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    tragic weekend and fish id

    one of my 55 gallons started to leak thurs night on my power strip and almost caught on fire. had to borrow a tank from lfs for the weekend. new tank i was supposed to get fell through.......dumb people! woke up saturday to feed my fish and what do i find, my breeding pair of jds dead! fry were...
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    JD fry!

    came home and this is what i found! now: when will they start free swimming? what do i feed them and how much? i have my foam filter up and running so none get sucked up nitrites-0 nitrates-10ppm ammonia-0 ph-7.8 temp-78-80 anything else im missing? the owner of my lfs told me that he...
  3. K

    fry!!!

    i got home from work and she is pulling the wigglers from the rock and putting them in a groove that she made behind the rock!!! when i can ill post some pictures of the little guys/gals!!!
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    spawn

    my jd just layed eggs the other night........this beeing my first spawn i had some questions ( just fyi: they are the only 2 in the tank, parameters are good, temp. 78-80, 55 gallon tank ) my questions are: 1) i need to do a water change, is it safe to do? 2) what temp is too hot before eggs...
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    spawn

    my jd just layed eggs and i was wondering about water changes while the eggs are in the tank.......what temp can they die? is it safe? should i put them in old tank water while i do it? ::confused::
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    is she ready to spawn

    i know its probably hard to see but shes got a little buldge in her tummy and vent is sticking out.......
  7. K

    new fish

    i just picked up a breeding pair of jack dempseys from my lfs......i was gonna do angels but didnt want to go through the hassle. they have been through 4-5 spawns already and last batch had about 150 fry........any advice for breeding fish? this is the best i can get right now......they...
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    angel fish

    My lfs owner just got a bunch of angels he wants to breed........he said if i was interested in helping him he would give me the fish and all the stuff to do it. Questions: what size tank? decorations? filtration? substrate, gravel or sand? water parameters and temp? i really want to do this i...
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    filter change

    On my 55 gallon i have an aqua clear 70, i was thinking about getting a marineland 350 penguin bio wheel.......any other suggestions or ideas on filtration?
  10. K

    death.......

    I got a pictus for my tank the other day......last night my eartheaters ganged up on it and killed it. Female grabbed it by the tail while my male bit a hole by his gill........any reason why?
  11. K

    algae........

    What can i do to keep it to a minimum? i dont mind it being on the rocks as much as on the glass. any suggestions?
  12. K

    could this be a case of bloat?

    Ive never dealt with it. Parameters are good. Seems to be swimming and everything just fine
  13. K

    worried......

    She sits here like half the day now. could she be ready to drop eggs? parameters are normal and male is fine. She eats well and i do 50% water changes weekly. any thoughts?
  14. K

    show off your fish

    I know its hard to pick just one, but post pictures of your favorite(s) My babies!
  15. K

    my sons new 55

    He wanted a tank like his dad and not a kid tank anymore. Hes 5 yrs old. Its still cloudy from the sand. His tankmates will be 4 albino cory cats, 4 bolivian rams, 2 kribensis (spelling), and 2 apistogramma agassizii. Hes so excited cause he helped with the water and the rocks and even picked...
  16. K

    new cichlid for my sons tank

    Its in route and will be here tomorrow afternoon. I ordered 4 apisogramma agassizii. Ill post pics when i get them on saturday
  17. K

    confused about vents......

    So i was looking at the vents on my 2 red humps, and i forgot what i was looking for. Was it the both had 2 vents and the females are just bigger? Or was it the male had one and female had 2? please help.
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    id

    My son just picked out 2 kribensis for the tank in his room. Can anyone tell me if male/female? also goin in his tank are my 2 bolivians and 4 very small albino cory cats. Its a 55 gallon. Any suggestions for stocking arouns these fish?
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    lowering ph

    Ive had my ph around 7.6-8.0 but after doing some research, found out that all my fish that i keep, yhe ph range is from 6.0 to only as high as 7.5. i figured idealy getting my ph to a 7.0 would be perfect. How would i go about doing this?
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    sexing

    Can anyone tell me what sex my fish are
  21. K

    sexing bolivian rams

    I have 2 br and was wondering what sex they were Also if anyone knows anything about eartheaters
  22. K

    information

    I just wanted to say thank you to all the people on here for all the knowledge I've collected from everyone. I've gone from keeping oscars in tanks like this To knowing about ph levels, nitrates and all sorts of knowledge into now having tanks like this Learning about different fish from...
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    my new project........

    Picked this up from a friend today........ Debating on getting new fish, or re homing my 3 African to it. My wife also has 3 green tiger barbs, can they go with the Africans? any suggestions as to tank mates?
  24. K

    fish losing color......

    I moved my fish to a bigger tank and he lost his color within a weeks time. Before Now Any thoughts or ideas as to why this happened?
  25. K

    my new tank setup

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