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My new to me 55 gal I got for $60 off craigslist. Got it set up yesterday. I went with sand, basic pots and some slate tiles and will add driftwood and plants.

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Never heard of this, but just looked it up. Sounds like what it is. Any suggestions to treat it? I purchased the tank set up a year & a half ago and they were in with an Asian knife fish that almost killed both of them. I got them back to health and had just assumed those lines were from the...

Ammonia was 0 Nitrite was 0 Nitrate was 20 Did a water change after I tested. Weekly water changes, levels are always good.

Forgot to mention...she also hasn't eaten in 3 days. At first I thought maybe they were breeding. The other one became even more protective of her. But now I'm not so sure what's going on. She's swimming around a little right now, but still looks like she's struggling.

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My oscars have them regularly from digging in the gravel.

Not a great pic, but you can see a bit of his face sticking out from the boat.

Unfortunately a new tank just isn't in the budget right now.

I have a 75 gal with 2 10"-12"tiger oscars, a 10" pleco & 6" green convict. The oscars are bullies and will chase the convict around when he comes out. He's moved up to the largest boat I have, but is quickly outgrowing it. I need something a little bigger for him but it has to be something...

Almost 2 weeks in (Saturday) and I'm at 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and about 5 nitrate. Have 3 gourami, 2 green barbs and 3 plants.

I added 2 oscars to my established tank on Sunday. Don't have a qt tank, so let them sit in the tank in the bag about 45 min then added about a cup of water to their bag every half hour for several hours. Added only the fish, no bag water to the tank. They were doing great until I got home...

Waiting the 5 minutes for the water tests to finish. I'm so impatient!

Thanks! I'm heading out today to get some plants and a couple more fish. I'm going to be slowly changing the gravel in my established tank, so I'm going to put some of it in a mesh bag and put it in the new tank to help get it going.

I started a 29gal on Saturday using a bucket of water and a decoration from an established tank. Added 2 gouramis on Sunday. Tested water every day. Ammonia and nitrite have been 0 all week and nitrate has gone from 5 to 10 between Sunday and Thursday. Is it normal to not have ammonia or...

He's definitely a handful! But he's soooo cool. My husband wanted me to get rid of him but I won't.

Thanks! I hadn't heard of an Asian before you mentioned it, but the temperament and size definitely fit with it better than the African. I got him with the tank around Thanksgiving and he was right around 4". He's not just over 8"! I'm thinking of adding 2 more pictus cats and maybe try...

And here's what I mean with trying to bury his tankmates...

Here's a little better pic. He came with the tank when I got it a couple months ago. I'm still researching him and trying to figure out what else I can put in with him.

My knife is far from peaceful! Everything I've read on them say that they're timid and hide a lot. Not mine! He is always out roaming the tank and tries to attack anything he sees. I have him in a 75 gal with a pictus cat and a pleco. They both stay hidden and he's currently trying to bury...

I bought a 75gal setup a few months ago and I want to change the gravel & some of the large decorations. Should I do one thing at a time? Maybe the gravel at the next water change and wait on the rocks until next change? Don't want to stress them out too much. I'm also going to add a few more...

When my knife fish gets mad at me and rearranges the entire tank! He's such a jerk some days.

I got this complete 75 gal setup including fish, oak stand & fluval 405 for $150 off CL a couple months ago.