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I have 8 baby princess cichlids in a 55 gallon for about 4 months now There very shy/boring because they only come out to eat Can I add any fish to help this ? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Have started a 55 gallon cichlid tank , atm there 2 albino makes and 2 blue/yellow males ... What else can I out with them ? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I Have a all male peacock tank which has been successfully running for 2 months now :) But starting to get algae on the glass , which I wipe with every weekly change Can I get fish or snails which won't die with the peacocks to help my algae problem ? Or what's some other ways of getting...

Currently have tanks with peacocks and brichardi (princess cichlids ) And also have a tank from my sister which is full of 5 adult platys with about 4 generations of fry , with the most recent lot being born today ( all fish and water are healthy ) Would it be ok to use them for feeder fish...

got 2 peakcocks from my lfs would like to know if they male and female or both male ?

Has anyone every had these ? I just got 9 juvinelis ( about 2 cm ) in my 40 gallon tank Would love to chat to anyone that has or had these :) Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Just finished my 40 gal cycle , wanting to get some ciclids Is it possible to get some breeding in a community tank ? If not , any ideas would be great , what would you stock it with ? It's sand bottom with lots of rock in piles/caves

A week into my seeded cycle and yesterday was the first time nitrites showed up at .25 Then today it was off the charts Should I keep dosing at 3ppm ammonia everyday , or just dose every few days !? Any help would be great :)

new to cichlids and obessed already !:dance: I have a 40 gallon which has just finished cycling and want ideas of stocking it :) was thinking of getting a group of 6-8 small juveniles as I would love to see them breed and hoping to get a pair or two of either of : -keyhole cichlids...

Got a new tank with canniester filer , and added half of a sponge from a well established tank into the canister aswell as some decorations , gravel and the other half into the tank ? So the good bacteria is present ... After adding pure ammonia , how long would you expect it to start...

ok so in abit of a pickle any help would be great :) I currently have we well established 20 gallon which I cycled to 4ppm 6 months ago housing my platies and around 20 fry in a breeder net , which currently has 3 sponges running 2 have been in from the start and 1 for about 4 days I...

Hi everyone Recently cycled my new 40 gallon tank which is almost ready for stocking , and am trying to get ideas what to stock it with Currently have 5 platys which I will move over & I would really like a centre peice pair or group any ideas would be great :)

my friend is getting a tank in a couple of weeks and im going to run a big sponge filter in my established tank to give to him so it will hopefully speed up his cycle whats the correct time period to get the good bacteria built up enough to give to him in the new sponge im adding in my tank ?

swapping my tanks over is it possible to straight swap everything in one go or do I have to fully cycle the new tank ?

today I came home from work and noticed fry in my 15 gallon tank , it has 3 females and 2 male platys i spent about 30 mins trying to catch them and put them in a breeder net and had no luck ! there so god dam fast , there's more the 5 in there but not to sure how many !! the tank is...

after finishing my cycle of my 15 gallon I stocked with 6 platys I asked the guy at my lfs to give me 2 males and 4 females as I want them to breed however when I got home and released into tank and finally got a good look , he actually gave me 3 males and 3 females if I buy...

took 6 weeks to cycle my tank , finally got fish now my first pregnant guppy has a big white spot on her what could it be ? is it ich ?

I have recently stocked my tank with 2 female guppies 1 male guppie 2 female platys 1 make platys & I realise there going to breed hence why I got them They are all fine together besides one male guppy won't stop following and what's seems to be pecking at one of the female platys , why...

Finally today turned 4ppm Ammonia to nitrites to nitrates in 24hrs after a long 5 weeks My nitrates are very high ATM , so what did I do now ? Do a big water change to get them to 0 , then I'm all good to add fish ? Or is there other things that need to be done ?

today was exactly 1 month and 1 day and after 3 weeks of nitrites of the charts and 2 weeks of 4ppm of ammonia going in 24 hours ( once this happened was only dosing 2ppm every few days ) my nitrates where 5ppm up until 3 days ago when they appeared at 40 , the next day 80 and then today...

hi all currently in the fourth week of fishless cycling 2 tanks ones a 5 gallon and ones a 16 Both have had the exact same results and can currently turn 3ppm of ammonia to 0 in 24hours however since its 4 weeks and my nitrites are through the roof and only have had 5ppm nitrates the...

Hi all currently 4 weeks into my fishless cycle and can turn 4ppm of ammonia to 0 within 24 hours no worries , but am having trouble as nitrites are still off the chart For almost 2 weeks I have only been dosing every 3 days to see if my nitrites( off the chart) will drop and nitrates...

Been cycling my 16g tank with pure ammonia for 22 days now , after 12 days I could successfully turn 4.0ppm of ammonia to 0.25 in 24 hours , so then started dosing 2.0ppm every two to three days On day 9 my nitrites spiked and seem to be off the chart and the following day my nitrates where...

today was my 17th day of my fishless cycle and my results where ammonia=0 ( after dosing 24 hours ago to 2ppm ) Nitrites = off the charts , very dark as soon as its added goes dark purple ph=7.8 Nitrates =5.0 why is my nitrates only 5.0 ?????/ the highest ive seen it was 10...

any help would be great :) have currently been cycling my tank with pure ammonia for 14 days and can currently turn 4.0ppm of ammonia to 0.25 in 24 hours I havnt seen a nitrite spike and since the 8th day which was when it turned up :dance: at 1.0ppm they haven't spiked or moved !:eek: But...