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Pics of my Africans. Sunshine Peacock Blue Dolphin

It's a Tiger Shovelnose. I bought him about 3 months ago,he was only 3 inches long,in those 3 months he has grown to 9 inches. At this rate by Christmas he will or should be about foot and ahalf! By then I guess I'll sell him off at the next OCA auction.

I've got afew favorites,so bare with me.

My 125 gal. eartheater tank Sorry for the drity glass,but I just had to post my tank in light of all of yours looking great. In the tank is a smattering of Balzanii,Surinamensis,and Iporangenisis. Also in the tank are variety of small catfish and plecs such as a Gold nugget and a Green Phantom...

Thanks Hukit,the males are about 3.5" and the females about 2.5".I'll be picking up more females this weekend and eventully they'll go into their own 55 gal.tank.

I just bought these little beauties 3 male's and 2 females(I know it should've been the other way around but the male's are pretty outragous looking)anyways,whats the breeding size and should I chill themdown for a few months to intice them to spawn? the pic below is one of the male's. All 3...

I found these fish at Petco marked as S.Jurapari.Anyone know what they might be?

I hear you,I'm gonna try the hot putty knife next now that I know how the trim was applied.

Heat gun seems to be working but its a slow go. Does anyone think heating the glass just enough to soften the silicone would harm the integerdy of the glass ie crack or become brittle.

My goal is to get it off in one piece,that hammer and wooden block thing...with my luck the tank would be on the curb the next day.

I also redid a 55,but I used a garden hooked up to the hotwater faucet and losened it that way(just softened the silicone and pulled apart). My problem with the 125 is that the trim is glued on the inside of the tank as well as the outside. I want to try and save the trim because new trim is 45...

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For Africans your ph should be at 7.0 or higher.Using crushed coral or dolamite would keep your ph at a safe level.

I've used clown pleco's and bushy nose plecos in my tanks.They dont get to big and are quite hardy.

my 125 malawi tank This tank no longer exsist. Lost them all due to a very large leak that happened when I was away for the weekend last year. I'm in the midst of repairing the tank .