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Does anyone have any tipsbor ideas for me and my festae tank setup? Ill try and get some more pictures added tomorrow. I have about 16 babys in this 125g tank.

Long story short. I baught a tank off some ppl and think there ac70 hob filter may have had a roach living in it. Now... clear across the house I found a roach with a bunch of small white looking dots scattered aroubd it when I sprayed the roach with some spray. Are roaches attracted to...

Any tips or ideas on switching my baby festaes from flake to pellets? I have aboit 20 festae cichlids I got as fry. They went from eating baby brine shrimp, crushed flake, and first bites powder fish food. To flake and all types of frozen food. They are about 4 mobold and 1-1.5 inches long. I...

Looking for some festae f1 or f2 babys around the 1" inch range. I have 3 125g aquariums. One is housing 20 little 1 inch f1 festae's the other 2 tanks have deviders ready to be used when needed and a 90g just in case they all get out of hand. I know I can get a pair out of the festaes I...

Im beating myself up over "To be UV or not to UV". Is it worth spending $200 on a corallife Turbo Twist 3x or would a $70 Mean green UV machine from petsmart take care of them? I read post and page after page. Posts show 50% saying they are a wast of money. And 50% saying they would not have...

What are the pros and cons of a "Fluidized bed filter"? And would it work well for a cichlid aquarium (fresh water tank)?

A baby festae red terror did one of them side body scratches on the sand today. And it got my attention. I dont want them ever getting sick. So in our 125g tank right now. We have 15 3 mo old festae fingerlings, a bubble disk blowing bubbles in the center back of the tank and a Rena XP4...

I have some Festae fry that were hatched around November. I have them living in a 125g aquarium with only one Rena XP4 canister filter. Since my last water change I have noticed that they have been a little more skittish and hiding more. Is there not enough oxygen in the tank because of how...

I always read online that with diy glass and acrylic tanks you need a solid piece of plywood and even a towel or styrofoam. I just got a great deal on a 90g acrylic aquarium with everything. But as we were draining and loading it into my truck. I saw that the stand had only one cross member on...

Ok in short. DO I need and if so what size sump for a 224g acrylic aquarium? Im getting a 224 acrylic aquarium that needs finishing work on the stand and the ppl started sanding it but have stopped due to a moving situation. So I have some polishing and finishing work to do on the stand at...

Are Bubble wands and stones any good for a 100+ gallon cichlid aquarium? Or is it just for looks or preference? :fish2::fish2::fish2: I have collected 3 tanks off other people and 2 of them came with some air pumps and air line stuff. I used it one time when I first set up our first 125g...

Morning everyone or Night. Im going to be looking at a 125 gallon Acrylic aquarium. It is a project buy. Meaning the stand has to be built, and filters will be needed. And the worst part is... They started there project and sanded the back of it. And said all I need to do is polish it. But...

I have some live plants in my 125g tank. Is it safe if I use api leaf zone while I have baby fry fish in the tank? I know I know. .. jist want to make sure before I do anything

Ok im in a position ware I have given away all my kribensis fish amd kept some of the fry amd added 4 festae fry. Everything but a rock a moss covered cocanut shell, and 3 small live sward plants are left. My question is. Is this a good time to somehow remove all the snails from my current...

I have a mixed tank of Kribensis and Red Terror Festae fry. Does anyone have any pictures of the Red Terror Festae fry? I need to figure out who is who. THank you

Just looking for see what others feed there baby fry cichlids/fish. :fish2:

Well. I had to give away all my kribensis. Because the Red Terror cichlids I bought turned out to be real fry. Not just little guus but fry. So now I have a new issue. To get the kribs out for the guy. I had to remove everything from the 125g tank. Then the man took off. So before puting the...

I just got some fry cichlids. About a month old. Can they make it? I have some live plants and java moss on a rock, and a little bit of brown algae growth on a part of the tank walls and some "first bites" fish food. Tomorrow I will pock ip some frozen baby shrimp for them.

Im looking at picking up some red festae fry today. THey will be going into a 125 gallon tank that also has other fish that were born in September. So the Convict cichlids are about a inch, THen I have 2 Jack Dempseys that are about the same size and the convicts and a Salvaini that is maller...

Looking to sale 5 Kribensis Cichlids. I have 1 pared parents and another paired but have not laid eggs. And one loner that is faint. But I think that has to do with him being the odd man out of the groups. All are in GREAT condition. I have never, nor do I know how to ship. But I am in...

For the next month to two months im researching and taking notes to build a 300+ Plywood Aquarium. Id appreciate and input, insight, tips, links, and or pictures of others aquariums others have built. I have the money and basic tools right now. But my goal is to build one that at some point I...

Ok, this thought always comes and goes. and comes and goes. And now its back again. So Im posting it, now that its on my mind again. :banghead: Whats better, sumps, canisters, or HOB filters? When I was a kid it was HOB filters. And after years I am getting back into the love of keeping and...

Did ibset it up right? I used a sewing thread and spred out the java a bit. And just tied one string around the rock and one around the coconut. Or should I have tied it more times to make it flat on the rock and coconut?

I have 2 125g tanks I boight used. Any fast or easy fixes or places to order a new glass cover? One tank has a standard lip and the other tank is made by some outfit that has the center lip almost to ware the glass touches eachother. So how can I order or make a new cover? I can see stuff...

Im thinking about getting some 55 gallon plastic drums. Putting them into th garage. Fill them wirh water from the outside garden hose. Placing a aquarium heater in each one. Then every week I clean the gravel all you have to do ia connect a water pump and transfer the water from the heated...