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update: i fed a few pellets and they still seem to have an appetite... still no gasping so im hoping i fixed the problem, its been a few hours and everything seems ok, thanks everyone, ill post if they start gasping again and take some more water quality readings

yes the red devil is what was always attacking the burleyli and there was a lot of bite marks on them, i knew hed die eventually and im guessing after he died he polluted the water and the other 2 stressed out fish had weak immune systems from stress and they died too... the other 5 non...

Also something important to note is: i did not clean the eheim 2260 since i started running the tank 5-6 months ago... so basically it has never been cleaned, and there was a fair ammount of gunk when i rinsed everything question: should i not feed them for a week or so?

im pretty sure stress is no longer an issue because the current 5 in there never had problems with eachother, it was the 3 that died that had the problems... im guessing its a water quality issue right now or a oxygen surface issue, i really dont know im not a fish expert but it doesnt seem to...

Their fins look ok, what kind of signs am i looking for? they all seem slightly tinted to a greenish yellow? but they look normal to me... not sure what im looking for

thanks for the replies guys.. after the 3 deaths i redecorated the whole tank just to give a new scene and give the fish new territories... the 3 fish that died were the only ones that had the aggression issues, they were an apollo shark (about 7-8 in) a female jack dempsey (about 5-6 in) and a...

hi everyone, kind of in a tough situation here... last night i came home and found 3 of my fish dead, i think they were all severely stressed due to aggression issues in the tank there is still 5 fish in the tank left and i want to save them immediately when i saw that 3 fish were dead i took...

No prob :) glad u like it! :)

I can't tell you exactly because I didnt measure it before I put it in but id say it was pretty close to an inch thick! Good luck :)

they were 26 dollars plus shipping on amazon and i think bigals is the seller... for 2 peices it came to a total of about 60 dollars, which is a lot cheaper than full sized backgrounds. the two pieces fit perfectly for my standard 55 gallon tank... each piece measures 24x18... so together the...

Yes your placo will do much better in the 55 and the sand only helps cuz he can go along the bottom and skim the surface and eat the food along the bottom. As far as adding too much sand.. Well I'm not am expert but I believe you don't want to add too little or too much. Too much can create gas...

Nice. You can always save some sand for future tanks. A general rule is 1lb of sand for every gallon of aquarium but like all these general rules they don't always work and can be bended. Just google substrate calculator and you will find a calculator that will tell you how much sand you will...

I replaced a few of my tanks with PFS and it's definitely easier to rinse than other types of sands (from experience). Since it's only a 10 gallon tank I would empty half of it into a 5 gallon bucket of some sort and put all the fish in it while you take out all the gravel because it will get...

Here is a picture of the aquarium that the loaches hide in... Maybe I should make more caves

Thanks for the suggestion on the tiger barbs. I was planning to increase my tiger barb population already! :)

I already have 6 loaches. Wouldn't that be enough for them to school and feel safe?

I have 2 tiger barbs, 5 white skirt tetras, 2 red minor tetras, 3 gouramis, 2 panda cat fish, 1 peppered cat fish, 1 rubberlip pleco, 1 penguin tetra... And of course the 6 clown loaches... Thx for your suggestion I will add more hiding spots... It just seems that some peoples loaches come out...

Hi guys I have 6 clown loaches that seem to always hide together and dont come out much. The previous owner said sometimes they'd hide for weeks and sometimes they would be out all the time. Can anyone tell me what makes them always want to hide and if I can do anything to fix it? Maybe they're...

Can anyone else touch upon the other subjects I brought up in the post? :) The timer issue is resolved, now I'm just a bit unsure about dosing the fertalizers and if i need to follow a strict routine with it or not?

thanks a lot for this info... after i posted this i read in other reads about the 4 on/off/on technique and found out i was not alone :)

thanks a lot man! compliments are just as good as answers sometimes! lol, anyone have any answers? :)

Hi guys, this is my first time posting in this section of the forums because its my first planted tank :) .. i attached some pictures just to give you an idea of what plants i'm working with... my brother got me the plants so i don't know much about them but he said they are slow growing plants...

Haha nice... Even if I owned the house and was responsible for a water bill I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be a significant increase in the bill... I have 6 tanks running. A 125,55,55,54,29,20... And about 50% of that of a water change every 1-2 weeks still probably would t equal 1 or 2 showers...

lol, i'm renting the house, so i don't pay a water bill :)