Search results

I'm sitting here looking at my bare 75g tank which is almost at the end of cycling thanks to 7 Zebra Danios. Yesterday I paid for my oscar who I am going to name Felix. I will be picking him up next week (he will be the only fish that I keep in this tank after he eats the Danios). Anywho, it...

After some thought, I have decided to make a small cichlid tank. I want to use my 20 gal tank but it's currently occupied. I also want to get rid of my 6 Giant Danios in my larger tank. What do people do when they want to start a new tank but don't want to wait years until the current population...

I am wondering about how to get started with live plants in my 20 gal. Here's my quandary: I have very alkaline water in my tap. The ph is 8.8. I normally use Proper pH 7.0 to get this down for my tank which is a community tank. However, Proper pH 7.0 has a phosphate buffer, which, if I have...

After 6 years of keeping fish I finally completed my 75 gal tank by adding 4 (3 male 1 female) Kribs. These are my first cichlids and wow, it's just facinating to watch them. Now I need to get another tank and make a rift tank! :D A side benefit is that since the introduction of the Kribs, my...

Can you please help me identify the following cory? I can't remember what the lfs said he was. I think it is one of the most beautiful fish in my whole tank (the pic doesn't do it justice). Is it some kind of reticulated cory, Harold Schultzs cory or some mix? Thanks :)

I want to add a big hunk on Turquoise or Malachite to my 75 gal tank. I don't know much about turquoise, but I know that Malachite dust is poisonous, but is ok to handle otherwise. Will either of these stones leech anything into the water?