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I was wondering if anyone has tried to grow rice in the aquarium. It seeems possible, the fish we all love so much like danios barbs etc come from rice paty type biopes. I think it would be a good idea if I could do this in my newly emptied 25 gallon tank. I think they will not be much...

Well some bad news; My Juli's are dead. I have been having a string of bad luck lately and am beginning to have doubts about my abilities as a fish keeper. This time however I think it is not my fault. The heater , an ebojager 100, was knocked by a large rock in the tank cand caused a thermal...

Hey everyone I have just been on vacation for the weekend, so to specify I was gone from the fish for 34 hours, and I came home to see one of my gold Juvi discus was floating on the top of the tank. Now here is my question. WHY!!!!!???? First off I researched the fish for 12 months. Set up a...

I was wondering if there is anyone in the forum who has any idea on how to produce a digital PH meter. I have extensive electronics background and have access to high relyability soldering stations at work. As you can tell I am cheap. I have also been wondering if the PH meters used to...

Just a quick question; I recently bought two julidcromis transcriptus from auction and am finding them facinating. How ever they are my first tanganyikan cichlids. Is the water requirements the same for them as for Malawi cichlids. Ph 8+ etc. Thanks in advance for any info you can give me.

Hey everybody I was wondering if I could get some information in regards to feeding my new Discus. They are approx 8 months old and in really good shape, I purchased them from an auction at the local fish club. The breeder was there and I asked him all the normal questions i.e. ph, feeding...

So here is my dilemma; I am attending an auction this long weekend and hope to be picking up some discus at either this auction or at a pet store in the city. I live 3 hours away and am concerned for the well being of the fish on this long journey back to my home. I am going to be taking a...

So here is my dilemma; I placed this message in this forum because most of the planted tanks I have seen have had some sort of driftwood in them. Being that I am too cheap to purchase and live in an area with many freshwater lakes, I have collected some driftwood from those waters. So here is...