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Thanks Bearfan. Great article. I found this quote kind of interesting as it might pertain to what I saw at the LFS. "Any juveniles that show adult coloration are either a stunted adult or have been treated with hormones" If anyone else has any thoughts about this I'd...

Does anyone out there know approximately what age Aulonocaras start showing their pretty colors? The reason I'm asking is because the other day I went to the LFS and I noticed that one tank of juvenile Eureka peacocks were already showing some brilliant color where as another tank of juvenile...

Hi Targaboy. Thanks for the reply. Yes I will be keeping cichlids in this tank.

There's a slight diffence in pH between my tank water and my tap water. Tap water pH = 7.8, Tank water pH = 8.5 . I assume the difference of pH is caused by the lava rock in the tank (correct me if I'm wrong). My question is what will happen when I do my weekly water changes? Will the...

Can I fit a peacock and a couple of yellow labs in a 29gal?

hi Crazee, yeah i was thinking africans... my water is fairly hard and alkaline. I tested the water lastnight and the pH is around 8 and dH is 10. KC

Can anyone make suggestions for cichlids that would be happy in a 29gal tank? I know my tank is a bit small for cichlids, but I've been told if I pick them carefully they should be okay. I set up my tank with a whole bunch of rocks and caves and the substrate is small gravel. The water pH is...

Hi Jane! Hang in there and don't give up on the aquarium. I'm a newbie to this stuff too, and the one thing I've learned about "fish keeping" is that you need to do a lot of reading. Fish Knowledge = Healthy, living fish. ...oh and the other thing I've learned - don't always believe the guy at...

Loganj thanks for the reply... quick question... what do you mean by this? how would I go about carefully acclimating the fish to the water without stressing them? (I'm a newbie, forgive my ignorance :oops: )

Hello all! First off I wanna say that this has got to be the MOST informative board on aquariums. I'm really glad I joined, I've learned alot just by reading all these posts. So now it's time to post my very first message... I've just started cycling my FW 29gal tank (using the fishless...