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I have a 55 gal tank decorated with drift wood, and live plants. there is a brown coating that grows like an algae, but it is brown in color, and there are thousand of little string like extentions that cover the objects. It started on the wood, but it has spread to the plants in the tank...

I was planning on setting up a species tank. with Neolamprologus brichardi being the only species in the tank. any input on the setup? I was planning on a 20g high tank. with many caves and rock formation made up of slate. I will use a black sand. does anyone have any info on the care of...

I was wondering if anyone has had experiences with the blue variant of jack dempsey. my lfs has a small number of them, but I can see a male and female in the group. they are only about an inch long at the moment, and they are asking 45 a piece. is that a good buy? any information would be great.

I was just wondering if anyone knows of different fish, or invertibrates, that consume algae. It needs to get big enough so as to not get eaten by my bichers, or datnoid. I thought about plecos, but I have heard that they will suck on the side of my bichers. TIA

I set up my 55g tank about two weeks ago, and it has had a dozen small fish in it for about 8 days. It is filtered by a rena xp3, and has a fully loaded canister. with mechanical biological and chemical filtration. I have been testing the water everyother day. on the first day, I had 2.0 on...

I am going to be getting a 55 gal aquarium, the next largest aquarium I have kept is a 20 gal. I know that under gravel filters will not work(I am going to use a sand substrate). Is the top fin 60 enough filtration, and if not what is the best way to filter? Also, If I were to set up a sump...

These are my new babies from toyin at rehobothaquatics. They are settled in, the only challenge will be getting them food. I have greedy Leopard Ctenoptoma :)

sorry these are the best pics I could get.

I am in the process of syphoning my tank, and I have these worm like thing in the gravel. I can see none on my fish, they are like a peachy red color, and they can stretch themselves out. the have an anchor or suction on one end. How do I treat my tank? just a normal parasite clear? Thanks for...

Has anyone dealt with rehobothaquatics? and if so was it a good dealer. I am planning on getting some bichers, but I would like to make sure that it is a good company.

I know that a bicher will eat what they can fit in there mouth, but how fast do they grow? I have three Leopard Bush fish, the smallest being about an inch and a half in length. the bicher that i would be getting would be two to three inches long. will this be okay? and if not, how big...

I would like to know of a bicher that is somewhat common, but stays at a relatively small size. say under one foot. I have a tank of kribs and leopard bushfish.

I currently have leopard ctenotoma or a bush fish in the tank. the tank was set up to their niche. However, I am having trouble thinking of compatable tankmates. Any help would be appreciated. oh, the tank size is 20 gal high. with only live plants and a piece of wood.

I have a breeding pair of convicts, and I was wondering when I can remove them from their parents into a breeder net. I wish to save as many as I can. At this time the fry are all moving their tails as if swimming, but they do not move much as to distance traveled. Thanks in advance.

I purchased three spotted climbing perch, and a bulldog pleco almost a week ago. The perch are about an inch long and my pleco is almost three in. long. The pleco has claimed his spot, and will nudge the perch out of his area. Is there anything to worry about, and is this natural behavior for...

These are my new leopard bush fish. I also have a Rubber lipped Pleco. they didn't like the camera, I will try to get better pictures later.

Hey, I just needed to know a few things about the rubber lip plico. Will it eat my water lily? on another note, I have never been good at keeping plecos. I try, but if anyone has some advice, I would greatly appreciate it.

hey, this is Corey from wichita Ks. I keep fish and birds, and I came across this site and I like it. It allows me to help others, and to get help for my problems. I have kept numerus types of fish, and I have kept them since I was eight. Well thats all I have time for, later. oh yea, I also...

I am setting up a tank for the Ctenopoma acutirostre and it would help if I knew a little more about it. I have a store holding three of them for me, so I just have to set the tank up. What is the optimum ph for this fish? I have a water lily to shade the tank surface and I have created a...