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  1. Cichlids

    Cichlids

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    HELP!

    I dont know what he put in there, but they dont look like they have eaten anything...
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    HELP!

    I have talked to him wont fess up to nothing, doing the water change now.....Both loaches are gone.....My oscars are not far behind, they are in a 20 gal qt tank, but not looking any better..
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    HELP!

    My oscars are laying on the bottom, on the bottom of the tank, and I have had 1 loach disapear, and the other is staying at the surface!!! PH 7.0 Nitrate .25 Nitrite 0 Ammonnia 0 What is going on!!!! They were like this when I came home from work!!!! I see some pieces of corn on the bottom of...
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    Couldnt find noniodized salt.

    Oscar hit his head pretty good on my driftwood, and I heard that salt will help it heal.
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    How fast does a "common" pleco grow?

    They grow fairly quickly, I had mine since April and at that time he was 3 1/2in, now he is just about 4 1/2 maybe alittle bigger. He is growing faster than my oscars
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    went to a creek today

    The fish you speech of sound like chubs. I recently started a native tank. I got my fish from a fishery.
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    Am I limited to Mollies, Tetras, Guppies?

    Clown loaches get big, but in my opinion 2 maybe 3 would go well in your tank. I aint sure I would get atleast 3 cherry barbs no more than 5.
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    Couldnt find noniodized salt.

    Will Kosher work? Aquarium salt is getting expensive for my large tank.
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    Big tank complete!!!

    Droping one of the sides and cracking it, and then having to shave some of the side off. Then vice versa with the other side so it is even.
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    Big tank complete!!!

    I finally got my 200 gal made, but due to and accident it aint quite 200, I think my uncle said 193. It also started cycling. I have in it now 2 3in Tiger Oscars, 4in pleco, 5in pictus cat and 2 small clown loaches. If I did the the math right that will be 70 full grown inches of fish. It looks...
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    Oscar's acting weird???

    Well the new oscar that I rescued, has a new home. He was traded to a guy from a local club in this area. He got my albino, and he traded me 2 Tiger Oscars, both 2 1/2in long. So right now there is a total of 20 inches of fish in my tank. When adults my tank will be overstocked, but with a 200...
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    Oscar's acting weird???

    The rest of the fish are fine, still begging for food and energetic.....He has passed though. I know as of adult sizes my tank is overstocked, but this was temporay. When I get my other tank I will replace him.
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    Oscar's acting weird???

    OK, something is wrong here!!!!! My fish is lieing on the bottom, wont even move when I reach in the tank to touch it!!!!! He is breathing really fast. Checked water perms, and everything is good, except ammonia which was at .25, so I did a water change!!! That was this morning, I really grew...
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    Oscar's acting weird???

    The new oscar I obtained the other day is being bullied on by my other oscar. When I first put them in the tank they were attached at the hip so to speak. Never more than a fin reach away. This has been going on for the past 2 days. Now my other oscar puts his mouth sometimes even bites the...
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