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Cabomba is high on my list of possibilities. I saw a "purple" variety of cabomba caroliniana on aquabid that was pretty sweet.

I'm looking to add more plants but can't make up my mind what to get. What are your favorites or what do you think will look great with what I already have? I'm running 108w (2x54w T5) over 55 gallons with CO2 injection. Substrate is sand so I'm using Flourish root tabs. For liquid ferts I've...

I definitely will!!! Thanks for all the advice!

Yeah, I too suggest a 29g or 30g tall for angels. The only reason the ones you saw are so small is because they're juveniles. In my experience they usually get to about the size of your palm (not counting long fins if they're a veil type) and don't really take long to get that size. When I got...

Yeah, it's mostly a space issue. Of course I haven't saved up to buy either tank just yet so I guess when I have the funds saved up to get my tank I'll have to see if space is still an issue and if so I'll have to adjust my stock plan.

Rats...back to the drawing board...

I think I've decided I want a 120 gallon. Almost as big as the 125 but with a smaller footprint (only four feet wide instead of six). With that stocking list...MY NEW DREAM TANK!!!

This is true too. Especially when a young oscar will cost less than ten bucks. Lol

I like this idea! And with a 125g I may even put in a Raphael cat too.

I just found out about chocolates. They seem like cool fish. In fact, I thought of possibly considering them as oscar tankmates. As for the devils and terrors, I think I'd rather have something a tad more docile with a couple tankmates. Convicts probably are super common but I have to admit...

Thanks for the advice! I don't think I'll be ordering one online. If I see one locally I may be tempted to try purchasing one (not a pair). However, I've never seen one so it may be moot. If I had a 55g I may order a pair online but...alas.

Lol, I don't see myself going with Africans. Honestly, I think they're beautiful but really don't have an interest in keeping them. I think the tank setups bore me. Either wide open or all rock. I like the look of a South American tank. It seems more lush and pleasant to me. Plus I just find...

For the one to hide is normal. They can sometimes be shy especially in a new environment. For the other to die right off...not so normal. Your lfs should have a guarantee that would replace him. As for where you should put your frogs, what else is in the big tank? They are typically fine with...

Very cool! My sister is having a baby in April and they too are doing an underwater theme in the nursery.

For reference, this is the tank. The piece of driftwood I have now is small (behind the smaller rock table). I'm looking for a larger piece to put where the small rock table is to add more structure and I plan on adding a few more plants as well. Perhaps some hornwort, micro swords and red...

This is the tank. It's a 30g and the tankmates are the rams, an angel (generally peacable guy), 12 neons, 2 upside down catfish and 2 khuli loaches (cats and coolies are from before I started moving towards SA only). I'm looking for a nice piece of driftwood to put where the smaller rock table...

They are neither easy nor friendly. I added three to my community tank several years ago and it was a huge mistake! I tried feeding them frozen bloodworms and they would sometimes eat them but not usually. I then went to petsmart and got a bunch of the tiny snails they get overrun with (they...

I guess it seems less boring to me because I'm so new to the world of cichlids. I've been keeping fish for a long time but always just 10-30g community tanks with standard guppy/platy/tetra fair. What other neat fish would work in a set up like this as alternatives?

I understand the answer is basically "not much" but what would fit with an Oscar in a 75g? I was expecting to hear at least 125g to accomodate the other tankmates. Does a 125g with Oscar, Firemouth, Convict, Acara and Raphael sound like a good stocking plan? Would everyone get along well enough...

I recently learned of the Redbreast Acara aka "Smiling Cichlid" and I really like the look of them. Would they be good tankmates for GBRs?

I'm daydreaming and planning out what I want for my next tank and I'm not sure what size I would need to get. I'd like to have larger cichlids with an oscar as the centerpiece and maybe 3-4 other "smaller" 6-8" cichlids like a firemouth, convict and something along the lines of a blue acara...

Thanks for those tips! I do have an airstone providing strong upward circulation in the back right corner. And yes, it's weird because plecos are typically very hardy fish. Weirder is that my brother-in-law has the same bad luck with them except for the one giant common pleco he has in his oscar...

Also, we're not talking about a fish every two months for several years in a row. More like over the past fifteen years I've had four or five and they all died prematurely.

Right now I have 1 angel, 1 gbr, 1 bolivian ram, 2 khulis, 2 upside down cats and 12 neons. I do water tests and everything is consistent and stays where it should be. It just seems like these and otos are the only fish I can't keep alive. Maybe the problem is that I buy them from petsmart...

This still seems weird to me because it seemed like the algae was growing faster than he could keep up with it.