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There are definately a big variety I'm pretty pleased they look super healthy and colorful and are eating well

An excellent question... There are 5 clown loaches and 50 mixed mbuna... I haven't been able to pinpoint the number of each and their exact species but I see labs, zebras, bumblebees, and some albinos that I'm pretty sure are peacocks... I need to sit and really study them to determine what they...

Thank you theyre already so fun to watch very interesting how they explore caves and every nook and cranny

Can't really see the fish but they're in there and eating like pigs

They're here!!! Acclimating now I'll take pics in a few hours when I feel safe turning the lights on

Just got the email confirmation from liveaquaria my mbuna will be here tomorrow by 3pm *does happy dance*

ill target feed them if i have to... all 5 of these guys have great personalities and ive had them almost 3 years i couldnt part with them like i said im ready to move them if need be

All new decorations put in... I decided to keep my clown loaches they are all around 4" and I'm ready to move them out if need be I just couldn't part with them... I'll have a pic thurs after I acclimate the mbuna

Grrrrrr... Lfs making me mad... He's trying to tell me he won't sell me mbuna for less than $6 and they'll barely be 1/2"... Nope sorry... I ordered em from liveaquaria.com yest on sale for $3.49 each all in the 1-1/4" - 2" range with a delivery date on thurs (I'm way too swamped at work tues...

K... Next weds or thurs is the day hahaha... His supplier didn't have any mbuna so he is special ordering them for weds... Gotta put plans on hold until then *sigh*

Today is the day... Been working on the tank the last 3 nights... Old deco out... Old sand out... Tahitian moon sand rinsed and put in... Just gotta get the fish going back to the lfs out, put the rocks in, and go pick up my mbuna and it will be time to sit back crack open a sam adams and enjoy...

Alrighty I won't mess with ph it's always been a consistent 7.0-7.2 I don't wanna start swinging it around making it worse...

Okay I'm nuts but im gonna convert my 180gal to a lake Malawian rift tank... These are my plans and I'd appreciate any input or advice... I used 200 lbs of playsand when I originally set the tank up but honestly I think it's a little too much so I ordered 160 lbs of Tahitian moon black sand...

it will eventually fade

just to be safe... when you refill leave the water level a little lower than usual... maybe 1-2" that will add aeration cuz you can never have enough aeration and you want to be sure theres enough... also remember ich looks much worse before it gets better so dont be alarmed if it looks bad...

salt is not necessary

yes... stop all meds... drain 75% water... refill tank while adding dechlorinator... when full start raising the temp 1 degree every 12 hours til you hit 90 degrees... leave it at 90 degrees for 10 days... or until you see 0 trace of ich for at least 5 days then slowly go back down 1 degree...

yes refill the tank to full with treated water... you do not have to remove any carbon or anything... temperature alone is what will kill the ich... dont change anyting else.... just run your tank as you did before the ich just at the temp of 90 degrees

i have well water... i do not have to dechlorinate... but... i do believe most people add the conditioner in as they fill the tank... i do think the temp raise will be okay for goldfish as long as its done slowly... 1 degree every 12 hours and it shouldnt be an issue... just make sure there is...

and yes stop all the chemicals... just raise the temp to 90 and leave it there for 10 days... thats all you need to do... the life cycle of ich involves it falling off fish then reinfecting them... at 90 degrees when it falls off the fish its too hot for it to live.. the parasite actually...

i would change a large portion of the water at least 75% just to get rid of as much of the chemicals in the water column as possible

yes very good point... add an extra air stone... i forgot about that

change 75% of the water... slowly SLOWLY raise the temp maybe 2 degrees a day at the most... 1 degree every 12 hours til you hit 90 degrees... that will kill all ich... leave it at 90 degrees for a week to 10 days... then slowly decrease the temp exactly the same way to get it back to where you...

did you take any carbon out of your filters before you started dosing?... its important to do that

both are great... and both work better for certain people... i have a 180 that has been running flawlessly for over 20 months with 2 cascade 1500 canister filters... i personally like the ease of canister filters, plug em in, plumb em... and off you go... easy to clean and re assemble... sumps...