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i would have thought living in her own filth would be far worse for creating sickness than a 2hr bucket acclimation and then settling into a fresh clean tank where it can live a better life without being disturbed again. within 24-48hrs it'll be used to its newer, healthier enviroment and doing...

if he does his shake in full view, and others tend to move away its dominance. he may break out in a kind of high speed merry-go-round or just a chase, with another fish if they are fighting for pack order. if he's doing it (usually in a cave) and another one is doing a kind of T movement (one...

i always do an acclimation with a bucket. 1) put fish in bucket + 1/4 bucket of existing tank water. 2) add a small amount of water from tank #2 (its new home) 3) wait 10min. 4) repeat steps 2 + 3 several times till bucket is full. by then fish is usually ready to go into its home without any...

the makers of spectrum have basically formulated a specific diet with the right amount of nutrients. they fed their fish certain nutrients, all measured out. x amount of carbohydrates x amount of protien. etc etc then they tested the fish poo, to see what nutrients were used and what was left...

fwiw to anyone with fry, i like to feed my fry NLS, i recently got a new (empty) pepper grinder for about 5 bucks off ebay and use it to grind down NLS pellets. it works superb, the pellets get cut into a fine grain consistency. the fry love it. and i dont have to buy fry food :)

after reading 3 pages i was sure i read 75g but now u mention it i see it is a 29g thats a 2 ft tank? only cichlids i keep in a 2ft'er are fry/juvies growing up

no food in = no poop out. the fact that its a poop machine = eating well imo :)

i have a 4ft tank (79g) and its fine for africans, but 6ft is better. and 8ft even better.. you get the idea :) plenty of rockwork/hiding spots, as said previously change it all around if you have a bully. peacocks arent usually aggressive, theyre the weaker/whimpier of the africans usually...

my wife calls our 2ft fry tank "the creche" :D

i love the way they dig holes under rocks n stuff, they go nuts creating pockets in one spot and mounds in others :)

trimmed post ouch, take it easy man, those pointy toed shoe's hurt. :(

a guy from the lfs says he puts a couple of dobs of silicone on his bottom layer rocks to act as little feet to raise it off the glass, then he stacks rocks around and on it. driftwood: i boiled a bit several times, it doesnt leech as much tanic acid (tannins) as it used to, but i have...

my thoughts are that maybe you can eliminate one or both filters from the cause, and if it is one of the filters causing it you know what the culprit is. i read a few different things which were: some filters sucking in air via a tiny leak (venturi system) can create micro bubbles, and even...

i use micro fine crushed coral in all my tanks, and get a stable ph of around 8.2 (very similar to you) maybe you can try turning off one filter for a day and see if it improves, if not, try turn off the other filter instead? i use a flexible bubble line which has an intake on both ends on...

i put my pellets into kitchen paper towelling and wrap it up a few layers thick, sit it on the floor and tap tap tap away with a hammer to crush it down to powder. i have also used a spoon and bowl, kinda like a crude pestle and mortar

nice looking fish, they got some really cool markings. if mine are still holding a week after i noticed, i move them as its more likely theyll carry them full term. ive had a couple of fish now that held for about 2 or 3 days the one day they surface at meal time, hungry as ever

oh heck no. the only wild fly trap's left are in a 100km radius of wilmington, north carolina. i didnt send fly trap seeds from oz, i sent seed from pinguicula sethos (mexican butterwort) and also Drosera Capensis (sticky sundews from africa) its legal to send or receive almost any type...

i have a couple of small patches on silicone for some reason, i'd love to learn more. :)

1st pic doesnt show enough details for my limited experience 2nd pic probably a red zebra is my guess 3rd pic could very well be melanochromis interruptus, it has the broken line down its side. maingano has a solid line. i thought johanni had solid line too? not quite sure. hopefully...

dont add any more until you can tell the gender and species of fish you currently have and sorted out the tank bullying then you can buy more fish (if needed) to balance things out rather than just adding more fish into the problem. fish hiding near the filter powerhead, heater tube, or...

mine are about 2-3" and are able to breed, she held eggs for a few days then started eating again so she may be too young to hold full term if she is (depends on the fish, just stating my experience with young hongi's first brood) my female is a dark brownish colour with a hint of that orange...

you do have to wonder about the owner though. loved him enough to hand feed him, and name him "gary" the gourami but feeds him utter crap for a diet

its a bit of bad taste, but am i the only one to see the puns in the story? fish "scales" back habit (nice double entendre) told to give his existing diet a break (have a break, have a kit kat)

Fish scales back chocolate habit

electric blue (sciaenochromis fryeri ?) she held for almost 30 days by the time i stripped her of fry.