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Is there anyway I can get my convicts to start eating live food, or do they not usually do that? If they do eat live food, which fish would be good to use?

Has anyone ever had a problem keeping them together? I have about 5 convicts, and 1 small (2 1/2 inch) pelco in my 29 gal tank. I woke up this morning and saw he was all tore apart, it's really bad, but he is still alive. The only other fish I have in the tank are 5 black fin tetras and I'm sure...

Hi Everyone- I was hoping one of you could help me identify one of my 3 convict cichlids. I think I have 2 males and 1 female, although I asked for 2 females and a male, but the guy at the LFS wasn't to sure, and to be honest niether am I. So, I took some photos (not the best) of her(hopefully...

Hi Everyone- I just have a few questions about convict cichlids breeding. I am heading to a LFS tomorrow and thinking about purchasing some convicts for my 29 gal., I have 5 black fin tetras in there now, and would eventually like to get the convicts to breed. What I am wondering is what do...

Hi Everyone- I have 5 clown loaches for quite a while now, and recently I could only find 3 of them. Well after looking for over a few hours, I saw the tail bairly sticking out of a small sea shell. He wasn't moving at at all and after a half hour I flipped the shell over to make sure he wasn't...

Hi Everyone I just recently got 5 Serpae Tetra's from my LFS. They are beautiful fish. I got them because I wanted a nice schooling fish, but after I introduced them to the tank they stay and the top of the tank and the fish are spread out all over just staying at the corners of the tank. Is...

Hi everyone- Well I just went to my LFS and I bought 5 neon tetras for my 10gal. tank. After getting the fish adjusted to the water and slowy adding the water from the tank to the bag I let my tetra's into the water. About 5 mins later I went back to check on the them and noticed there was only...

I have a pelco that I just got a few days ago for my 10 gal....He has been fine the last few days, he has been moving from spot to spot trying to find algae( my tank is fairly new and is still cycling) and recently he will be going to the bottom of the tank stop moving and float all the way up...

I just recently found that a couple of my tiger barbs have ICK...I moved them to a smaller 5 gal. tank....I heard that I can use non idodied salt to help treat the fish, how much salt should I put in the 10gal. and 5 gal. tank to treat them....Also, I have a real pant in my 10gal. will salt kill it?

For my 10 gal. tank I have two glowlight tetras, 3 young catfish, and 1 plecostomus... I just did my first tests on my tank and the Nitrate was <20.... Nitrite, was extremely high my test couldn't even measure it, so I did a quick 25% water change, then I also read that if you add a 1 tsp of...

This I'm sure sounds really bad but I just recieved a 10gal. tank for my birthday, and being nieve went out bout 5 neon tentras at walmart the next day and put the bag in in the tank to get them adjusted, the water was dechlorized...After reading this forum over and over, I realized I made a big...

This may be a newb question but I was wondering, if I could just use actual driftwood and rocks from a local river in my 10 gal. tank if I boiled and cleaned them first...Would this be a problem? I thought it would maybe look a little more natural and save a few bucks :wink: Also, will I need an...