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My female yellow lab just gave birth to 12 healthy fry. I've never raised them before, so I'm not sure how much to feed them. I've been breaking up some spirulina flakes (omega one) and putting in some live baby brine shrimp. They're poopin like crazy!! How much should these 12 babies eat in...

Well our labidichromis caeruleus finally spit out its babies!!! I think we ended up with about 12... Now, question is, should I take mommie out now and put her back home, or do I need to leave her with her babies for awhile? She ate pretty well while the babies were in her mouth, she doesn't...

Our lemon lab has been in the maternity tank for about 3 weeks now. I was looking at her up close and think I saw a tiny eyeball peak out of her mouth. I'm hoping she will release them soon. After she releases them, as long as I feed her sufficiently, she shoudn't eat her fry, right? I am...

I keep reading that I should strip the eggs from my electric yellow lab after a few days and put them in a "commercial egg tumbler". Where do you get such a thing? I don't see it on any of my online aquarium supply sites. Also, whats the best way to 'strip' the eggs? Thanks

Help. I'm pretty sure my electric yellow lab is preggo. The lower part of her mouth is pooched out. It wasnt like that the other day. Should I quarantine her? I think I want to try my hand at hatching fry. I have a 5 gal QT. What else should I put in the QT tank? Also, how do "Sponge...

Help. I think my yellow lab is preggo. The lower part of her mouth is pooched out. It wasnt like that the other day. What do I do? I think I want to try my hand at hatching fry. I have a 5 gal QT. Also, how do "Sponge Filters" work? I'm looking at them on Big Als and don't see any...

I have a bumble bee (african)cichlid who started showing some white looking stuff on his dorsal fin, it looked kinda fungusy. I quarantined him into a 5 gallon tank and put half a tablet of Maracyn in each day (it says 1 tablet per 10 gal tank). Now, the fungus seems to have gone down a bit...

We've got a tank full of Africans, and I'm getting bored with dropping in cichlid flakes, algae disks, and the occasional zucchini. What else can I feed them that is exciting to watch? Keep in mind we also have a blue botia, pleco of some sort, and a catfish in the same tank. Thanks!

I bought a 6 gram tube of brine shrimp eggs. The instructions say to put tap water, course salt, and the eggs into a cone over a light source. Where in the world do I get a "cone" like this? Is there any tricks to doing this anyone can give me? Do I need to buy a seperate heater since I have...

We bought a single betta in a small bowl. When we want to change the water, is it better to use tap with dechlorinator, or spring, or distilled?

I just noticed one of our gourami's is missing most of one of his long lower antennae. It wasn't missing before. I'm wondering if our opaline did it to him. Looks like his top fin has a little bit missing too. They chase each other from time to time, but never saw that happen before...

We just sucked all our gravel out and put play sand in. I washed the sand pretty well first, and we preserved 50-60% of our 65 gal tank water. Our cichlids are all in a 5 gal bucket right now with their tank water. The water is still very cloudy. We can't even see the HOB intakes or the back...

We're trying to decide what kind of sand to buy for our african cichlid and community tank. We're wanting to swap out our gravel for sand. We would like something lighter in color, as we have darker cichlids. I was reading that silica (blasting) sand is a good light choice. Is this safe and...

Our tanks get down an inch or two in water every week or so from normal evaporation. I've heard that it's not a good idea to just keep topping off the water as it goes down, as you'll increase the water hardness over and over. Is this true, and if so, should we just do a 20-30% water change...

1. We just got back from 10 days of being out of town, and noticed our two Pleco's were missing from our African Cichlid tank. Our petsitters didn't notice anything unusual, and fed our fish every other day. A little later, I found two Pleco skeletons at the bottom of the tank! What would...

Can anyone tell me what the one with the brown spots is on the right? He's the only one I can't identify. We just call him "Spot" :). He's got a different mouth than the rest. http://community.webshots.com/photo/226631466/226632161yVQHou I really need to get a backing to hide those cords!!!

And can anyone identify them??? I know there's a blue cobalt, yellow lab, bumble bee... What's the brown spotted one?? http://community.webshots.com/photo/226631466/226632161yVQHou

How long can my fish live if our power goes out? I'm planning on buying a battery powered somethingerother, but right now we're having a REALLY bad storm and i'm nervous. Is there any workaround if you dont have one? Can you just kinda make your own bubbles with a stick or something every so...

OK we just lost a red zebra today, he was bloated looking and laying on the bottom a lot before he died. Now I'm seeing another one of my african cichlids itching his side on the bottom gravel (kinda swimming along and then twirling to slide his side against the gravel). Am I having a parasite...

I've got a tank full of african cichlids and a pleco and spotted catfish. All the fish are very active except my Red Zebra. He was doing great until about a week or two ago when he stopped eating. Now he's just kind of hiding in a cave and laying on the bottom. His mouth is opening and...

I have an opaline gourami that's pretty agressive towards other gourami. I've tried everything to get them to get along. Could I move my opaline gourami into my 65 gal tank with 3 african cichlids or would she get eaten? They're all about the same size.

I have a red zebra, electric yellow lab, and just got a blue cobalt in my 65 gal tank. Every one of these say they require 'sandy bottoms' on the different fish profile sites. Instead, I have medium gravel. Is this OK or should I be using sand instead of gravel?

We just got our first quarantine tank, a 5 gallon hexagon from walmart. It came with an in-lid filter/pump. It doesn't put out a real fast stream, so I see no bubbles going into the water like I do on our 20 and 65 gal tanks. Is there still oxygen going into the water? Or should I be able to...

We just got a pearl gourami and put it in our community tank that has an opaline gourami in it. The opaline isnt being very nice to the pearl. She's chasin the pearl and scaring him or her into the corner. Now the pearl wont come out of the corner very much, and when he/she does, the female...

What does it mean when your nitrites are 0, ammonia is 0, and nitrates are 0? I always thought 0 nitrates was a bad thing because that meant your tank isnt cycled. We have about 14 fish in this 20 gallon tank and they've been in there awhile and this was our reading. I figured nitrates should...