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I recently purchased a 55g tanks that came with a few fish. I have found new homes for all of them except a bristlenose pleco that is full grown male 6" that I would like to keep I have 2 Senegal bichirs in my 20g long tank right now for their grow out tank that I will be transferring to the...

I have a 55g that I want to add an elephant nose to, it has 2 senegal bichirs 6 and 8", a ropefish 12", bristlenose pleco 2", and a dragon blood peacock 5". The only thing im worried about would be the peacock and the elephant nose. The peacock is not aggressive but wanted to see if anyone has...

This weird white/clear stuff started appearing on the glass recently and on one of my plastic plants and im not sure what it could be. The tank has been estsblished for over a year and nothing new has been added for a couple months. Nitrate and nitrite is both at zero, ammonia is <0.02 ppm and...

My yellow lab just released her fry today (11 total) and this is a first for me so I want to make sure I am taking proper care of them. I have the mother in my 20g qt tank and want to keep her in there for a week before putting her back in my 55g so she can not stress, but my problem is I only...

I just found out this morning that my yellow lab is holding. this is a first for me so I was wondering what I can do to help her out and keep the fry alive. I have a spare 20g that I will be placing her in tonight but is there anything else I should do? and also what should I feed the fry I have...

Just was wondering if anyone else has successfully kept an african side neck turtle with fish. I had a small feeder fish that he didnt eat and kept it in a while but it got to big and I gave it away. and then I had nowhere to put two dwarf blue gouramis about 3" and since he couldnt catch them...

Just seeing if anyone is in the Reno area on here, I have been selling/trading/giving away a lot of fish recently and thought I could find a couple more people in the area

Here is a couple pictures of my 55g tank that I recently added 4 new fish to so thought I would post a couple pictures and see what everyone thinks The tank has: -(2) Senegal Bichirs 6" & 8" -Ropefish 11" -Electric Yellow Cichlid 3" -(2) bumble Bee Cichlids 4" -Dragon Blood Peacock 5" -(2)...

last night I noticed my ropefish has small white dots on his body and a couple on his head. I will post up a picture when he comes out from his little cave and I can get one. What should I do to help him??? I am slowly raising the temp in the tank to about 85 and will be adding some aquarium...

Hi everyone I just got 4 new cichlids from my work and need a little help figuring out what kinds they are. they are about 1" I have tried doing some research to figure it out on my own put there are just to many to narrow it down so any help is greatly appreciated

I really want a Malawi blue crab (Potamonautes orbitospinus) for my cichlid tank but cant seem to find much info on them or anywhere that sells them. If anyone knows of a place let me know!! And thanks for any info you have Here is a video so you can see what it is in case you dont know what it...

In a couple months I will be moving from Nevada to Texas and want to take my fish with me so I don't have to restart everything. I'm not sure what the best way to do this would be I have a couple ideas but not sure what would be the safest and best for the fish. first option would be me putting...

I have always found salt water tanks to be so beautiful and amazing but have not attempted one yet. Im about to be moving one of my turtles thats currently in a 20g into a 75g and thought I could start off small and turn the 20g in a SW tank. I was thinking of getting a clown fish with an...

I have a 55g tank with 5 African Cichlids all around 3" -Yellow lab -Blue Johanni -Powder blue -Dragon Blood Peacock -Acei 2 Senegal Bichirs one 4" and the other 6-7" and a ropefish about 10" Could I add a couple more Cichlids without overcrowding them? Also I will be adding another bio-wheel...

I got a ropefish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus) about 2 weeks ago and he doesnt seem to want to eat anything besides live nightcrawlers. I've tried bloodworms live and freeze dried, krill, freeze dried baby shrimp, cichlid pellets, sinking carnivore pellets and even some crawfish pellets that my...

I have a 55g tank with a senegal bichir, albino bristlenose, Acei cichlid, electric yellow cichlid, electric blue johanni cichlid and an electric blue crawfish. everyone is getting along perfectly and have seemed to "buddy" up ( the Acei follows the electric yellow everywhere, the johanni and...

I have a 55g tropical tank that I finally have cycled and starting to populate. So far I have a senegal bichir that is about 4" with a albino bristlenose that is about 1". Also a few fiddler crabs and ghost shrimp. the temp is at 78 and just had the water tested at a LFS and they said the water...

Hi everyone Ive always wanted my own Aquarium and recently got a 55g tank. after getting all the stuff for it (filter, gravel, plants, decor) I had 3 left over feeder goldfish that my GF's turtle wouldnt eat so I put them in the 55g tank so that I could make sure the tank was cycled and safe for...