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They are actually quite pretty fish. They have an iridescent shimmer that is quite nice. Depending on their mood, they have bold stripes all over their bodies, or just the stripe through their eye, mentioned before. I have both BR's, apistos and these bandits (I'm the one looking to give...

I am not looking for money - just a good home for them. I think two or three would be fine in either a 20G or 38G. I have not had them in with guppies, so I am not sure if they would nip at their tails or not.

I have a brood of bandit cichlids (Guianacara Geayi) that are growing beyond my ability to accommodate them. I have 30 to 40 that are looking for homes. I've found that they are not a common fish (at least in the stores and circles that I frequent). Atlantis had a pair and I bought them on...

There is a list of stores in Georgia here: Aquarium Stores in Georgia | Aquariu.ms Tropical Fish

Why do politics have to impact my fishkeeping? ugh. Didn't think about that, but it makes sense...

So many people make the mistake of using antibiotics in their tanks. Things go from bad to worse once the meds kill off the bio filter. Not all meds will. Some brands will identify that they do or do not harm the bio filter (Seachem does). Unfortunately, Jungle does not.

I am a fan of the rena XP canisters and have bought many of them. In October, I bought an XP3 for $89 and an XP2 for $69 from Big Al's. Now, the prices are $139 for the XP3 and $119 for the XP2. I have noticed that the prices are similar at all of the online stores I've found. To me, their...

I have the standard rena hose going to a 5/8" hose barb on my CO2 diffusers. I was concerned about it coming off and used a standard hose clamp and it's been fine for about a year now.

For anyone that is interested, I have a list of Georgia LFS' here

It's hard to tell from the video... probably larvae from some kind of insect in your house. I have the little fruit fly looking things really bad right now.

Yes - if you can get a timer that controls an air pump to come on at night, that would be ideal.

What is the gh of your water? I've found they do best with gh <100ppm How often are you changing the water? Mine get sick and die if I do not change the water at least weekly - in a heavily planted, co2 dosed tank. You didn't say how long you had them - I have found that all of them die...

the dwarfpuffers.com site is quite nice. I'm confused, though. I swear that I repeatedly read that DPs are brackish or at least need some salt, yet the site points out that they are freshwater.

I have a bunch of them. They're really quite easy to set up. The only gotcha is to make sure to have to top securely fastened to the base, otherwise you'll have a tank full of water on the floor.

Well, that's the problem. When I add a fish, the ammonia continues to go up, no nitrites or nitrates ever appear. My problem is that the things I am adding from the other aquariums (filter pads, bio media, gravel, etc) do not contain the bacteria I am after, so I'm trying to find out what...