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I have done quite a lot of research and although bumblebee gobies do well kept in brackish, on a brackish forum (and pufferfish.com etc) it was said that they can do well in hard, alkaline freshwater. Although I might try out the brackish thing with a figure eight. DP are very aggressive and...

I had thought about the dwarf puffers - the only thing is their inability to be kept with the bumblebee gobies as they are so aggressive. I am planning to have the tank well planted Thanks for the link, I'm just indecisive! :D Can anyone answer my questions about the red-eye red-tail and...

I am about to buy a 20 gallon tank and am desperate to get a puffer or two to put in it. I have done my research and am now not sure whether to make it brackish or freshwater as I don't know whether to get 2 red-eye red-tail puffers or a south american puffer in freshwater or 1 or 2 figure...

Thanks for your advice, I will definately try it.

it is called whitespot here and I think Ich in America. What is the temperature method and does it work? if protozin is better and not harmful to my other fish, I'd like to use it as I already have it.

some of my dwarf neon rainbowfish have whitespot in my tank and I have got some protozin, but on the back it says to halve the dosage for scale-less species. I have bumblebee fish, corys and a bristlenose in there aswell but I am most worried about my african dwarf frogs, are they fine with the...

I saw a green plec in my lfs and am keen to get one but im not sure if they can handle the high pH of my malawi tank (around 8.4). I am pretty sure you can put a common or sailfin pleco in an african cichlid tank and after reading the profile on Planet Catfish (excellent site) for the green...

oh ok thanks for your help, i found kandeensis, the "blue orchid", but my two inch fish have kinda red fins and look more like jacobfriebergi, which would not be good as i think they get too big for my tank. I have done a lot of research and are only aiming to get the relatively peaceful mbuna...

sorry, missed that out, its 55g

I finally finished cycling on my malawi tank a few days ago. yesterday, went out and got 5 yellow labs and 4 auloncara kandesis (antyone heard of these, I can't find them anywhere?!). I only have a few stocking qs. I have lots of filtration (filstar XP3, internal corner sponge filter and a...

thanks. All the media is new or has been washed. From the search I think Ill try raising the filter (although it is much less than they say is the maximum distance), check the impeller but past that I cannot find anything. this may sound silly, but I can't work out how to get at the impeller...

I have just set up my 55 gal and after about a day I realised my rena filstar filter was leaking from around the top of the motor housing and where the power cord comes out of the housing. I ordered and replaced the impeller o-ring seal and it was fine for a while but after a few hours started...

I ordered it as ocean rock for my aquarium and I am pretty sure that it is standard stuff but I have never seen it before and I think I am paranoid. It is more rough than sharp. Thanks for your help.

I am planning my African -Malawi- cichlid setup (55ga) and I know where I am going...finally! I just have a few questions... I have a sponge filter in the corner of my tank (with powerhead) and a Rena xP3 filstar (which is quite powerful - it is recommended for 250-600liters). I am also...

I forgot to put I checked my water for ammonia and nitrates on a few seperate occasions last week and they were fine. The fish are still quite small - about an inch - so it is quite hard to see if their scales are sticking out but I can't notice anything. I give them a pinch of sera GVG-mix...

I bought 6 Dwarf neon rainbowfish about a month ago and added them to my 11 gal tank that has been going for about 10 months. Within the first few days 2 of my fish died (i acclimatised them properly etc) they started to get bloated and their colour faded, they stayed near the surface most of...

Thanks for the advice and would you need to supplement the haps diet at all with higher protein foods such as bloodworm?

I have researched species and found some relatively peaceful mbunas (eg Labidochromis caeruleus and Iodotropheus sprengerae) .....what is this diet - I know spirulina but whats NLS?

Can you keep Mbunas and haps in the same aquarium even though they have different diets because although I have heard it is impossible some people keep a malawi community with both...

The tank is a 55gal. It is probably far too small for any type of eel as I have heard some can grow to 3ft.

I am just about to set up my first malawi tank and having done my research have decided to go with the haps. I have decided to have 3 or 4 (1 male, 2-3 females) of each species and to try to avoid cross-breeding and to have lots of variety I am going with 3 different genuses (2 of them being a...

Thanks for the advice, I think I will go round to my local fish place and have a look at what the've got, they have a very good cichlid section.

I am going to be setting up a 55 gal african cichlid tank and I was wondering which was the best bet: Malawi, Tanganyika community, Tanganyika substrate spawners, or smaller less agressive mbuna species? In terms of appearance, and ease of choosing species that will live together relatively...

dr_girlfriend, I have done quite a lot of research on SA cichlids and it all says that they need soft, acidic conditions and that Africans need hard, alkaline conditions and my taccording to hardness tables etc is hard and moderately alkaline. I don't have actual experience, but this is what I...

I think I will go for african cichlids, sounds like the best idea. but does anyone have any experience/ advice on the brackish question as I have been intrigued by the brackish puffers and want to try it out as I may have a another free tank soon :D