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I have kept freshwater aquariums, mainly cichlids for about 15 or so years now and looking into trying my first marine setup. I want to try a nano setup using the Fluval Sea Evo basically because of its ease of setup and maintenance plus affordable price. It’s around 13.5 US gallons I believe...

Blue emperor or kerri tetra, they are a different species to the emperor tetra!

Earlier this year I got my adult male Jack Dempsey a 180gal (5ft x 2ft x 2.5ft) upgrade from his previous 55gal in which he lived alone. I've also been growing out some young cichlids in a 40gal with plans of eventually adding them to the 180gal. This includes 2 x 4inch female Salvini's, 3 x...

Looks more like a Trimac than a flowerhorn to me

Oh haha sorry! We don't actually have or use the term big box store in Australia where I'm from so it didn't really mean anything to me so didn't think about what it meant. I just searched it. Oh dear [emoji28] Really didn't mean to sound like a jerk either, just was surprised to read that as...

Wild Siamese fighting fish still live in puddles, flooded areas of jungle, rice patties and pretty much any slow moving or still water in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos. They are called Siamese fighting fish because Thailand was formally know as Siam. Asia is a continent made up of many...

That's fair enough [emoji4] everyone has a recipe that works best for them! As a photographer and graphic designer it's just something that I regularly use as composition tool and find it aesthetically pleasing. Hence why I called it the 'Golden Ratio' not the 'Golden Rule' as some people do...

Awesome tank! Only critique would be to look at some tanks that are designed using the golden ratio. The driftwood in the middle of the tank seems to be the main focal point followed by the tiger lotus. The two focal points ATM look to me like they are challenging each other a bit with their...

I think it may be an extreme plume of biofilm. I think maybe because there is little surface area in the tank for bacteria to colonise, the biofilm is just attaching everywhere in the water and creating waste that is falling to the bottom. In a tank with gravel and large bio filtration all the...

Think it's a female 'Honey Gourami' Trichogaster chuna if I'm not mistaken but yeh everything @coralbandit has said here I couldn't agree more with.

I 55g is a small tank for a single Jack alone. If you put anything else in there with it one or the other will almost definitely be killed. I single adult JD will be a big enough bio-load in a 55g as well.

It looks like it has dropsy. It may be a bacterial infection or parasites. Are its scales sticking out?

Detritus worms are not a single species of worm it's a general term. The terms detritus worm includes black worms and tubifex which can get large.

Totally agree, if you want to keep any of the other fish alive in the aquarium you will need to either re-home the JD or re-home everything else.

Dithers are usually referred to when talking about larger, more aggressive cichlids. Ramirezi are a dwarf cichlids and can be kept with a huge variety of community fish that have similar care requirements. What size is the aquarium?

Looks like a detritus worm. Can't give you a scientific classification but I've had one in a planted tank years ago. I did some research when I found one and it seems they're a species of freshwater worm that lives on excess detritus in the aquarium. From what I've read they are perfectly fine...

What size is it at now? It's true that males don't tend to have blue markings on the lower half of the gill but selective breeding to create more blue colouration has blurred the lines a bit. To me it looks like a male. Body shape and dotted blue on the face are typical of a male. If it were...

I agree with @TMRC Exotics, it's totally dependant on the temperament of the individual JD, and other cichlids. I wouldn't go with anything larger than the 6" area or there will be a struggle for dominance. I would recommend the JD and 2 females of the other species, such as Convicts (I have...

I have kept cichlids for a very long time now and I find it hard to believe that you can see a 20cm + cichlid in a 55gal show their true nature. It's not about whether it can turn around or not, it's about having enough space for them to swim around freely and exhibit their natural behaviours...

I disagree @TMRC Exotics. I think any fish deserves at least double their body length on the smallest side of the aquarium.

'Can live' is the key phrase in that sentence. I had a male Jack Dempsey in a 55gal for two years, once he was full grown he became really timid and skittish and spent al of his time hiding. Once I moved him to a 140gal he was very lively and happy, out in open water all the time. I'm pretty...

In my opinion a Jack Dempsey will grow out a 55gal by itself. If you already have a Jack in a 55gal I'd look at getting a bigger tank when it's grown.