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After an extended absence I returned to my Electric Blue Cichlid with a hollow belly, a humped back, and fin deterioration. He is a bit lethargic but shows his fins, is able to maintain buoyancy, and has a directed and controlled swimming motion. His appetite is normal as well, responds at the...

I have an orange female clarkii (she's about 3.25" long) who has been hiding in one of her caves recently. I thought she was hiding to molt as this is around the time she does it, but when I looked in her cave I noticed that she has a large number of little brown eggs being held by here...

I currently have been using Aqueon's for the past five months to which my fish seem to respond well to, but I was wondering how it compares to Seachem, Kordon, and API (which seems to split it into 3 products!) Thanks!

Two weeks ago I noticed an outbreak of Velvet in my 55g (I thought it was Ich until several days later I noticed Ich in my 75g which thankfully I was able to quickly eradicate with heat alone rather quickly). At the time the tank consisted of 1x Pictus 1x Oto 4x Upside-Downs (12x Cherry barbs...

A two days ago I diagnosed one of my tanks with Ich. Did a 90% WC before treatment and I swapped out a circulation pump for a less powerful model. I'm kind of worried about transmitting Ich by using them again (I don't have use for the pump yet, but who knows). They have been dry since, although...

Looking for synodontis multplicatus

I have a 55g mixed biotope lagoon setup with 1x pictus, 4x upside down cats, 1x oto, and cherry barbs in the near future. I also have 3x Cyperus Helferi and an Amazon Sword with small and medium pieces of natural driftwood with silica substrate. My last water tests were 5 dkH, 8 dGH, and pH of...

I'm thinking about moving my clarkii to my 40 breeder brackish tank with a SG of 1.010....will she do alright? Thanks!

She is 2 1/8" from rostrum to tail. I've had her for 10 days and I first measured her at 1 3/4", but I think that might have been wrong because I haven't seen her molt or any remnants of one. I kept a large group of glass shrimp before and I was constantly finding their molt remnants around and...

I was wondering what plants would do well in brackish water? I'm specifically wondering about plants like hygrophlia, val, or ferns for my home caught mollies to swim around in. My tank will probably be staying around 1.014 sg. Thanks!

He went through a full course of API EM and General Cure (antiparasitic) treatment in quarantine before I put him in his 75 yesterday. The picture with "camera" in the filename is the day I got him, the others are as of a few hours ago. What worries me is the gold sheen and bald spot best seen...

I was wondering what the stocking guidelines are on Blue Gourami. I want to add some to my 75g with an Electric Blue Hap and a moderate school of Turquoise Rainbows.

1) I recently got an orange clarkii and I was wondering if adding calcium to the water would help him grow and stay healthier. I've head about others doing this and I'm wondering if there really is a benefit doing so. 2) Does plant food supplements (ie Nutrafin Plant Gro) harm shrimp? I noticed...

I have the 10% Ammonium Hydroxide cleaning soln. that I've been using for my fishless cycling in my 40 and 75. I was wondering what the calculations would be if I wanted a given ppm in a tank? [I want 'x' mg/L in a 'y' L tank so I should add 'z' mL of 10% NH3(aq)] Or if someone could ballpark...

I'm looking for an ~8" natural driftwood log for my pictus/cherry barb tank....any ideas on websites i could i get one from?

I am getting three different pH readings in my apt after multiple series of tests. I was hoping someone could possibly explain why. Room 1 - 7.2 Kitchen - ~7.4 Room 2 - 6.0

I plan on using CaribSea cichlid sand for my substrate...how much should I use in my 48x18 75g and about how deep should it be?

My current plan for my 75g is as follows: 1x Electric Blue Hap 2x Pictus Catfish ~10x Turquoise Rainbowfish 2-3x Clarkii Crayfish The Hap is the centerpiece, the Pims are bottom dwellers, I've heard rainbowfish are excellent dithers for cichlids, and the crayfish are my cleanup crew. Will...

Let's say I have Platy Morph X and Platy Morph Y and I'd like to see them cross. Does it make a significant difference in regard to which is what gender?

Does anyone know of places online that sell pet crayfish other than liveaquaria?

I'm really interested in having a couple of Pims for my 75g and I was wondering a couple things. First: Peruvian or Colombian? At my Petco, they seem to have Peruvians (judging by their heads) and they easily roam about the substrate. At my Petsmart they carry the Colombians and they are...

As a general synopsis, all the fish in my tank have developed the red gill. I confirmed this while observing one for another reason and looked into all of the gill which was completely red. I first noticed it in my Oto, but I seen pictures of "healty" Oto's with that coloration so I first...