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Feedback on my babies. Normally when I clean my aquarium I flatten out the gravel and hand wash the rocks of algae. About four times I had baby fish hiding in the rocks and four times they get eaten quickly. Well this time I decided to do only a water change, vacuum the gravel and leave the...

For the third time my African cichlids have babies. By the time I know about it there are two or three of them hiding in the rocks. Because of my many rocks and plastic plants I can't catch them. Even if I could, I have nowhere to put them. Is there a device available that the can trap them and...

Would Amano shrimp survive in an Mbuna Cichlid aquarium? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

The algae’s are dark brown and sticks to the rocks and plastic plants. I change the water once a week 50%. I don’t over feed but I do throw in a food tablet for my catfish. I have two bristlenose algae eaters. I have my one light on for seven hours. I never use all three lights. I have no...

Is there a reliable product to add to my aquarium in order to help with my algae wars?

Someone recommended this site for me, it’s a must see. Details - The Aquarium. - Biodiversity Heritage Library

Found this really cool book on the history of aquariums. First published in German in 2003 and first published in English in 2005. The Ocean at Home: An Illustrated History of the Aquarium. http://www.amazon.ca/The-Ocean-Home-Illustrated-Aquarium/dp/1568985029 It has the feel of a book...

I think they are Metriaclima estherae (Red Zebra) and Metriaclima callainos (Cobalt Zebra). Perhaps someone on this forum could confirm.

I feed them as much as they will eat in thirty seconds once a day. I also drop one tablet about the size of a fat penny for my two catfish and a piece of Zucchini for my one Pleco.

As my fish get bigger logic dictates that I give them more food. Being knew at fish keeping, I would like to know if I’m giving them enough to eat. Can you tell by these photos I took of some of my fish, if I’m feeding them enough? Thank you.

Sorry, I should have come back sooner. What I meant by circulation pump is this… Fluval SEA CP3 Circulation Pump 2800LPH - Circulation Pumps - Fluval SEA - Brands | Swallow Aquatics I don’t know what happened. I turned everything off, including one of my two Fluval filters. Opened the...

My bad, I mixed Celsius and Fahrenheit. It should have read -22 to eighties Fahrenheit.

We have very different temperatures in Canada than you do in Northern Virginia. Last winter we had steady -30 degrees for a couple of months. :x-mas: but in the summer we often get temperatures in the low to mid-eighties, close the windows and that goes up.

I removed the glass cover, stopped the circulation pump and reduced the time my lights are on. Since last night the temperature dropped three degrees already. I will try to turn the circulation pump back on again to see if this makes a difference. My basement temperature is 78 degrees. Yes it’s...

Because of the summer temperatures in the basement, my aquarium water temperature is almost 90 degrees. I unplugged the heaters to no avail. How do I bring the temperature down?