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I need help. 29g w/ 30 whisper and 10 in tank filters. 1 convict 1 blood parrot 3 jewel cichlids and 1 synodontis eupterus (african catfish) There has been a dramatic increase in algae grown in this tank. I have been forced to do 40%'s on a biweekly basis, however, the algae does not die...

Thank you for doing so. I have all the necessary components for starting a small sw tank, however, I changed my mind when a customer (I work for Petco) with a larger reef tank said it wouldn't be worth it. Guess I'm just going to stay with the several freshwater tanks I have. In regard to the...

I've got 3 larger tanks, however I want to invest in a small sw setup or two. If there's a link someone can suggest that helps introduce a newbie to sw I'd appreciate it. I know the larger the better tank usually, however I'm mainly interested in reef keeping. Where do I start! Gona check...

I'm probably just going to put a single stick of bamboo in from the larger tank, unless you suggest otherwise? There's some MTS that snuck in during the substrate transfer... will that bother the breeding?

My dad has a 30H with zebra danios, red mollies, and guppies. All fish have bred this season except for the zebra danios (egg layers). He says they only need a little bit of space to breed. So my boss from petco gave me a 2.5 bow (abandoned unit) which I cleaned up nicely. I put a 10g...

lol that's worth repeating You should build your convict a custom tank- a HUGE one! =D Then you can consider tankmates. Fo now you have no options unfortunately. If anything you can plant the tank slowly for convicts are amazon fish and that will prolly help the felonfish...

Using a UVB 75 Watt (anole's) heat lamp to slowly raise the temp. Went from 78 to 84 in 3 days... not too high of a jump I hope? The closer this lamp comes to the glass the warmer the water comes. Gonna steady it for two more days as the local temps sky. The clowns were flashing hard the first...

Thank you much I will be buying a better heater for this one is not doing this job. This heater will not push the water over 78 degrees, so I'll get one from work this evening.

Alright I'm going to do without the salt. Should I expect behavioral changes/ spawning attempts due to the increase in temperature?

Gravel vacced 20% water out and am prepping the 15% to put back in (leaving an inch of drop as suggested). There's already an air stone 3/4th's the way down the tank. Going to add aquarium salt (already have it) to the fresh water. This was the cleanest water change I've ever done (last one...

:cry: Turned the lights on today and breakfast was served. I always watch the fish after feeding and noticed there are white spots all over my botia macracanthus's! When feeding was done I noticed them rubbing against the burned clay pot as though something itches. I'm raising the...

Wow congratulations. I'm interested in identifying the fish so post some pics of the fry when they're big enough for the camera. In the meantime feed them often so they grow nice and healthy. Adding these fry back to your 120 may not be an option due to the size of the fish in there currently...

Continue feeding all except any live food. Feeding live ultimately increases aggression. Overstocking new world cichlids will lead to a spread aggression, similar to what I hear about the african population. All I keep is CA/SA cichlids and learned quickly that the mainainence resulting from...

Changing the substrate; There is no way to do this while the fish are in the tank without causing severe shock. Drain the water from the tank into temporary holding containers (preferably 5 gallon buckets) where you will then put the fish. You can even leave 10-20% of the water in the bottom of...

Mine grew an inch prolly in half a year so maybe 2 years or so bein they're on a once a day/every other day schedule. Anyone exp. w/bigger loaches?/growth rate? I would think bred in captivity somehow though its very rare, being that most all the fish we get are from breeders (not fishermen!).