Recent content by Barronda79

All; Iam looking for a small reliable submersible pump that I can do to do PWCs with. Any recommendations would be very welcome. Thank you Dave

Epilogue and Lessons learned: yesterday evening my wife pointed out that she had noticed that the blue striped Malawai Cichlid was chasing the other fish around. Now this had been predicted by an earlier post but I had denied it because I hadn't actually seen this behavior manifest in the tank...

Thanks Fishguy!

ok thank you, I just retested a min a go and its gone down to about .15 I would estimate. I have also added an airstone. I had read on here that that might help grow the nitrobacteria that eat the Nitrate. I will retest in the am and if its still not zero I will do another pwc. Thank you Dave

78 is where mine is as well. Its a tropical tank no GF. Anyone else?

Ok did 50% water change on 36gln bf tank this am and now the Nitrite is .25ppm. I also added a new AC50 hang on filter with Purigen not the carbon that comes with it. I swear within 20 mins the water was clearer and looks awesome now the fish seem to float. I cut out the filter material from the...

Can I get an idea as to what the temp should be on a community tank? Thank you Dave

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Like i said earlier i have observed them for a long time and havent seen them be agressive to any of the other fish. They are beautiful, if thats the case i will have to choose teh cichlids over the others, they are just cool and beautiful. The nipping took place overnite the tank is in my...

Sorry about the typos im on an ipad.

Its a 36 gallon bowfront. The shark is tiny and spends mostofhistime on the bottomorchasing himslef against the glass. Its puzzling i wouldnever have suspected the zebra danios. The Beat was gorgeous and had the longest fins i have ever seen now he can barly swim, its sad. The shark is albino...

I have never seen any aggressiveness from any ofthe cichlids. They are by far the most beautiful and interesting of them all by far. If worst comes to wore i will go with all cichkida entually. Its like having saltwater fish without all the reef hassle.

More data They are small zebra danios, not sure what type of algae cat it is though.thanks

Any idea what would chew up my fancy guppys tail fin as well as my Beta fins? It seems to only happen at night. I have sat and observed the tank during the day and none of them attack them during the day. This is a new tank most fish are small. Heres whats in the tank Malawai cichlids guppys...

Just tested this am, after 50% water change last eve, Nitrites still at .25pm. Iam leaving it alone for a few days to see what happens now.