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Congrats! :smilecolros: If possible, seperate the eggs from the parents (be gentle:)). The parents will eat the eggs.

No, a 90g initially would be better.

I measured my aquaclears, and the one that is the closest to yours was my aquaclear 200. Although yours might be an older model because the dimensions weren't exactly the same(No more than 1/2" different). Is it gray? Because I have the old equivilant of an AC300 (AC1260 I think it was?) and its...

Melafix doesn't hurt, it's all natural and the fish dont even notice it.

yes, and they can be expensive, but they're alot cheaper when you get them from a breeder. The average price at a fish store is around $50-$80 Whats the pH of your water? Discus are very intolerant of higher pH and like very acidic water. They are also intolerant to bad water, and need at least...

Bio-spira is halting production untill late summer, so I doubt you'll be able to find any.

25% every week on all my tanks, dunno what nitrate reading it gets to though, I only test once a month.

Asia?

Since it probably wont be a planted tank, have you considered africans? If I had an extra 20L I'd probably get some shell-dwellers for it. Another option is a small neolamprologus breeding colony, you could do 3-4 brichardi, or lelupi(sp?), or even neolamp brevis if you can find them.

IMO zebra danios are very boring fish and lack color. How about another small fish like a cardinal or my personal favourite, the black phantom tetra. And for gourami, I reccomend any type that doesn't get bigger than 4", but if you want dwarf gourami, then only get one male, because they don't...

Otos eat brown algae for sure, not sure on bushies.

a good sponge filter, and while I'm not using it I keep it in my sump (yes I have a sump for a fw tank)

How about dwarf puffers?

I reccomend you get another filter, cichlids can be very messy and need lots of filtration. Try another Emp400 or an AC300. If possible get a canister filter. A fluval 304 or 404 would work. And I think your first fish is a firemouth, does it look like this...

You should leave some fry for the parents to raise. IME, cichlids can be very good parents. I've bred a number of cichlids including brichardi, trets, and firemouths, and I never seperated the fry with any of them, the parents raised the fry themselves.

I doubt your water parameters are "fine" when you have an uncycled tank with a heavy bio-load. Fish don't die for "no reason" (except otos :cry:). Your tank is bound to have high levels of ammonia and nitrite. And 0 nitrate is signs of an uncycled tank. It means you dont have the bacteria to...

Ouch, that is high. And I bet your hardness is through the roof too :( Unless you want to buy RO water every time you do a water change, then you should stick with fish that like high pH. What size is your tank? Fish from Lake Malawi and Tanganyika love that high pH. You could do a Mbuna...

There shouldn't be any compatability issues, but 5 angels is too many for a 36. 3 angels is perfect, and 4 is pushing it, but 5 is too much.

Well said James. What size is your tank wilson?? He will be fine on his own, but if your considering more you'll need to get 4-6 more.

YES! Dechlorinator doesnt not harm fish while chlorine is extremely toxic to them. Never keep any living thing in chlorine water.

Are you planning on keeping the guppies/catfish with your goldies? Because goldies are coldwater fish while the others are tropical. Do you have a heater? If theres just the cory catfish(only common albino cat I can thing of) and the guppies, yes they will be fine. But keep in mind that the...

I recently planted a 55 for my dwarf cichlids and heres what I reccomend: Unless you want to heavily plant your tank and spend $200 on co2 stuff, I advise you stick with low-medium light plants. The 2x65 CF strip light $120...

I dont think he jumped because the water quality was bad. I keep my rainbow shark in a pH of 7.8 and he doesn't mind at all. Sometimes fish just jump for the sake of jumping.

When i first added tiger barbs to my tank with a rainbow shark, he chased them around day and night. But now he seems to have calmed down.