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  1. Renn1206

    Wanted: Wanted cardinal tetra and java fern

    Im looking to get 10-12 cardinal tetras and some java fern in the orlando fl area. Also would preffer if the cardinals are babies. Please help
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    55 gal planted tank

    I have bulbs that are t5 i dont know the wattage and output off hand i will check when i get home. But i also has 2 small led lights as moonlight. I think my lighting is pretty much set hopefully i dont need a co2 i didnt really want to go through that and as substarte the only thing i put down...
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    55 gal planted tank

    Thank you i was thinking more rock didnt really think more driftwood. And i was going to paint the glass but im not doing it now that its full but i am going to get a black background
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    55 gal planted tank

    Here is a picture o ut taken last night!
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    55 gal planted tank

    Hiyah forum ive been slowly but surely setting up my 55 to eventually be occupied by discus as of right now the only fish i have in the tank is an albino rainbow shark a striped raphael and one of my sons mollies from his 10 gal. I have also planted the tank with swords and something else i cant...
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    Starting a new saltwater

    This is what i have aside from the tank
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    Starting a new saltwater

    Hey again forum been gone for a while but now i have a new setup in mind and need as much help as possible. This is going to be my first sw tank. My buddy gave me a tank he had laying around. Its a 55 gal tank its drilled and he also gave me the wet/dry filter with small pump bio balls and i...
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    How many African Cichlids?

    I apologize didnt mean any disrespect ill start my own thread
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    How many African Cichlids?

    I hope that setup goes well for u bud but i also have a question for the community im redoing my 55gal with peacock cichlids how many would be ideal without over or under stocking? The guy at the lfs has his tanks maxed out but the fish look very healthy and happy i just dont want overcrowding...
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    redoing my 55 gal. suggestions, help, comments??!?!

    Thank you. I know he would love it i cant wait to get it started and finished. as it comes along i will post pictures.
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    redoing my 55 gal. suggestions, help, comments??!?!

    I havnt been on here lately unfortunately my dad passed away :'( so i had to travel so i havnt been around my tank this week. But its given me some time to do a bit more research and since my dad is a fisherman and shared this wonderful hobby im going to remake my 55gal in his memory and i...
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    redoing my 55 gal. suggestions, help, comments??!?!

    Thanks for the info i disnt know that angelfish were a species of cichlids thats pretty interesting. I did some research and decided to go with the african cichlids. The substrate isnt really what they want (river pebbles) but i neeed more ao i might put sonething different on top of it. One...
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    redoing my 55 gal. suggestions, help, comments??!?!

    so i decided i was going to break down my 55 gal and make it what i really want so i took the stand which i don't really want and painted it a rusty type of color i used Rust-leum with the hammered texture and i am currently in the process of painting the background black on the tank and i'm...
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    Finally finished w/my 55

    love the tank man not sure if you knew or not but the sharks are going to become aggressive towards each other when they get bigger. and just a thought but black would look amazing as a background and its going to save you a whole heck of a lot from the attack of the algea lol
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    Awesomeness i will post on tuesday and tell you how it goes im actually out of the house till tomorrow night... Just out of curiosity where can i find red wigglers?? Im in the orlando area if it helps any. Thank you for your help thus far
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    Wow thats a long time but i guess patience is a vertiue the cone definately looks like a great idea. My next thing is should i cut the worms up or anything like that being that the eel is still fairly small about 4-5" in length?
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    I tried giving the eel worms but the thing is he wont eat blood worms and black worms trout worms or earth worms seem to be too big for him to injest he nibbled on one from my hand once but thats it. Other than that i hadnt really seen him much ive only had him for a couple weeks and ive seen...
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    How small of a tank would be good enough for that i have a small betta tank but i dont think they would be good togeter i was thinkin maybe 10 gallons is that sufficient enough? When need be i will be gettin another 2 dozen
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    Omg so what can i do to try and avoid this for the next time i try to feed my eel? Im thinking of getting a holding tank but i don't know.
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    tiger barbs dying because of ghost shrimp???

    i had 10 tiger barbs in my 55 gal with a albino rainbow shark, an angel fish, 2 convict cichlids, 2 blue mystery snails, 2 striped raphael cats, 1 pleco, and one striped peacock eel, all fish are still pretty young the 2 cichlids havnt quite hit sexual maturity but they will be there soon...
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    Newbie questions suggestions etc.

    also forgot to mention all fish are happy and healthy as for my plants i have anacharis aluminum plants peacock fern gold ribbon and a moss ball I'm out of town at the moment but will post pictures wen i get home
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    Newbie questions suggestions etc.

    hey guys been a while just coming in to update my tank is running smoothly everyone is happy and healthy i have replaced almost all the fake plants with live plants i went with play sand. way i have is: 9 tiger barbs 1 RTBS 1 pleco 1 angel 2 striped raphael 2 blue mystery snails 2 convict...
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    Want to breed my cichlids

    I have 2 female cichlids in my 55 gal they are all still small fish but im thinking of gettin a 15gal to put them into with one male cichlid around the same age by the way they are convict n albino convict. And the filtering system i want to use is the foam filter but i dont understand how that...
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    Newbie questions suggestions etc.

    Oh yea i also decided to keep the 2 convict cichlids and im thinkin of also gettin a 20 gallon for them and just keeping those 2 is that too small or should i add more one seems to be albino n one has black n grey stripes not too familiar with cichlids
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    Newbie questions suggestions etc.

    Hey guys i want to thank everyone for your input i still have much to learn but you gotta crawl b4 u can walk. I took your suggestion and went with 1angel 2 raphaels 1RTBS 11 tigers and i kept one pleco( yes im willin to get sumtin bigger in the next couple mths) i am going to buy a 20 gallon...
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