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I've had several successful pairs of rams in the past. I just brought home a new pair of mature rams. One was clearly the dominant male of the tank when I picked him out, the other was clearly female when compared with its tank mates. The first night I brought them home they acted paired up and...

Finally cycled this week. About a week ago i checked everything and i still had high nitrites but was hetting higher nitrates as well. Checked it today and nitrites are zero. My nitrates are pretty low as well though. I havent done a pwc since i checked everything about a week ago. I started...

Yeah. Wow he is tiny. The store where i got mine had three and they were all 4-5". I'm curious to see how fast he grows.

Lol mine snatches them from my fingers and chomps them down completely. How big is yours already? Mine is full vrown so he can swallow most small crickets whole. They have personality though which is always nice.

I'm finally down to virtually no ammonia levels but I'm still doing pwc daily because the nitrites are so high. Is that normal? The nitrate levels are coming along but theyre not considered high. They dont go above 40 with the daily pwc.

BTW: sorry it took me so long to respond. I use rhe phone app and my phone was out of commission for a couple of days.

Ive ready the butterflies can be aggressive but ive never really seen it. Hes pretty passive as far as sharing personal space. My dwarf gourami will ear or explore right up against him and innocently bump and brush him and he doesnt care. He does get a little pushy when the dumb dumb mollies try...

ADDITION: that pleco is definitely too big for a 30gal. Good idea moving him. Ive stayed away from typical plecos for that reason. If you set up the smaller tank again stick to bristle nose and clown plecos. They only reach 4-5".

They arent really demanding as far as space goes. Theyre pretty solitary. Theyll pick a favorite corner and rarely stray from it. I think everyone was concerned about space because the regular gourami would all reach 6". Theyd get along fine with more space. But a new tank is always fun. If...

I know this thread is a month old but i wanted to comment. 1- big chain petstores will not take surrendered fish if they were bought elsewhere. 2- i have an african butterfly in a 30g with dwarf gourami. I ahvent found the butterfly to be aggressive. Hes gotten a little frustrated and pushy when...

I was just looking at my crumby pics that really dont do her pregnancy justice and noticed in one you can see her birthing tube extended. She only started showing it early today. About how long after it begins appearing will she be ready?

Lol. Okay. Any guess as too how much farther she has to go?

Ive seen squaring off in my balloon mollies. These were the best pics i could get. Its hard to tell its not one big dark blob. I was only able to get these because shes in the box. Shes been hiding a lot which i know to mean shes prepping.

It doesnt have anything to do with color, but you cant always see THROUGH the fish clearly enough to see eyes. Since with this fish you can see everything inside her clearly i can (for the first time with my fish) see all the little eyes and even bodies. Since this clearly means theyre almost...

I have a young pregnant red tiger platy. Its facinating because theyre so see through. Ive been watching her pregnancy progress. Shes shy to begin with so ive been unsuccessful getting any good pics of her. But i was wonder what stage shes in when i can see pink goo with lots of little black...