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So after discovering 2 babies survived in my peacock tank, I was considering relocating them to a 1.5gallon or purchasing yet another 5g tank. Instead we ended up making a DIY fry trap that floats at the top of the tank. We were able to catch the 2 babies and put them in it during our water...

Should I use Prime to treat the water in my Betta's 5g tank vs Jungle Bowl Buddies water conditioner fizz tabs? After joining this forum I've discovered the wonderful world of Prime and have started using it in my 29g and 20g tanks during water changes. For betas though, what is the best way...

I was watching my tank yesterday and just checking on everyone and making sure life was good, and what do I see??... A baby cichlid hiding in an artificial plant in the front left corner of my tank!! :) I look around some more in excitement and then what do I see?!... Another baby cichlid...

I recently purchased a 55g long glass tank for the purpose of upgrading/replacing my current 29g. I'm taking my time setting up the new 55g so I get it the right the first time and have it setup w/ the correct equipment. My current 29g: Sand substrate (and I want to stay w/ sand) Aqua-Tech hob...

Excited to announce that after 7 months of suffering from multiple tank syndrome, I've expanded my addiction to "bigger" multiple tank syndrome and FINALLY purchased a 55g long for my cichlids :) My current 29g has: 1 male sunshine peacock 2 female sunshine peacocks I'm excited to provide them...

What is the best food to feed my male beta? What do you feed your betas? Currently I feed mine Hikari Betta Bio-Gold floating pellets. I tried a brand by Tetra and the pellets seemed too big and he didn't like them so I stayed with the bio-gold and everything is fine. I'm almost out of it...

Hey everyone, I need some help once again :) I first joined AA for the purpose of finding out what kind of cichlids I had rescued from someone. I have 3 cichlids and they were all identified as sunshine peacocks- aulonocara baenschi - idk if I spelled that right- I have 1 male and 2 females...

I have a 29g with 1 male peacock cichlid and 2 female peacock cichlids. My male has always been the boss if the tank and the females have always gotten along. After I did my weekly water change a few days ago, one of my females is now holding, the other female seems to want to be the boss of her...

Yet another silly question/ opinion needed from all you wonderful cichlid keepers :) I still have my 1 male peacock and 2 female peacocks in my 29gallon- I'm waiting a few more weeks til petco has their $ per gallon sale to at least get a 55g for them I don't have a quarantine/hospital tank...

I do tons of different craft/art projects and I have a bag of Sea Glass I purchased from a craft store. I've been interested and getting ideas for creating my own aquarium decorations and wondering if the sea glass is safe to use?

I started a thread like this in another area and didn't get an answer yet so I'm going to try here: Do you keep your hospital tank setup all the time or just keep it handy in case it's needed and set it up only on an as is basis? Just wondering what your thoughts were on this?

I know you should always a hospital/quarantine tank in case you need to remove sick or wounded fish. My question though, how do all if you keep this tank? Should it be cycled and ready at all times in case it's needed? Or do you just keep an extra empty tank handy and then do a quick setup if...

Quick question for anyone willing to answer: I've been working on improving the environment of my cichlid tank and have gotten lots of great advice here in the process. Almost every tank picture here has amazing rock setups for their cichlids to hide/ live in etc. I already have researched the...

Ok so I recently moved my rescued cichlids to a larger tank. It's a 29gallon with sand. Their old tank was a 20 gallon with gravel. The only ones living in the 29g is one male peacock cichlid and two female peacock cichlids. I'm pretty sure both females are carrying eggs in their mouth since...

Hey everyone I'm new and I joined this hoping to get help identifying what type of cichlids I have. I'm already an owner of a freshwater tank but recently I "adopted" or rescued rather, a 20g that has 3 cichlids- or so I've been told. I've never owned cichlids before and I feel the more I read...

Hey everyone I'm super new here and not sure how all this works yet but hopefully ill figure it out quick... I'm a new owner of 3 rescued cichlids and I'm hoping joining this will help me learn more about them and especially help in identifying what kind they are. I'm already a owner of another...