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Hey guys! I just noticed in my 20 gallon planted, there are 2 small white worms swimming around! I have a crew of tiger barbs and some cories and they don't seem to be bothered by them. The worms are extremely thin, they look THINNER than kite-string. They are about 1cm long and wiggle...

Hey guys, I currently have an Otto and 2 flying fox as my algae eating crew. I at one time had a chinese algae eater, who was an ALGAE EATING MACHINE until he grew bigger, then he was just angry. He ended up in my 125g non planted tank. There's enough algae in there for him but he prefers...

Hey there guys! My giant Pacu was moved out of the 125g, and about a day later the Jag and the Jack Dempsey began fighting. They were lip locking and argueing and what not, so i kept a close watch on them, and reorganized the tank and added a bunch of caves and hidden pvc pipe fittings, etc...

My jack used to eat flakes and cichlid pellets like a normal little JD. But I used to feed my pacu almonds every other day as snacks, and the JD would quickly grab the ones the Pacu missed. Now all the JD will eat is almonds. What the heck?

Hey guys, Well, my pacu grew to immense sizes, as to be expected. We got him small, for our 55. He's now in a 125g and is WAY too big. He's almost 2ft long! Although he's great as a trash compactor, the tank needs constant vacuuming and cleaning, and our entire living room is a splash zone...

My javafern is growing new leaves in a strange way. I was wondering if it was normal. On a few of the older leaves, there are new leaves growing out of them! There's even a small brown root structure on the bottom of the new leaves. Its like they attached themselves from another plant or...

Hello guys, I've been getting some great tips and help from this forum lately, so i thought i'd get another helpful response with my latest venture! I successfully set up a CO2 system using 2 one liter bottles. The only problem is i have no way of really diffusing it into the water. I have a...

Hey guys! I've been reading a lot of posts and have been setting up my 10g with some plants. I'm a college student so i have about negative eleventeen bajillion dollars. This means i don't have a test kit! All i have is a ph test. I have a 10g running on city water, which i treat with...

I have a 125g, currently has: (1) Angry Jack Dempsey (1) Angry Managuense (1) Big fat pacu. The pacu is being relocated/eaten, so i'll have lots of landscape left over. I'm thinking of remodeling the tank to have lots of territory, even though the managuense and JD share a cave?? I'd like to...

Alright guys, here's the deal: I have a Pacu. So my dad is emotionaly attached to our 2ft long Pacu, long story, to keep it short, they are soulmates. We don't like seeing him in a 125g tank. He needs more room. So here are some ideas we had about keeping an outdoor pond HOT during the...

I live in a house in a Bristol RI, with 3 other roommates who go to RWU. I recieved the first water bill for the period of something like 36 days. The bill was $56, most of which was the service charge, and the actual water usage amounted to 12 or so dollars. This time, i recieved a bill for...

I have a 10 gallon tank with 1 little convict, not quite 2" long. He shares the tank with 3 cherry barbs and 2 emerald cories. My plan is to grow the convict up in the 10g untill its too large and then put it into my 125g with my other angry cichlids. When i first had the convict in there, it...

Hey! I have a 10g tank and am having trouble finding plants in my area. I would love to have some moss and ground cover for my tank, and some floating plants! Does anyone have any trimmings that i could paypal or send a check or money or something for? I'm dying to get some plants in here...

As per the advice of everyone here, i went on a CF screw in bulb quest! Unfortunately the nearest Walmart is anything but near. So i went to Ace hardware, numerous grocery stores, etc. Could find nothing. But then i went to home depot! I got two of these: n:vision daylight bulbs. 19watts...

I just bought a little "marble algae eater" on impulse from the LFS. Has anyone heard of these? It looks like a common algae eater, but the back half is a dark brown while the front half is a light tan. Its in my 10g for now, but i can always put it into the 125g if it gets too big. EDIT-...

Hey fellers, I have a 10g set up currently, with 2 emerald cories, 3 rosy barbs, and a baby convict cichlid who will be evicted once he gets too agressive (i have a 125g cichlid tank) I'd like to grow plants in there. And i don't know a whole lot about how to do it! But i have done searches...

Hello, I have 5 tiger barbs in a 10g tank. The tank is about one month established, cycled with three cories, one didn't make it. The group of barbs has been very active, and are doing well so far, except for one which i just recently noticed. The one is smaller than the others, and does not...

When i first put a 9" managuense in my tank i thought it would be a bit too agressive, only to find the 7" Jack dempsey liked to beat on him. Jack really hates that jaguar cichlid for some reason. Anyhow, i go back to school for about 3 weeks, and when i come back i find that jack and the...

I have a good looking male Jack Dempsey. He's about 6" long and quite healthy. I was just wondering how you guys think he would be worth in a pet store or something like that. I have him up at college now, and obviously he isn't the best fish for my 125 community tank. Also, are these guys...

I have spring break coming up next week, and i'm wondering how my Jack Dempsey is going to do. I have these 3-day feeder things that he shows no interest in whatsoever. I'm pretty sure they do nothing. Should i buy a bunch of minnows for him to eat while i'm gone? I know he doesn't really...

Dell Inspiron Pentium 4 mobile 2.8Ghz (much much faster than a celeron) 512mb DDR RAM 40GB Hard drive 802.11b/g wireless, LAN card, 56K modem USB 2.0 64mb video CD-RW, DVD Only problem is the minor sratches on the outside of the case. Runs flawlessly. Comes with everything, AC adapter...

I picked up a pleco at the local Petco, remind me not to do that again, and i'm not sure what kind it is. The tag said Brazilian pleco but after looking online, that doens't seem right. The reciept says Plecostomus-Colomb, does that sound like some sort of pleco, colombus or something? I have...

I have a Jack Dempsey up here at college with me. He's about 5.5". I have these Wardley Cichlid crumbs that he seems to like a lot, but they are tiny. I can only put in 1 at a time because he likes to peck at them when they're on the surface, and most of the time he'll miss them and they will...

Is it common for pacus to feed on crayfish? I bought a blue crayfish, and after it nipped my pacu in the face, it was gobbled up. There is a larger blue crawdad in the lfs, he's about 4", the one that got eaten was about 2.5" They are pretty expensive so i don't want to risk the 20 bucks to...

:x My Pacu is a bit of an oddball in that he refuses to eat any live or dead fish. He'll eat anything else you put in the tank, but nothing alive. So we have a couple other tank mates for him, a pleco, Jack Dempsey, couple guppies, 2 tricolors, an angel... We also got a very pretty looking...