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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...

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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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...

I recently bought a 55gal and had hopes to keep SA cichlids, but alas :( , I tested my water and found my pH = 7.9 and GH = 21dGH obviuosly these are not sutible for a SA cichlid tank and I don't have the money for an RO, which I have been told is the only reliable way to change these...

This may seem like a basic question but I have only dealt with my closed top aquarium, but can you run a heated aquarium with an open top. I have a spare aquarium that used to have goldfish in it and want to convert it into a tropical. Do you need lights to run an aquarium? Will heat just...

I am going to be setting up a 55 gal and I wanted to make it a planted tank. Because I am thinking of kepping peaceful SA cichlids (keholes etc..) I was going to add peat to the filter media to soften and acidify the water. But since then I have read up on CO2 affecting the pH and KH and I was...

I just purchased 2 2" orfes for my outdoor pond and about one hour after I put them in, I found them lying on the ground. I have now put them in a 1 gallon tank inside, one of them seems to be ok but the other doesn't look too well, lying on the bottom. I have added stress coat and stress zyme...

I am going to set up a 55 gal tank with some peaceful SA cichlids (one of the reasons is I already have 2 juvenile angels in a smaller tank). They need soft, acidic water, however my tap water is the opposite. Peat extract has been recomened to me to acidify the water. Can I mix carbon and peat...

Well, I started my 11 gal tank about 6 months back. I never cycled it or tested the water because I had not discovered the wealth of info that is AA! :D and did not think I needed too. I got 4 African Dwarf Frogs at first, about a month later got a cory and a bristlenose catfish and recently got...

Is it ok to keep angelfish of trade bred varieties e.g marbled etc with others of the original form? Will they breed and is it disasterous if they do?

I am setting up a 24-28 gallon tank and i dont want to make any mistakes! Can I keep 4 angelfish and 2 or 4 malawi cichlids together with space to add more fish (doesn't matter if I can't) - Thanks

I need to vary my African Dwarf frogs' diet. I have been told by my local pet shop that mealworms are a bad idea because they are mostly fat. They also told me that the mealworms are bad for the fish because they can cause liver damage. Are waxworms any better? Or does anyone have any other...