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Yeah, I guess I forgot that part huh. I am thinking Mumba, but I am pretty open since I am a Cichlid noob. I want bright and colorful, and relatively easy to keep fish. So I am not looking for any of the super aggressive variety. I was planning on getting into fish specifics later, but you...

I think the time has come to finally go with a Cichlid tank! I am not going to say we will be moving soon, because I have been saying that for months with no luck (**** short sales) but whenever we finally move I want to do a new tank. Currently I have a 46 gallon bow with a strange group of...

Hey guys, now that racing season is winding down I am back to messing with the aquarium. Not that I neglect it other times, but I focus more attention to it in the winter. Anyway, for those who dont know I have a 46 gallon bow front with a Fluval 306 filter. I currently have the following...

I have given him Zuchini a couple of times (planning on giving him some tonight) and I also feed sinking veggie pellets. Sean

Well, time to update and start asking questions again! The one Lemon tetra that was so-so finally died. But no deaths in the tank for a long time now, so that is good! I hadn't seen my pleco for so long that I assumed it died. The other day I picked up my drift wood and out he came! I was...

Anyone else?! I know its not the most important piece of equipment out there, but come on! Sean

I am in the planning stages of redoing my tank, and was looking for a good bubble wall. Currently I have a Rena 400 air pump (which broke) feeding two 10" no name bubble walls on the sides of the tank. I was never really thrilled with them, and they got worse as time went on. SO I am thinking...

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Here is a quick pic of the tank from tonight Sean

I still have some survivors. I have the following left. 2 x Lemon Tetra 7 x Diamond Tetra 6 x Panda Cory 1 x Starlight Pleco One of the Lemons was looking pretty bad for a while, but it was swimming around a lot today. It is still very pale, but at least its moving around the tank more. I...

I came home to a crystal clear tank today!!! WOO HOO Ill try and snap a pic before I leave today. Sean

We had a decent snow storm out here today, so it was a while before I left for the weekend. I decided to pull out the Aqueon 55/75 HOB filter real quick. I tossed the filter pads (already have one old one in my fluval to help seed) took it all apart and ran it through the dishwasher to clean...

Kind of strange, I just tested my tank and had some ammonia?! I have never shown ammonia before, it was probably less than .25ppm, but defiantly something. I did a 40-50% water change to be on the safe side. I also noticed that the tank is looking more clear today than it has. Looks real...

I have two different Rena air pumps and I was amazed at how quiet they are. I initially bought a time to shut it down at night, and its so quite I let it run. I have the 200 I think, and the 400 and they are equally as quiet. They are a little spendy, but worth it IMO. Sean

Thanks for the pics Hholly! Your tank looks great, but I think I am back to the T5's. Like you said I want my fish to really pop, and I have color options with T5 that can make that happen. I am thinking just a 2 bulb Coarlife T5 H.O. should do it. Sean

Thanks guys! I was thinking that I wouldn't have to dose the RO water if I was mixing it with the tap water in that low of a concentration. I really don't know enough about it though, which is why I am asking. Really RO for me is going to be a pain in the ***, so maybe I will skip it for now...

So I am still trying to decide a couple of things. 1. Should I go with RO, or maybe partial RO water? I live in a smaller apartment and I don't have any room for water storage. If I do 50% water changes, rounded up I would need 25 gallons of water. On a 75 GPD unit that would take 8 hours to...

Thanks guys, I love that lil guy :) I know there is no size reference in the pic, but its still less than an inch long. I'm thinking of getting a second one I like it so much! I am really hoping the air freshener was the problem, time will tell I guess. I am starting to gather all of the...

You're telling me, it was very demotivating to say the least. I am still not sure about a couple of fish, but I think the worst is behind me at this point. I am still planning on pulling the fish out so I can rearrange and clean the tank. AT that point I will have a quarantine tank and will...

It wasn't real close to the tank, probably 30' away. It was pretty strong, and I never liked it anyway :) I really hope that is it, and I am done with this problem. Sean

Also, just to update a little. We had a Diamond tetra die on Sunday night, and nothing since. I'm not sure if I mentioned it here, but I started to suspect a new air freshener was causing some problems. We had recently gotten a plug in air freshener as a gift, and of course the wife plugged...

Here is a quick pic I took of my new Pleco today! I love this fish, so I had to throw it up :) Sean

Here is a quick pic I took of my new Pleco today! I love this fish, so I had to throw it up :) Sean

Something I thought about/noticed this morning. We had recently gotten a plug in air freshener as a gift, and of course the wife plugged it in. Well I had read about things like that causing problems for the tank, so Friday when I started having the die off, I unplugged it. Friday night my...

So for the imdeiate fix, pull the carbon out of the fluval and add some meds. I have to assume its a parasite of some sort. They act strange, but don't really show much in the way of outward symptoms (like you would see on ick or something). Any recommendations on meds? I also want to work...