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I've been changing stock in my 100gallon tank over the last 6-9 months, from Malawi haps and peacocks to Lake Tanganyika fish. This is in preparation for the 125 or (more likely) 180 I'm getting later this year. For the last 3 months or so I've been down to: 2 Frontosa (4-5", 5-6")...

I was watching my fish last night and noticed my largest Phenochilus Tanzania (Star Sapphire) flashing more than usual. All my fish have always done it to some extent around certain others but I still try to pay attention when I see it. I noticed he's got three small strange spots on his sides...

I have to tell this story! Even though it hurts my gut to even think about it, it has a good ending. On Sunday around 11:00am I packed up the last of my Red Zebra fry in an orange Home Depot bucket and flew over to my LFS. My 15 or so fry, most of which I hatched from an egg tumbler in May...

I've got a 100 gallon African Cichlid tank with two canister filters- a Rena Filstar xP3 and a Fluval 405. They're nowhere near enough filtration for my tank - if I don't do a 50% change every week I'm looking at 80 nitrates. I just came back from vacation and the parameters were: pH: 8.0, Am...

Bought this guy last night thinking he was a Rusty (I'm embarrassed to say that now). Now that he's in quarantine and settled in, he's showing stripes (what! He had none last night!) and instead of the brown/orange/purple he was last night, he's actually yellow with dark stripes and light blue...

After jealously reading about everyone else's fry for what felt like forever, I finally have some of my own! The first fry, a tiny little red zebra, appeared at feeding time one night, trying to make it up for a morsel (good luck, buddy). My son saw him being chased around the tank by the tank...

My Africans have been getting skinnier and skinnier over the last few months and I'm not sure what to do now. It started about two weeks after I introduced 3 peacocks that had been in QT for a month. They'd been treated in the beginning of QT with Jungle's Parasite Guard because I thought they...

Hello out there! I've tried searching this subject without much luck, so forgive me if this has come up before...here goes: I got my tank and stand in late August and I LOVE it. It's 100 gallons with a black MDF stand and matching canopy. While the outside has that finished look they all do...

Yes, I know cichlids are messy fish. But good grief, they poop SO MUCH! I feed them a lot so I'm not surprised, but I do wonder why I get fish poo that gathers in certain spots in my tank. ( "a lot" = I feed them until I see the underdogs get a bite or two). I have one group who practically...

I have sand substrate in my 100 gallon Malawi, 30 gallon QT, 30 gallon tropical, 5 gallon and 2.5 gallon tanks. I've read about the danger of dead zones in the sand and it worries me. I was going to get Malaysian Trumpet Snails to aerate the sand but I've seen the tanks at my lfs...they're...

I'm so excited, I've barely had them a month and I've got a mom already. I wish I knew when it happened but my labs are so shy that I don't see them up close unless I sit at the tank and wait for them to come out, which I hadn't done for a few days. I'd love to keep them! I've been reading...

Finally got my 100 gallon up and running (yeah!) and I'd love some advice on stocking. I got 6 yellow labs and 10 acei from a guy off of CL (beautiful, healthy, all between 1.5-2"). They're loving their new home and I want more! I've googled, made lists and searched all local pet stores so much...

This has been a rough month for the poor fish at my house. I've had the heat/salt treatment going (for ick) in my 29 gallon for ten days and I was just starting to think about starting to lower the temp (no spots for about a week now) I came home to see my favorite Otto cat wearing a fuzzy white...

I've got a 29 gallon high in the process of cycling and have started doing some research as to what fish I can have in it. I wish it could be bigger as it's a focal point in my living room but I don't have the space. So now I'm looking to find the prettiest, brightest, biggest fish for the...

Does anyone have some advice on how I can catch the Chinese Algae Eater I bought from Petco yesterday? The one time I didn't research a fish before buying it there and I ended up with one of those. I should know by now. Every piece of advice I've ever gotten from Petco or Petsmart has been...