Recent content by JoeBob

Beautiful fish/pix, nice set up.

Don't get me wrong, it requires commitment and research. Ihave had tanks all my life and have three now. Cycling, correct water parameters, etc are all must haves but they are after all tropical fish and its not neurosurgery.

I keep it at 84. Some fish, like the rummynose, cardinal tetras, some Cory cats, rams. But most won't tolerate it you just have to research them. I use two otb filters. Don't remember what kind but they are each large enough for a 75 gal by themselves.

Well here I go, jumping out the window...but this is MY experience with MY tank. I have a 75 gal with plants, driftwood, an angel fish, and 7 rummynose tetras. I have 5 discus, do a 50% water change evry week and they do well. They do not grow fast, but they happy (best I can tell) and...

I recently purchased 5 from discusmadness.com. they answered all my questions delivered on time, all fish healthy and still doing great. I also tried to get info from somethings fishey, but got no reply. Good luck.

I have cardinals and rummynose tetras with my discus and they all do well.

Hey RAH, welcome to discus fever! I have five in a 75 gal with substrate, driftwood, plants, rummynose and cardinals. They are very sensitive too water quality and like it hot. I keep my tank at 84 and do weekly water changes of about 30%. I ordered them from discus madness online and was...

Wow, thats awesome! Wish i had been able to get more than three when I got mine. They were hard to find, anyway, now its too late to introduce more imo so mine dont spawn but they're my faves out of all my tanks, definitely go GBR or EBR.

Never having to say there's nothing to watch when you have 300 channels of CRAP on TV. Being able to care for "difficult" species of fish with some success. Part I could do without - high prices of everything good for your aquarium!

I use all resouces available to me. I have two Mom n Pop lfs I prefer since they actually have some knowledge too share. I will be buying my discus online since I can get a MUCH better price. I have not personally used liveaquaria, but I have a saltie friend that uses them exclusively and has...

+1 Chronos313, i started with angelfish, then GBR, now cycling my 75 for Discus, that one thing thats so great about fishkeeping, you can always move up!

Just keep in mind that the gold and blue three spot gourami are very aggressive ime. Especially if you end up with two males. Opaline and pearl gourami are the most peaceful imo. My pH hangs around 6.8 but I agree that if propwrly acclimated they should do well.

Well, I don't know about all your fish, but I have my rams in a 55 gal with black neons, opaline gourami, 1 platy, von rio tetras, and some emerald corries and everyone gets along well. Unless they try to get in Ram territory and then there's some chasing, but that's about it. I keep the temp...

I have recently aquired a 75gal tank that was saltwater. I have begun my research and am planning a malawi/mbuna tank. I was wondering if I could/should try to re-use the live rock and crushed coral substrate if it was thoroughly rinsed? Any other advice would be welcome.

Hey Magikalgirl, I have been fighting this stuff for a while. Very hard to eradicate. American Flagfish will eat it like candy! If you can find them. They Hydrogen peroxide should work, but I was scared to try it as it can hurt your fish if you're not carefull. Feeding less, less light...