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After an extended absence I returned to my Electric Blue Cichlid with a hollow belly, a humped back, and fin deterioration. He is a bit lethargic but shows his fins, is able to maintain buoyancy, and has a directed and controlled swimming motion. His appetite is normal as well, responds at the...

I have an orange female clarkii (she's about 3.25" long) who has been hiding in one of her caves recently. I thought she was hiding to molt as this is around the time she does it, but when I looked in her cave I noticed that she has a large number of little brown eggs being held by here...

Cloudy water could also be a result of the type of filter you are using. In one of my tanks I was using an Aqueon filter (which is cartridge based) and then switched to an Aqua Clear (insert based). Huge difference in clarity and the only inserts I use are the BioMax and filter sponges.

I currently have been using Aqueon's for the past five months to which my fish seem to respond well to, but I was wondering how it compares to Seachem, Kordon, and API (which seems to split it into 3 products!) Thanks!

Two weeks ago I noticed an outbreak of Velvet in my 55g (I thought it was Ich until several days later I noticed Ich in my 75g which thankfully I was able to quickly eradicate with heat alone rather quickly). At the time the tank consisted of 1x Pictus 1x Oto 4x Upside-Downs (12x Cherry barbs...

A two days ago I diagnosed one of my tanks with Ich. Did a 90% WC before treatment and I swapped out a circulation pump for a less powerful model. I'm kind of worried about transmitting Ich by using them again (I don't have use for the pump yet, but who knows). They have been dry since, although...

Looking for synodontis multplicatus

I'm kind of in the same boat and my thread might be of some help: http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forums/f12/plant-safe-ph-buffer-135041.html pH is a very tricky thing....really depends a lot on your GH and KH on how stable it will be. Freshwater fish are pretty hardy when it comes to pH they can...

I have a 55g mixed biotope lagoon setup with 1x pictus, 4x upside down cats, 1x oto, and cherry barbs in the near future. I also have 3x Cyperus Helferi and an Amazon Sword with small and medium pieces of natural driftwood with silica substrate. My last water tests were 5 dkH, 8 dGH, and pH of...

I'm thinking about moving my clarkii to my 40 breeder brackish tank with a SG of 1.010....will she do alright? Thanks!

She is 2 1/8" from rostrum to tail. I've had her for 10 days and I first measured her at 1 3/4", but I think that might have been wrong because I haven't seen her molt or any remnants of one. I kept a large group of glass shrimp before and I was constantly finding their molt remnants around and...

I was wondering what plants would do well in brackish water? I'm specifically wondering about plants like hygrophlia, val, or ferns for my home caught mollies to swim around in. My tank will probably be staying around 1.014 sg. Thanks!

That's why I picked him! Thanks for all the reassurance.

He went through a full course of API EM and General Cure (antiparasitic) treatment in quarantine before I put him in his 75 yesterday. The picture with "camera" in the filename is the day I got him, the others are as of a few hours ago. What worries me is the gold sheen and bald spot best seen...

I was wondering what the stocking guidelines are on Blue Gourami. I want to add some to my 75g with an Electric Blue Hap and a moderate school of Turquoise Rainbows.