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I need help. 29g w/ 30 whisper and 10 in tank filters. 1 convict 1 blood parrot 3 jewel cichlids and 1 synodontis eupterus (african catfish) There has been a dramatic increase in algae grown in this tank. I have been forced to do 40%'s on a biweekly basis, however, the algae does not die...

I've got 3 larger tanks, however I want to invest in a small sw setup or two. If there's a link someone can suggest that helps introduce a newbie to sw I'd appreciate it. I know the larger the better tank usually, however I'm mainly interested in reef keeping. Where do I start! Gona check...

My dad has a 30H with zebra danios, red mollies, and guppies. All fish have bred this season except for the zebra danios (egg layers). He says they only need a little bit of space to breed. So my boss from petco gave me a 2.5 bow (abandoned unit) which I cleaned up nicely. I put a 10g...

:cry: Turned the lights on today and breakfast was served. I always watch the fish after feeding and noticed there are white spots all over my botia macracanthus's! When feeding was done I noticed them rubbing against the burned clay pot as though something itches. I'm raising the...

I've three Clown Loaches (botia macracanthus) 1.5" in my 29g with cichlids from all over the world. Two of them were in my dad's community 30 and nearly annhilated his snail population. Are clown loaches even considered an aggressive fish?? cause I know the stores don't consider them such...

How do ya'll feel about the mix of cichlids I have in my 29g? 3 Jewels, 3 Clown loaches, 2 convicts (all 8 of which are juvenile 1"ers), 3" BP, 2" Synodontis eupterus (african catfish). I've done a lot of research on the compatibility of these fish and tank size requirements and they seem to...

This tank is my baby. On the edge stockwise- I know. It's 4 in the morning and I'm in the midst of a 60% water change (letting the final 30%'s temperature raise up before adding). Just noticed that the water is so muggy and I don't know why because I did a 30% change 2 days ago. There's...

3:30 am and too warm to sleep. So I awake and power the aquarium light on. Upon minimal inspection, I notice the bubble bar halfway uprooted from the small gravel. This is no surprise considering this is my smaller cichlid tank, so they redecorate at will. Upon further inspection, I noticed...

I'm going to look into building a custom tank for all my african cichlid tanks in that case. This would entail finding a glass cutter, and a good directional sight of exactly what binding material to use. Any suggestions for what I should aim for gallon-wise? I'm thinking about making it a...

To say cichlids and planted tanks in the same sentence together is like an oxymoron. Yet I try anyway. Today I woke up to find a food and a half bamboo uprooted from the gravel... how can this be? My jewel convict and clown loaches are all 1" long, BP is 3", and dojo loaches are 4". This is...

This fish is being picked on by my albino oscar in the 50g tank. Within the first few minutes of being in the tank I observed the oscar take a big bite of the blood parrot's already worn stomach. The oscar is 4" and the BP is 3". There's a tiger oscar in there also that's 6+" but he minds...

See cichlid discussion for tank specifics. I feed a mix of shrimp pellets, catfish pellets, and blood worms to my clown loaches (2) and other fish. They're just so bright and tiny these botia macs of mine. Any idea of how to get them to eat more often and plump up? I understand most of the...

Let me begin with tanks and fish occupying them. 55g 2oscar, sun cat, common pleco, black shark 29g 1 blood parrot, 3 jewel cichlids , 1 synodontis eupterus, 2dojo loaches, 3clown loach, recently added 2 convict cichlids--- heard they do very well with jewel cichlids 30g community guppies...

Hey ya'll I've had fish in my house my whole life and this year I've taken a hands on approach to keeping and caring for them myself after landing a position with Petco. Earlier this year I purchased my first 29g tank and began to experiment with compatible cichlids while the tank was getting...