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Delapool, since I posted this she has spit out the rest and I've moved her back into the main tank. There are a little more than 20 fry, and they are all doing great and getting around fine and growing!! Thanks for the comment. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I've counted 7 little tiny auratus fry lastnight. I've started feeding them crush flakes and spirulina pellets. Once Im convinced she's not holding anymore (and for now I believe she still has some in her mouth) I'll put her back in the main tank and raise the fry up. Anyone know about how many...

Hey, thanks for the input Mike. You answered a bunch of questions and gave some useful insight. So I take it the tank has to stay super clean for the fry huh? Not sure what you mean by sponge filter. I've got a small hob filter for the 10 gallon with a built in carbon sleeve. Should I take that...

My arautus cichlids have bred. It wasn't intentional on my part but I'm sure excited about it. It's my first time, so I've been researching but still have some questions. Here's where I'm at. I separated the female with the mouthful of babies. I put her in a 10 gallon tank alone as suggested by...

I didn't do this on purpose but my Arautus cichlid is now holding eggs. I'm new to this so now I need to learn what to do. I'll start at the beginning. My arautus pair share a 55 gal tank with two red jewels, a juvenile buttekoferi, an oblique, a kenyi, and a larger tiger botia. She's been...

Well, it's finally happening. I'm getting my first ever group of African cichlids. I've kept plenty of south/central Americans for over a year now, and have never had much interest in africans until i saw a full grown 12 inch frontosa in a LFS. he was 125 bucks so needless to say i left him...

I've started cycling my 55 gallon today. I've had it stocked before for almost a year, but misfortunes befell, yada yada, it sat dry for a bit. Anywho, I'm setting it back up. The water looks clean but cloudy. I've had this same problem before with this same setup. It has an Emperor 400...

Just occurred to me... I've got a tank with some rainbow fish and kribs, and I also just added some killifish yesterday. They are getting along quiite well and their colors are all very vibrant and complimentary of each other. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I think the rainbowfish and kribesnis are quite fascinating. I've kept both and both are very active and charming fish. Rainbows swim all over, mostly towards the top of the tank, and kribs mostly towards the bottom. Just to toss out my two cents out there, I'd get about half a dozen bosemani...

About half the day. I won't lie, sometimes they are left on over night. But not often. Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Aquarium Advice mobile app

I've got this 20 gallon tank with a fluval canister filter. I can't think of the model number, but its rated for a 50 gallon. It does a superb job of keeping water crystal clear. it is by far my best looking tank as far as that goes. However, it gets a wicked thick layer of algae growth all over...

okay. i get ya. so if i really wanted to keep one trimac, what else could i keep with it in a 240? i get your logic about gallons per fish, but still considering aggression level, what would make good tank mates if any, with a single trimac in a 240? and consider one may be a large cat fish...

lol. I love mad max, but i don't want my fish to kill each other. what can i mix with viejas? (or paraneeeeeetroplus or whatever we're calling them these days) including fish besides cichlids. call me pretentious, but what if i want to throw in a black arowana?

As a novice in fish keeping who is constantly learning by experience and shared knowledge, I have found that there is a fence in this hobby by which some folks are divided. Some folks keep biotopes, some combine the most attractive fish. Some wish to keep fish with the most striking beauty while...

No matter what I do with this 240 set up, my jack dempsey, fenestratus, and synspilum are going in. So let's start there. what might I add? I do want to be reasonable. I also have a libiatus, which I've heard some say, you can keep amphilophus aggression down by overstocking. if the trimac is...

this was also a concern of mine, and thanks for the heads up. While I'm not the type of guy to go nuts keeping up with scientific names of fish, I do put some effort into knowing the difference between the real species, and what an LFS will try to pass off. I don't want "close enough" fish, I...

Thanks for the input folks. Maybe I should steer clear of this fish for this particular tank. I'd really like to stock it with as many cichlids as I can and still maintain a (at least relatively) peaceful community. As one of you said, I'd hate to have to devote this whole tank to one or two...

I'm in the beginning stages of planning out a 240 gallon tank. The VERY beginning mind you. I've been considering what fish I would stock it with. While digging around cichlid forums and websites, I found Trimacs (Cichlasoma trimaculatum). They are beautiful fish, and I'd be interested in...

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I introduced 4 of these guys to my 10 gallon QT tank today. Theyre still itty bitty, so they hangout in here for a while.

This is my 3rd post on this matter in the unhealthy fish section of the forum. It started out with my group of tiger barbs exhibiting unexplained flashing. I saw no symptoms to suggest any particular cause. I began treating immediately with green malachite, since I know what its like to have a...

Here in Indiana of the good ol USA, malachite green apparently in not banned. I bought this bottle of quick cure made by A.P. (aquarium products) at walmart for less than 3 bucks. it says for ick and protozoan parasites on it. active ingredients are formalin and malachite green. I have no real...

I've got 15 tiger barbs in a 30 gallon tank with a handful of other fish. Only the barbs are flashing against structures. They've been doing this for over a week. I'm on my 5th day of treating the water with malachite green (or however you say). Flashing aside, they appear healthy. There's no...

I've got 2 lfs too and neither are real close. The one I got the rams from is further than the other, but they are both in opposite directions. Well what happens is that often times one will have one thing I want and the other will have something else I want so i have to decide which fish I...

Just showing some new fish I've been anticipating getting for quite a while. My new balloon rams. Aka angel rams. It was a long drive to go get these guys they are cool and I dig emidently.