Recent content by B Phishin

Thanks for the advice guys.. But, unfortunatly, my worst fear came true... I woke up yesterday morning and he was a gonner, dangit! Before I turned off the lights, the night before, he had began to swim at the top of the tank for some reason.. I'm just really confused! Maybe it was his time to...

Haha that's usually all it takes! JK But for real, Ive got this LED, flashlight, head-band thing (pretty dorky I know) that I use to check-in on my fish, when the lights are off, and my male gbr is now swimming at the top of the tank, at like a 45-60 degree angle.. Not looking good.. He could...

No bloating that I could tell, except for my gluttunous synadontis, who is a garbage disposable, to say the least. And off the topic, but I think my syno has been trying to make moves on my bristle-nosed pleco. They are always trying to share the same hiding spot, and i've literally seen my syno...

I mix up their diet with Omega One Cichlid/Tropical Fish Flakes, Hikari Bloodworms, and live brine shrimp.. Flakes mainly, brine shrimp twice a week. Perform approx 2 water changes a week, change filters every 2-3 weeks. Didn't quarantine any fish, but closely observed/examined each tank, that I...

Artificial plants too. BTW, I accept and understand corrective criticism. Just let me know what's up. I hope he just isn't depressed from having his potential offspring eaten up, so quickly, and has nothing else to live for! What a delicacy. Pretty sure my pleco joined in on the overnight frenzy too

Thanks for the quick response. OK, I literally just tested everything over the past ten minutes so here we go.. - 29 gallon tank (tall), approx. 40 lbs. of playsand (thoroughly rinsed/cleansed), 78-80 Degrees (F), slabs of limestone and black slate, 150 and 100 Bio-Wheel Filtration System, 2...

What up guys? So, my male German Blue Ram is just hovering over this limestone rock, on the filter side of my 29 gallon aquarium. Noticed he's been chilling in the same spot for a few hours, so I went and got some live brine shrimp.. which he devoured, then he went back to the same spot. He...

What up everybody?! How can you tell the difference between male and female, freshwater, angelfish??? How old or big do they have to get before they reach sexual maturity, and can begin spawning/find a mate?

Thanks man. I don't really have any high expectations of these eggs to survive because I have a couple tank-mate, inhabitants that I'm sure will pick off these eggs (and the parents too bc its their first spawning). Though, I did take your advice of over-stocking, and returned 2 of the small...

What up everybody!? So, the GBR pair, that I thought had formed a couple, has spawned, over 100 eggs easy! I introduced 2 males and 2 females to my tank over the past week, found out who the dominant couple was, and then, returned the recessive (less-dominant) GBR couple back to the LFS (which...

Also, just over the past couple weeks I've noticed that one of my slabs of black slate is now covered in a brownish, algae-looking, thin moss. And it hasn't taken too long for this stuff to spread/grow.. Should I be worried? What exactly is it? Thanks

That sounds pretty sweet. I, unfortunatly, went ahead and returned the other, less-dominant male GBR because it lost all of its color and was hiding in corners of the tank, about as far away as the dominant male, as possible. He wasn't showing any confidence. That was about 3 hours ago, and now...

Ok, word dude. I'm just trying to get the most responses by having it seen in 3 different forums for the maximum amount of advice. Sorry if that's a problem Davey. Thought it was a good idea! Thanks for the advice homie.. GO CATS!!

Thanks for the advice jetajockey. I'm going to return the less dominant male GBR to the lps and let the dominant male do his thing and pick his female. I knew it was a long shot to try and spawn 2 pairs at once, but it looks like it just wasn't meant to be. At least now, I can figure out the...

- 29 gallon tank (tall) - Temperature - 80 degrees (F) - Substrate - 50 lbs of playsand (thoroughly rinsed/cleansed) - Filtration - 150 Penguin Bio-Wheel Filtration System, and 100 Penguin Bio-Wheel Filtration System - Artificial plants, slabs of limestone and black slate - GH-120, kH-120...