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My apistos were really active this morning, but I thought nothing of it. Just now I wanted to do a water change and noticed the female is quite fiercely defending a crevice underneath a piece of driftwood. She is also much thinner and her colouring has changed. I'll let you know if I ever get...

Bought myself some apistos 2 days ago, thought I'd share a pic! I really like them so far, yesterday they were already doing a mating dance, but I'll have to feed them some more frozen foods and high quality flakes before they'll start spawning I think, the female looks to be too small to have...

This may seem like a really dumb question, but I just moved, to a third floor appartment, and I don't want to take the risk that the neighbour below me will be flooded. I know the cabinet can support it, it has for 4 years before. I'm not sure my floor is 100% level, but it is 99%, should I put...

So I've been trying to get rid of cyano (which always forms at the surface of my tank, never goes downward) for a while now. I've let the cyano grow for 2 weeks now, and I've had excellent results with this! :p It's still there, but on the bright side I now have lots of small sterns I can clip...

I got 2 Kuhli loaches and 1 dojo loach (dang the lfs, I asked for 3 kuhlis, the dojo can grow much larger), and an anubias coffeefolia for my 29 gal. And for christmas I got Aquarium world BK1 - Takashi Amano, and Ecology of the planted aquarium - Diana Walstadt. I'll try to post pics of my...

I went shopping for fish today, which is the first time in over a year I think. I got me a bulldog pleco, 6 harlequin rasboras, and 1 FW nerite snail (last one left in store). All are doing well in their new homes (pleco and snail are in 20 g with 2 red-breasted cichlids (not kribs:p) and 2...

This video was really neat to see, you should check it out! http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060906-octopus-video.html

I'll be building a hood for my 20 gal in the next few weeks. dimensions of tank are 23.6 inches long and 11.8 inches wide. I'm thinking of putting 3 15W NO fluorescent tubes in there. My plan is to build a seperate compartiment in the hood for the ballasts. I think I'll need to buy 2 ballasts...

I've always liked SW tanks very much, but they are just too expensive for me now. But what if I start by setting up a coral propagation tank? Something small, 20 gal? (I know, it is recommended to start larger, but is it easier if you only keep corals and not fish?) I really like zoos allot, and...

http://www.beachworld.co.uk/index.htm Wonder how long these spheres would survive... The warranty says you get a voucher for a free replacement (45 Euros shipping not free offcourse) of your sphere....if it dies off within one year. So life expectancy, 1.5 years?

Here are some pics of my new fish. Also posted them in New Aquissitions, but I know more people look here, and I like to show them off :P

Thought this looked cool, but offcourse it's still not appropriate to keep goldfish in. :roll: http://www.designboom.com/mcf/vases/2285.html

I returned my 7 young keyholes to the shop, and traded them in for a pair of Laetacara (Aequidens) Dorsigera! They are now in my 20 gal with 2 otos and some baby guppies. I don't have pictures yet, will take some tommorow, but here is a link, and a pic from another site...

I just added a Tiger lotus to my tank a couple of days ago. Can someone please explain how I best keep it pruned? The guy at the lfs told me something about it, but I didn't completely understood his explanation. It's growing quite well, 2 new leaves have 'unfolded' in 5 days time, and 2 more...

This tank has been up and running for almost two years now. Just cleaned it out and added a tiger lotus to it. Inhabitants are 6 young keyhole cichlids, 4 baby guppies and 2 otocinclus. Plants: Java fern, Java moss, tiny crypt plantlet, waterweed, tiger lotus, (Curly?) Valisneria, and 2 stern...

I'm moving to Brussels tommorow, and I'll only be home on weekends from now on, so I won't be able to check or post on AA much. I don't have internet in my small apartment (studio?). College starts on monday. I'm really excited about starting.......and studying.......and working........and...

:thumb: I found it was a good read this month..........just want to congratulate the people who worked on it and contributed to it. :band: :band: :band: :onfire: :multi: :onfire: :multi: :onfire: :multi: :onfire: :multi: :onfire: :multi: :onfire: :multi: :onfire:

(At least, that's what they are called in Dutch) He's in my 18.5g, together with 2 killies and 2 otos and some guppy fry.

I'll be participating in an entry exam that day, to be allowed onto the music academy. If I succeed I will get 5 years of education to become....a music producer! :lol: This is really something I want to do. I've been preparing myself for the last 2 months. Here's what you have to do on the...

I have a real guppy pest in my 18.5 gal tank... ...so I went to my lfs, and asked for a fish that will diminish my guppy population. The owner suggested some fish, but I stopped him when we got to a tank with killies. They were good as well he said. So I took home some Aplocheilus lineatus...

I'm asking because I've used up all my challenges... -Pristine water quality......check -Keep all fish healthy.......check -Breed most of the species you own........check (the ones I didn't are very hard to breed, oto's and CAE) What else could I wish for? And yet I am somehow beginning to get...

Some pictures, hadn't done maintenance in 2-3 months (I did do pwc, but no plant pruning) Oh, btw, this tank is 18.5 gallons and has an astounding 15 Watts of light above the tank. As you can see, some plants dislike my water and start crawling their way out: Complete tank shot: Plants I...

28/05/2005 Moved the eggs to hatching tank. No agression from the parents when removing, it was done quickly. Eggs left the water for 5 seconds before immediatly entering breeding tank (I know, should acclimate them, but it'll be fine....I hope) There are around 200 eggs. Not all of them are...

I've heard some theories, but wanted to hear your opinions. LFS told me you get it when it's in the water you add to the tank. Other thing they told me was too little surface agitation. I've also heard that 0 nitrAtes causes cyano to grow nicely. :roll: (BTW, my cyano problem is solved, just...

My keyhole cichlids are due to spawn again one of these days, and I want to raise the fry myself, without help of the parents, since they have already ate their eggs 3 times and 2 times the fry was gone after day 1. I have a 15g ready (currently empty). I will make sure water temperature is...