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Some quick(bad) shots of what is my qt right now. Hemiodus sp. Amphiprion ocellaris

Up until recently I hadn't had a tank with Ich in a long time so I have been renewing my reading on Ich as well as my own opinions from the past. As with virtually anything with fishkeeping there is an immense amount of conflicting information. When treating with the heat method, I found from...

Just got these guys. Still acclimating to their new home but here are some quick pics of the pair.

I know everyone will be shocked by me challenging conventional wisdom but I see and hear advice on shoaling fish pretty often that goes something like the following. "That is a shoaling fish. It shouldn't be alone, you need at least x of them." Where x is typically either 5 or 6. Sometimes...

When I first entered the hobby I was taught the same things we all have heard many times over. "Fish are adaptable", "it is more important to keep a stable chemistry" or "it is all about the acclimation procedure" So after spending many, many hours researching equipment and fish I setup my...

I used to have a chart that had nitrite toxicity levels at various pH levels. Unfortunately, the site that was hosting it has dissolved. In trying to research nitrite toxicity there seems to be an abnormally large amount of contradicting information out there. Everything from .25 nitrite will...

I have 200g aquarium that it 72x24x27(length x width x height). I have two Eheim 2080 canister filters in-place. If you are not familiar with these they are moderately high flow units but they are somewhat unique in that they have two intakes per filter. I have the tank setup with extended...

So.....I have a pretty confusing issue. I have a 200g aquarium that have had up and running for a few weeks now. I have yet to have any ammonia, nitrite or nitrates show up. The latter two are not really a surprise but the first one is. For the first week I only had 3 2" fish in the tank so...

So...I have an interesting situation. Last weekend I finally got water in my first large tank. I went and picked up a few fish. 6 2" Uaru amphiacanthoides. I acclimated them fairly slowly over the course of an hour and a half. I did this by placing the water from the fish bag in a large...

75g Central American cichlid tank - recommendations needed My son wants to do a CA cichlid tank in his room. He has a standard 75, 48x18x20 in there already that is about to be empty. I have kept CA cichlids over the years but never was super excited about them. I am more of a SA cichlid...

Has anyone here tried on of these? I keep wanting to but they seem pointlessly expensive.