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As I mentioned previously, I changed my 90 gallon from an African Cichlid tank to an Oscar tank. Right now I have 3 Oscars in there. I have a sump and a Sunsun canister on there. Could this be too much current for the Oscars? They seem to struggle through it more than my Africans did. They...

About 18 months ago I decided I wanted to start an African Cichlid tank. I went with Lake Malawi cichlids. Had a pretty successful tank, but now I'm thinking about making the change. Actually I made the change. I converted my 90 gallon to a South American cichlid tank. NowI probably didn't...

I think my tank is lightly stocked but I get kinda skittish on adding fish. Do you think I should add more? I count about 40 haps and peacocks primarily with about 8 mbuna and a few babies from some unintentional spawning. I have a grow tank with about 12 fish, incl 2 venustus that I will...

I have a 180 gallon cichlid tank. I have a 6' led light with 4 rows of blue and white lights. I have the blue lights set to come on at 6am and go of at 10pm. At 7am the white joins the blue and stays on until 3. Then when I get home from work I turn the white back on for about an hour so I can...

Haven't been online in a while. I guess that means everything is going great. Here are a few shots of the tank.

First a few descriptive notes: I have about 30 fish in total in a 180 tank. 18 are 4-5 inch haps and peacocks. 6 are 3 inch haps and peacocks. 7 are 1.75-2 inch mbuna. The smaller fish are new additions to the tank. I have been worried about them getting enough to eat add my bigger fish...

I inherited a tank and am about to fill it. My last issue is the hose that goes from the bulkhead to the sump. I want to use like a flexible hose rather than rigid PVC but I can't seem to find any cheap stuff. Seems like it should be the easiest thing in the world. I have a 1 inch bulkhead...

Kinda surprising since I was assured i had an all male tank!! I am certain they will be lunch soon. I saw only 3 or 4. They were all making their way to the substrate. Kinda interesting.

As I mentioned before, I got a used 180 gal tank with predrilled holes. I have decided I am gong to seal all holes using bulkhead and ball valves. I further decided I am not going to have a sump. I am going to buy a fluval fx6. My plan is to run the fluval on my existing 90 gal for about a...

I just got a new 180 gal acrylic in an auction for only $343. Price includes tank,cabinet, hood, lights. It looks like it had some undergravel filter system, but I will be setting up a sump. I set up a 90 gal about 3 months ago but as soon as I started with that one I knew I wanted to go...

The only symptom so far is no appetite and a tendency towards reclusiveness. The stomach does not look distended and no stringy white feces just the lack of appetite. I feed exclusively NLS cichlid formula so I'm a bit disappointed this has happened. I do about 25% water change weekly and all...

Temperature in my Peacock Cichlid tank dropped to 70 overnight. Fish are hiding out!! Is it OK to put hot water in the sump and let it circulate through the tank?

Just trying to get familiar with my fish and their proper names.

Just purchased the last fish I plan on getting for a while. I bought them from live fish direct. Problem is they seem a lot larger than my previous fish. I'm wondering if they will kill them. I will try to ah pictures later. I plan on changing my fish foods to NLS next week. I have been...

So I did my first water change and tested water. Ammonia -0.25ppm which is same as tap water PH -8.2 NITRITE - 0 NITRATE - 10 Seems like things are going well. No lost fish. I think replacement water was too cold but fish seem to be happy. I gave them a snack right after the change and...

I have to get a new white light to get rid of the blue tint. Fish seem to be thriving, knock on driftwood.

Well, I finally got this thing going. I loaded in my first fish today. 6 Peacocks. I don't really know what they are. I will add more pictures. I plan on adding a bit more rock structure to cover up the tank in the back and some plants to cover the heater.

Hello everyone. I'm returning to the aquarium world after a long absence. 20 years ago I had a pretty successful 40 gal community tank. I dropped the hobby when I got a divorce but am about to rev it back up. Just purchased my sister's 90 gal and plan on starting a Peacock cichlid tank...