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Is it possible/advisable to keep singles of lake tanganyikans in a community to prevent spawning and aggression between pairs? Just having a bunch of one of each? Everything I've read says to have groups but they will pair off and I dont want fry or constant fighting while spawning.

I'm thinking of switching my 75 gallon to a cichlid tank. I have naturally higher pH in my tap water do figure instead of fightng it maybe work with it. What would be good beginner stock that are colorful, not high maintenance and wont outgrow my 75 gallon? Thanks Nicole

I'm lost. I've had aquariums for over 25 years.... I've never had as many issues with aquariums as I have in the last 2 years. After a totally mystery cloudy tank issue 2 years ago I decided to bit the bullet and buy a 75 gallon something that is much bigger than I've ever had before. I...

Hi all, I have been having problems for almost a year now with trying to get my low tech tank plants to grow. I am losing hope. I have had plantd aquariums for years and am stumped. Last spring I moved and had to dismantle my tank and reset it up. Same gravel (flourite), same light (fluval...

Hi all. I have a tank that I made some big boo boos with. I have been trying to get rid of a minor algae bloom as well as kill of my pesky thread algae problem. I've been dosing what I would consider a lot of excel daily(6 caps a day for a 29 gallon) and it has been making a small dent in the...

I just got this guy up and running, dusty gravel is taking a while to clear, next step is adding some shrimp!

Hi all, so ive been trying to get some healthier plants growing, so I started dosing my tank heavily with potassium, iron and amazon elements. It did nothing for the plants at all, and killed off my entire population of trumpet snails and rili shrimp within a week or so. I also have nerite...

Hi all, I have a 29 gallon that will not grow plants. The plants will survive generally but not thrive it grow much past the bottom 1/4 of the tank. I have low light plants, mostly crypts, the light in on for 9 hours a day ( used to be lo get but thought I might have too much light and that's...

https://www.facebook.com/nicole.jory82/videos/10158442026990720/ grabbed this girl this weekend... you can see her swimming along side my other females! I've honestly never seen a female guppy this big, close but she takes the cake! Funny that the largest fish in my tank is a guppy lol

So, I know it's common for patterns to change a bit on snails when they change environments, but this is very interesting! I have two zebra snails and two red onion snails. The red onions still have a fairly typical pattern on their new shell coming in, however the two zebras both got weird. My...

I often have feeding troubles with certain fish who are picky eaters because I am allergic to bloodworms. I have been successful with glassworms as a substitute, usually once the picky fish actually recognizes it as a food source it generally really likes them... but I just got 4 new fish and...

Hi all, Soo I have been a fresh water tank keeper for years, but I am being given a biocube 8 and noticed that people like to use them for nano reefs so thought I would do a little investigation into how hard it might be to learn to keep a Salt water tank, and how to go about it with the...

So I have 4 Scarlet Badis fish that don't seem to be able to figure out that anything is food LOL. From what I have read they are notoriously not good eaters, so wondering what I can try feeding them. So far fish flakes and sinking mini pellets are a no go, as are frozen mysis shrimp. I'm...

I had a few Ammano shrimp for years that lived happily no problems... I decided when I wanted to get a few tanks again that I'd put some neat shrimp in them but I can't for the life of me keep the shrimp alive! I have no idea what the problem is.. the fish are fine but I keep having random...

So I know this little girl is some type of gudgeon... but what? The LFS had her IDed as a "Burmese Sailfin Goby"...but I can't find any evidence that there is such a thing online. They had 4 in stock, 3 females and one male. The male had picked a female and was in breeding colors.. he was very...

I am trying to decide what fish to put in my 10 gallon planted aquarium. I have one Scarlet Badis and plan on getting a few more, also have an empire gudgeon but will probably be trading her as I think she might just end up a little big for my set up. I also have various shrimp so whatever I...

Hi all, I'm not a newbie to aquariums but it's been a while since I set up new tanks, I decided to get a 10 gallon (already have a 5) and took some water, substrate, plants, wood and a chunk of filter sponge from my already established and healthy 5 gallon, put it in the 10 and it's been...