Recent content by Rachel0001

I bought a couple of really bright peacocks at Petco about a year ago. Within days of them coming home they started losing their bright colors. They ended up being almost black with an orange stripe on their fin - looked just like your last pics. Later I was talking to the guy who works in the...

Yeah, that's been the plan - get rid of everything but the Tanganyikans, including the peacock and sapphires (they'll be in a different tank). I guess my main question right now is how to best do that. Keeping my Frontosa netted wont work, but I understand they need to be able to spread the...

I've been changing stock in my 100gallon tank over the last 6-9 months, from Malawi haps and peacocks to Lake Tanganyika fish. This is in preparation for the 125 or (more likely) 180 I'm getting later this year. For the last 3 months or so I've been down to: 2 Frontosa (4-5", 5-6")...

The Wet Spot is where I'm going when I finally finish stocking my tank!

I did test my tap water. I won't lie, I was hoping that was it but there was nothing there. I don't mind changing the water but I get nervous wondering what's going to happen when I finish stocking my tank. I have been planning a trip down to the Wet Spot to pic up the remainder of my fish- I'm...

Awesome!

I'm down in Pierce County, in Gig Harbor. Unfortunately there isn't much down here so I drive up to the stores you're all talking about. I'd love to go to the GSAS meetings but its hard to get that far away (an hour each way) after work on Tuesday nights. Wish there were meetings on the weekends!

If you get a thinner background (I have Universal Rock's "Rocky background" with the "background feature rock" in front) you keep the filter intakes in front or buy the overflow covers. What Malawimadness described sounds like it would look a lot cleaner, the way I'd love mine to appear, but...

I've been running the Rena xP4 as my second filter for a couple months now. I'm rinsing the media from one filter at the weekly change, alternating so each filter is rinsed every other week (every once in a while I don't have time so I'll get it the next time, pushing it to three weeks- but I'm...

Thanks guys. That's what I was hoping. Maybe some stress coat is in order.

I suppose pictures would help...

I was watching my fish last night and noticed my largest Phenochilus Tanzania (Star Sapphire) flashing more than usual. All my fish have always done it to some extent around certain others but I still try to pay attention when I see it. I noticed he's got three small strange spots on his sides...