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Thanks. I would basically hand feed it to them, since everyone will have their own frozen piece I will make sure I place the food close to the fish that it is meant to and I might not thaw it all the way, so it won't disperse all over the tank.

I'm wondering if I can mix the different foods that I feed and plan on feeding my fish and then freeze it and feed to my fish twice a day. That way I don't have to keep up with a schedule and stop worrying about giving too much or too little of something to my fish, and I will save time and...

Thanks, man! I'm really enjoying this tank (way more than I used to when I had African cichlids) and I still have a long way to go, as I'm just getting started, although I'm already fully stocked or very close to it. You're right Arowanas grow huge and fist, mine grew about an inch since I...

Thanks, man! I'm really enjoying this tank (way more than I used to when I had African cichlids) and I still have a long way to go, as I'm just getting started, although I'm already fully stocked or very close to it. You're right Arowanas grow huge and fist, mine grew about an inch since I...

More images from the Dec. 22 batch:

Update on my Amazon Biotope. New inhabitants are: Gold Severum Cichlid, School of 6 Silver Dollars, look like 2 out of the siz are spotted silver dollars and it seems like there's 3 males and 3 females. If you compare the pictures from Jan. 16 and Dec. 22 you can see some growth on the Arowana...

Looking nice. Did you cycle the tank?

+1 I have a printed background for the moment, but I would like to experience something different.

Just to inform anyone who might read this, it's been 3 or 4 days in a row where the water is getting clearer and clearer and it's almost back to normal crystal clear water. What I did was remove a piece of filter media that I had put in the corner overflow to prevent the cichlid pellets from...

I recently got a 10" Watermelon pleco, also known as L330, Spotted Royal Pleco and he's very active all day, the problem is that he keeps stirring up the sand and makes the tank incredibly cloudy, to the point that you can barely see inside the tank. I'm using ACE Hardware's Pool Filter Sand...

The Aro is around 6". That's exactly what I'm debating now, I cant find any decent sized pieces of driftwood anywhere. Stores don't sell them, they sell "large pieces for over $40, but they are not large enough, I would need about 4 of their "large" pieces... So I did some research and I'm...

Lol! Yes, I'm thinking on feeding him peas, zucchini, carrots, etc. but haven't tried it, yet.

Thanks. The water is much clearer now, but still cloudy. I've added an extra filter pad on the sump and that seems to have helped. Anyways, I need to re arrange the sand again, making it higher towards the back of the tank to give it that depth effect. I have an extra 50 lb. bag, I might use...

L330 Pleco (Spotted Royal Pleco/Watermelon Pleco) Panaque sp, also listed as L27a

Hi guys, as I posted a few weeks ago I had my tank for sale and then I decided to give it a try and go from African Cichlids to an Amazion Basin biotope, since I've always liked oddballs and monster fish. I know my 120 (60x18x26 with 30 gallon wet/dry sump and corner overflows) will need to be...

Thank you. I totally agree, if I start being too specific I will be very restricted and might have trouble finding specific info, so I will generalize a little bit and keep it interesting. If I try to make it too perfect, not only it's not possible, but it will get boring quickly.

Now, I need some help deciding on the substrate. I want a planted tank and I want it to look very natural. I've researched and it seems like Eco-Complete is the way to go? with a fine layer of sand or fine gravel on top? Some people recommend a layer dead leaves or silica, which is best and more...

Thanks!!! What a beautiful pleco! I was looking at the L27 A.K.A. L190, but it seems that it is only native to Venezuela, Colombia and maybe Brazil, but not Peru, am I correct, or it is also found around the Peruvian area? I found a truly Peruvian royal pleco P. titan, known as L418, but that...

Hi all! It's been a while, I had a kid (now he's 16 months) and I've recently moved, so I had my aquarium for sale, but I changed my mind and decided to keep it, but I'm making changes. I was really bored and jaded with my current 120 Gallon African Cichlids setup, in part due to lack of time...

My Nimbochromis venustus and what seems to be a Protomelas spilonatus keep doing this (please see video below) pretty often, the Venustus makes a nest on the sand and "calls" the Spilonatus and they do this "ritual" that seems like breeding, but both are males, what are they doing if not...

African Cichlids Aquarium - 120 Gallons - YouTube

Here's the issue with my Protomelas spilonotus: About 3 days ago I noticed that it stopped eating, it' still swims on the open and very occasionally hides, fins are almost always "open" (forgot the right term), but it has no interest on eating. I don't see him or her being harassed, but I'm not...

Thanks for the info guys! Very helpful.

Thanks. Sounds reasonable. Like you said, there are a lot of opinions out there, although most tend to agree that green algae = a healthy aquarium with maybe too much light. I think it gives the aquarium a natural look and some fish might eat it, it also absorbs nitrates for what I know and...

I have a 20 gallon quarantine tank that I'm keeping as a permanent setup for now, until my fish grow and I'm able to move them to the main tank with the bigger, more aggressive fish. I was seeing brown algae maybe a month after setting up the tank (it was setup last October) and now I'm starting...