another, but not as bad, but it's a small white area on it's nose...

Just want to mention in case I'm not the only scatter brain that didn't know this, but I found out the hard way not to put my convict fry in with a small feeder with a constant need to eat. Didn't think it would eat the fry, but to my surprise, it did. Eat or be eaten I guess is it's theory...

Hi, I am going to try and reseal a 55 gal I have and wanted to know what type of silicone I need to use to keep it aquarium safe? Scott

I have this 6 gallon eclipse with the reg T8 or T5 (not sure) 12" bulb and I want to make it a small planted tank for my wife. Was thinking of just investing in a 10 gal or a 20 long, but does anyone have any insight on saving $$ and making a nice planted tank out of the 6 gal I already have...

An acquaintance has a male/ female Kribensis pair that he was going to flush or dump. I would leto add them to m 75 gal. Does anyone have anything to say about this either way? Whether I should or not. My 75 gal currently houses 6 convicts (2 breeding pairs), one Oscar, 6 emerald green Cory...

I got 10 fresh feeders for my oscar from the nearby LFS and after floating them for nearly 15 minutes, I poured them into my 6 gal eclipse tank that I just vacated 2 convicts from and they ALL died within 2 minutes.:( Whats up with that.:confused: Thats a first! Oscar didnt even get a taste...

Does anyone have any idea before I go consult the local LFS peeps for advice what would be a good bottom feeder that would eat most of the wasted food that ends up on the sandy bottom. Small catfish, or??? I need them for my 75 & my 30. Thanks, Scott

Tested the water several times and all the numbers are spot on, but the water isn't crystal clear as I'd hoped for with the canister filter. The waters moving, circulating well, but I'm wondering if the new black sand from caribsea is the cause and if so, what can I do to clear things up?

I would like to see if anyone can tell me if I am okay using beach sand well rinsed for a gold fish tank. I am donating my eclipse 29 to my brother in law since the tank he has 5-6 med to lg gold fish in is only 10 gallons. I would like to use some of my beach sand since it's easier to vacuum...

Just curious if it would be alight to get a pictus cat to mix with the red tail sharks that are already in my 75 gal?

www.photobucket.com/smbolter If you'd like, take a look and tell me what you think of my 75 gal set up. Havent put any fish yet. Just finished it at about 4pm and had to catch some zzz's for work qt 10pm...:zook: What's my best option to cycle the tank now. A couple gold fish, my pleco, barrow...

I would like to know if I can cycle my filter in my 30 gal since its going to be a couple of days before I get the rest of my 75 up and running? Would that help move things along regarding cycling the whole tank? Plz advise!!:D

I picked up 3 great looking pieces of african driftwood yesterday from my local pet warehouse. Got one boiled last night, let it soak overnight, drained that water (looked like dk coffee) and filled the pot and put the heat to it again till it started to boil. Had to head off to work, so I shut...

A friend has out grown his two fish. A 4-5" Tiger Oscar and a 2" Electric yellow. He's had them together in a 10 gal for quite some time. He heard I had tanks and asked if I would take them. I was going to add them together with my tiger convict and if they do well together, they'll get moved to...

I am getting ready to install the XP3 can filter and was wondering with my convict cichlids what would be the best position for the intake vs the spray bar. The tank will be very mildly planted, but in general what would be the optimum position in my 75 gal FW? Aloha, Scott

I have two tanks with bio wheel filters. One 6 gal and a 29 gal. Do I need the airpumps/stones in those or is the water getting enough oxygen from the filter? The 6 gal is going to be well planted after I transplant my convict to the 30 or 55 gal. Aloha and Thanks for all the great help and...

Just thought I'd drop in here and say aloha and ask if anyone has used sand from The Sandman over in Mapunapuna. It's a sandblasting co. and I got some black sand from a friend that got it from them and plan to get some more for my 75 gal tank. Just finished the stand for the 75 and now I am...

I got some black sand from a friend who has the same sand in his 125 FW peacock cichlid tank. He gave me about 50 lbs and I need a little more for my 75 gal FW, but wanted to see if anyone sees a problem with this stuff. I am going to ask the Sandman owner what his material is made of, but??? Aloha!

Aloha, I just picked up a new in box 48" dual lamp NOVA Extreme fixture. It works great and everything was packed in their orig bags and sealed, BUT: One of the legs doesn't extendfar enough to fit it on the 75 gal aquarium unless I slide the splash shield pull handle over about 1/4". I was...

I recently read that Amazonian Swords and Java Fern are tough enough to have in my Convict tank. Is this true? I'd really like to have some live plants in my tank...:cool:

Well, once again, I am getting mixed msgs. I was happy that I got Beach sand as one aquatic person said was a go and now another aquatics "specialist" said the beach sand will cause a hard water problem in my fw tank for my cichlids. Whats the final answer here folks? If it is true, what are my...

I was at Petco yesterday and they have in their donation planted tank a large black angel fish. If there are many diff types of Angels, I couldn't tell you what kind it was, but looked very majestic and was curious not in a hungry way when I placed my hand/finger on the glass. I am thinking of...