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    Aggressive Rainbow shark

    beta fix works great for Bettas I have had a couple sick ones over the years and treated them for 7 days with Betta fix and they were all fine. I even had my 4 year old knock over her Betta tank and we couldn't find the little fish for about 10 minutes, he is still around thanks to Bettafix...
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    I just retested PH 7.4 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0.3 Nitrate 20 KH 30 GH 60 ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :roll:
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    yes we have been adding salt
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    WEll I have gravel substrate bought from Petland and it was thoroughly cleaned before putting it in. I have a large piece of driftwood that is 8 years old with plants growing out of it and I have a slate cave built in the center which is large enough for the rays to swim through. I was advised...
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    which I have done and not used any clearing agents in over a month and it is still cycling
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    I feed the rays frozen shrimp and blood worms they are quite content, they eat better than I do lol
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    CLEARING agents We have used: Clear Clean Sweep A combination of Aquasafe, aquarium salt, and Quick Cure (Advised by an online fish talkshow) Cycle A small sqeeze bottle of something from Walmart not sure what it was called All these items were specified to clear cloudy water by professionals...
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    This is my second Nitrite test kit so I am not sure if that is the problem. We have added various tank clearing agents over the first two months or so but have not added anything like that in quite a while. The tap water measures 0 on ammonia and Nitrites. We have been water changing and...
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    eclipse systems

    I have a 15 gallon eclipse I use for a breeding tank for my Kribensis. I haven't had any problems but I do agree that you have to buy their replacement parts which can be pricey
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    Refuses to Cycle???

    Hi There; I have a 250 gallon aquarium that I have had set up and fully stocked since March 15th so we are talking about almost 4 months here. This tank refuses to cycle. The Amonia has been zero since the beginning of April the Nitrites range right now between 0.1 and 0.3, they stay mostly at...
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    Nitrite Arghh!!!

    I am on day 62 and can't get rid of my Nitrite . My tank varies from 0.3 - 0.8 Nitrite levels. Ammonia has been 0 for at least a month now. I don't know what is going on either. It is driving me nuts. The tank is slightly cloudy and I have tried everything to clear it. The Nitrite level...
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    electric blues & yellows

    ok bad idea
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    electric blues & yellows

    what about adding some to my 250 gallon tank, are they too aggressive or would they be okay? The other fish wouldn't bug them, they are all quite friendly
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    electric blues & yellows

    ok I can understand that, I did not realize they got that big. Any ideas on what is very colorful stays small and I could fit say 12 in a 15 gallon tank. Oh and not neon tetras lol
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    electric blues & yellows

    could I put lets say 6 electric yellows and 6 electric blues in a 15 gallon tank with a stump for them to fly in and out of? Wouldn't that be pretty?
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    What kind of fish is this?

    well he was originally intended for my 250 gallon which houses, 1 motoro stingray, 1 leopoldi stingray, 1 moonlight gorami, 2 blue acara, 2 fire eels, 2 blue gouramis, 2 brichardi, 2 red irian rainbows, 3 bala sharks and 6 congo tetras. BUT he was territorial and kind of aggressive towards the...
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    What kind of fish is this?

    Whatd'ya think of this?
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    What kind of fish is this?

    he is about 3 inches in body length not counting his fins. I think he is two big to be a german blue but I think he could be a Bolivian ram
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    What kind of fish is this?

    A Geophagus Balzanii I say noway his snout is not rounded like that, it is kindof pointed as you can see he has two blue stripes horizontally under his eye, a black stripe vertically through his eye and his front bottom fins have a blue stripe down them. The blue coloration in the fin and...
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    What kind of fish is this?

    Hi There I got this fish at a lfs and was told it was one kind of fish, which I promptly looked up on the internet. That fish looked nothing like it. Anyone know what kind of fish this is?
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    Pretty Fish

    Ok, so far we have Parrots, Severum, and risking it with the Rainbows. What other kinds of cichlids are not aggressive? The Altums I guess won't work
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    Pretty Fish

    The temperature is 78 degrees and the pH is 7.2 The veiled angels that were in there before were from my sons tank I put them back in there because the baby acara got aggressive towards the male and I didn't want anything to happen to him. I never had a Rainbowfish in there, just what I have...
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    Pretty Fish

    I am thinking between 4 - 8 inches. I am n ot crazy about Pacu, I think they look like Piranha's
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    Pretty Fish

    Ok here is what I am thinking. Lets say 6-12 Boesemani Rainbows, 3-4 Severum, 3 Wild Altum Angels and a pair of undyed Blood Parrots. How do you think that would work out? The tank is all open around the outside for the stingrays then in the center there are two log-like tubes for the eels...
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    Pretty Fish

    They look like Piranha's I'm not crazy about them. I am thinking Melanotaenia, Glossolepis (which are different types of rainbows, frontosa, severum, and/or blood parrots
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