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Is this an electric blue hap? I ask because it was a product of unauthorized breeding of some of my dragon bloods in my 75 gallon mixed tank. I have never heard of this being an offspring of dragon bloods. I'm not going to sell him, and he will live out his days in my tank. It's just weird to me.

Hi all, long time absent. Hope everyone's been well. I have a big concern, and wonder if anyone has ideas... Today we were spray painting some immovable furniture near my tank, I had my wife turn off the air pump and hob filters on my 75 gal cichlid tank. I was at work when the job was...

Hey what do you guys do with the prolific production of fry? My Mbuna are crossbreeding, and producing on a regular basis now. I don't want to sell/donate them to a lfs, because I think most are hybrids. I've kept a few to replace some deaths that have occurred and have them in a grow out tank...

I think I have a yellow lab/maingano fry. I was cleaning my tank on Sunday and found 1 fry who is about 3/4 inch now. Obviously I isolated him? but I have been trying to get him to eat crushed flakes. He's not taking any of it, I don't think he's nutritionally deprived, but how do I get him to...

I finally got my 75 gallon up and running. I currently have 10 juvenile mbuna in there. I used one of the Aquaclear 110's off my 55gallon, as well as took some of the rocks I'd been "seasoning" in the 55. I set the tank up Thursday, added the fish Friday, and tested the water today (Saturday)...

I added a couple of younger spotted silver dollars a few weeks ago. These guys are less skittish than my older two, and chase each other all over the tank. No fun nipping, it's almost like a mating ritual, but I have no experience with this species' mating behaviors. Their anal fins turn black...

My wife has finally approved a third tank! I've decided to go with a 75 gallon Mbuna species cichlid tank. Comments and encouragement/constructive criticisms are welcome. This is my first experience with cichlids, so it's going to be interesting. First, my water source is municipal (I have a...

I cleaned my tanks yesterday, and decided to refresh my purigen. Like always, I did the 1:1 concentration of bleach to water to soak the purigen. As I gave the container a shake, bubbles formed, as though there was dish soap in the container. I looked at the bleach bottle, it said "Splash less...

I was given 1 adult turquoise rainbow yesterday, will he school with my (also adult) red irians, or should I think about rehoming the turquoise? I know they prefer larger schools, and I don't have room in my 55 gal for 2 schools of rainbows. Thanks!

Anyone know of plants that my silver dollars will leave alone? I'm wanting to get some low light plants that will survive the silver dollars. I tried crypts on my lfs owner's best guess, but they're stripped down to a few leaves. This is in my 55g, 2 AC110s filters, 2 15w T8 fluorescent bulbs...

These guys were at my lfs, I bought them, because I've been wanting to get some rams now that my big tank is a year old. I love the way they look, and he said they would only get to about 1.5-2" I've never seen them before, and can't find much about them with google. Anyone know what they're...

I was told today by my lfs worker that dojo's are no longer allowed to be imported in Michigan. They are now considered an invasive species by the Dept. of Natural Resources. Only existing lines are allowed, meaning only in state breeding is allowed. Apparently, the Dojos are highly...

Dang, went on a mini vacation, had a friend watching my tanks for a few days, came home to an overfed, dead angel. My favorite fish :( I've had Raphael for over a year, raised him from a dime sized little runt with a bent dorsal fin in a tank full of nickels to the best looking angel I've ever...

I've been looking at getting a water changer, and have a possibly dumb question about it. How do you rinse the filter media and such with no buckets of old water?

I have a serpae tetra that looks like he got beat up pretty bad, just showed up like this yesterday, but seems to be worse today. His left eye and upper lip are swollen and discolored. His overall color seems to be faded, but he's swimming ok, eating well, but looks like he came out on the wrong...

A friend posted this to my facebook, said it reminded her of me :)

I saw this on my local news last evening! This goldfish was caught out of a lake nearby! 15 inches and 3 pounds, much larger than the bluegill I usually catch!\ Video - Breaking News Videos from CNN.com

I just went to do my weekly water change on my 20 gallon and found the thermometer unplugged, and the tank temp at 66 F. I normally keep the tank 76-8 F. How rapidly can I bring the tank back up? I read that it should be brought up gradually, but is a degree an hour ok, or should it be slower...

I have had 1 dojo loach for about 6 months by himself, I've been trying to get 2 more for him, but the LFS's around me haven't been able to get any, and I won't purchase fish from petco/petsmart anymore. Anyway, he seems fine, zips around the tank, and hangs out with my pleco. Do I need to add...

Kind of a crazy question, but not one I've come across before: my youngest son put a "bite" of peanut butter sandwich in my 55 gal, the cories and the angel went nuts on it, it was gone before I could even get to the basement and back with the net to fish it out. Will the peanut butter (jif...

Hi again, I've a real oddball issue. My 55gal is fully cycled, has been since mid october. Gradually upped the stock over 6 weeks, until I added the last fish a few weeks ago (a dollar or so sized angel). I'm using the API master test kit, have gravel substrate, plastic plants, aquarium safe...

I really like the look of the Boeseman's rainbows, and after careful consideration, I think they will fit nicely in my 55 gallon. I want to add a school of 5, AqAdvisor says I will be 111% stocked, though, and when the corys and silver dollars are full grown, it will be 126%. My filtration is...

OK, finally adding to my 55gal, it's done cycling, and here's what I have so far, still need that centerpiece fish...

Hey everyone, my well established 20 gal is experiencing a minicycle, I think. I left for thanksgiving weekend, tested last tuesday before I left, Amm 0, Trites 0, Trates 40, pH 8.4. My nephew kept an eye on my fish for me, fed once per day, don't think he overfed. I checked my water...

Hello everyone, good morning. I have a question, and hope this is the right area to pose it. My 55gal fw tank has a Penguin 350 filter on it, which I have on the far left side of the tank. It seems to do pretty well keeping the water clear, but today, my son overfed the fish a little bit, and...