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Hey All, Been awhile since I have been on here, but I have a dilemma. I am moving in a year and will need to get rid of one of my tanks. I currently have a 180G, 60G and a 40G. Stocking 180G (3 years running) Oscar (Fair size) JD x2 (1 medium and 1 timid large) Syndodontis Catfish x2 Red...

It seems my convicts have gotten extremely territorial lately now that they are spawning. They killed my pleco in the tank and i have attached a pic of a bite out of a JD. Now i am assuming that is them doing the damage. Question is. Should i take them out or would a DIY divider work in a...

Hey all. Any idea if this is just a fish attacking my pleco or a more serious issue? 180g tank with an Oscar, 2 JDs and 2 pink convicts. Tank has been running for 2 years with no issues. Also just checked water parameters and all is good. I was away for 2 days and they are used to...

Been awhile since I have posted. Happy New Year to all! Questions: Can I temporarily put a Pink Convict pair in a 10G to spawn? They are currently in a 180 but when they start to spawn (which has been often lately) they become super territorial. Their tank mates are 2 JD's and an Oscar...

Hey Guys, Been awhile since I have been on the forums, but got a bit of an issue. I have a 60G (4ftx2ftx1ft) running for about 6months, with no issues. Current stock is Guppies (Which hang out mostly at the top) 2 Syno's (Which are being grown out for my 180 so not permanent) 2...

I recently adopted these 3 catfish for my 180g S.A. cichlid tank. Curious if i can get an i.d. i have a feeling they are just your typical catfish found in lakes and ponds in Canada. I also think they are gonna get bigger then i desired. Any help would be great. Sent from my SGH-I257M...

I am using two UltraSun 6500K bulbs for my 10G. Question is, should I remove the plastic partion between light and water and have direct light with no barrier? I feel with these two bulbs I should be getting better results. When I first put the lights in my Wisteria and rotala were awesome...

Hey All, I am currently getting ready to completely switch over my 10g into a shrimp only tank. I currently have 5 shrimp, bought around the middle of February, but no babies, so I am assuming a few things. A few questions that I seem to get conflicting info about online that I would...

Hey All, I am curious about the stock list I have going right now, and am wondering if I should subtract or I have room to add to the tank. Info about tank. 180G Tank has been running since about March 1st. Eheim Pro 3 Filter. Media was seeded in my 40G since Dec 26th. Lots of...

I have an empty 40g tall tank that I want to make into a sw tank with corals. My first question is. With this size do I need to get a sump or can a hob filter work. If I need a sump is 10g sump big enough? Trying to play with the stuff I have already to reduce what I need to buy. Thanks for...

One of my Germann rams today had a bid red bump on his head. Either it is a growth or I am going to believe my rts bit him. Mark is on the right side. If needed I will try and get a better pic. My water parameters are spot on. Any help is appreciated. Sent from my SGH-I257M using...

Well, my dream tank is finally about to begin its life. I bought a 180g tank on boxing day and being delivered in a week or so. Just need to finish a few minor adjustments to my bar and the cycling begins. Now for the first few set of questions. Would pool filter sand work with cichlids...

I recently added this plant to my tank. Myrio Red. My issue is that the base sens to keep rotting and uprooting itself. I have wisteria and rotala growing wonderfully but this guy doesn't seem to want to take. I have 2 6500 bulbs. 10g tank. 6 platies. Ammo 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate is approx 5ppm...

Hey all, I was pretty confident that when I bought my rams I had 2 of each sex. Now I am not confident. I haven't really seen the pink under belly distinctly. The pic isn't great but there is 3 of them and I believe the bottom one is a female. I would like to try and get them to have babies...

So I started up my 10g tank and wanted to try my hand at live plants. I don't exactly know which plants I grabbed, will grab some pubs and ask for id in the plant forums but after 4 days of setup and with a filter I has running In my 40g is it possible to already have cycled? I have 0 ammonia...

Me and my wife were collecting rocks for our garden and I found a perfectly flat one that would be a great surface for my german rams to potentially user as spawn site. My question us, is it safe to use? I was going to take some tank water out and scrub it clean. Should I boil it as well? Any...

Quick question, with a PH of 6.6, would adding Driftwood be bad? I have a few pieces of Malaysian Driftwood i would love to use for my tank. I am steering the tank concept to Dwarf Cichlids and would love the Tannin effect in the water. I just don't want to lower the PH drastically. Thanks!

My tank has been running for a year and a half now and I recently moved it to my new house. The old house has poor tap water so it was always a fight to maintain good tank water quality. New house has excellent water quality and my tank has been flourishing dive the move, which was 3 months...

I have a tiger barb that is going crazy. He is spinning around constantly and is swimming at crazy speeds across the tank. He is only spinning in one direction, so I would some out would be it's swim bladder? Weird thing is when it calms down another tiger barb and my rosy barb guard it by...

I noticed in a thread I read earlier today a mention about deep vacuuming. (couldn't remember which thread) Is this a bad practice on a regular basis? Or is it good to keep the substrate as clean a you can. I am a neat freak about my tank, so when I do a pwc I deep clean the rocks. Which is...

Hi all. Been following these forums for awhile now and I love all the info, so thanks to all. Now I get to make my first post. Lol. I have a 38 gal tank with the following. 4 tiger barbs 1 rosy barb 3 odessa barbs 3 clown loaches 1 shimmering gourami (think that is the name) I had ammonia...