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I'm getting ready to start setting up my 29 gallon shellie tank and I was wondering....how many L. occellatus could I comfortably put in there? Anyone with experience want to chime in? I also plan to scape it with plenty of shells and some rocks, and mabe java fern attached to the rocks, but...

Well, here I go again. Sorry, but I'm about to pop with pride!!! My new rams, that I've only had for less than a week, already have eggs, and my angel pair has laid eggs at the SAME time. It is too funny to watch two very different types and sizes of cichlids defending their eggs at the...

This is really a serious big **maybe** , but a friend of mine's son had to help remove a 200 gallon FW tank over the weekend and they took it someone's home that didn't really want it. I ***might*** have a chance to get it for riduculously cheap. I don't really want to think about it since...

Since my breeder male ram died and the female was lonely, I decided to start with a fresh set. So, I moved widow ram to my 29 and, yesterday, I received 4 of the cutest little rams from Austinapistos (check Aquabid for more info). These are Texas rams and I hope they give me babies the way my...

I managed to pick up a 29 gallon tank, stand, 20 lbs of fairly decent gravel, fluorescent light, and UGF (I won't use that)...all for $65!!! I was the 1st to call when I saw the add in the paper! I'm on the way to the shellie tank of my dreams!!! What a great day!!!

My big, beautiful breeder ram died last night. I'm still not sure what was wrong with him. I think he got into a lip lock and never could recover. I don't know what I'm going to do.....I feel so bad about his widow. I guess I'll try to find her new hubby and hope they pair up. These two...

Okay, my angles spawned a couple of days ago and I put the remaining eggs (wigglers) into a breeding box tonight. I think, since I seperated them from the general population, I should soon have some cool angel babies. I'm not sure what these kids will look like....dad is a silver and black...

This is not really an 'illness' question, but an 'acting strange' question. My huge male breeder ram, who was previously very active, is hiding quite a bit lately. I can't see any thing wrong with him,no clamped fins, no bumps, lumps, marks, weirds spots or misplaced scales. The tank, 55...

Okay, so my Hagen Tronic heater crapped out the other day on my 55 so I took the plunge and bought a Visitherm Stealth. I love it and it is keeping the 55 a nice toasty 79 degrees, but my question is.....since the Stealth doesn't have a red light, do y'all just keep an eye on the thermometer in...

I just picked up this little honey last week for my desk top tank here @ work. Isn't she GORGEOUS!!! Her name is Sancha. Her tank sits next to my male betta, Juan Valdez's, tank, and they like to go to the corresponding sides and make googly eyes at each other. :lol: Female bettas are just...

...the photo contests? The SW pic is from October, the FW pic is from November (and there was a December winner), and the December OT contest is STILL up with no winner in sight. Wass happenin'? Have we given up on it? Just curious.....it's one my my absolute FAVORITE parts of this site...

FYI, if you replace the plastic tap adapter with the brass one and try to tighten it or loosen it from you tap with your bare, wet hands, it will cut the crap out of you. 8O LOL I learned this the hard way last night when doing my PWC on my 29. My plastic adapter was starting to strip so I...

Y'all check this link out and tell me what you think. I'm thinking of getting my son one of those 5 gallon desktop set-ups for his room for Christmas....wouldn't one of these teeny tiny fish be perfect in there?? I'm particularly liking that Badis badis....just one, with some plants. Check...

I want to set up up a shellie community. Currently, I'm in love with L. ocellatus. They have the cutest little frog faces!! What would be the ideal tank size for a shellie community? I would limit the stock to Tangs only, specifically shell dwellers. Can anyone give me some ideas? I was...

I currently have two A. trifasciata males; 1 in my 55, and 1 in my 29. The only female I had died of unknow cause recently and I would like to round up some chicks for the guys. Anyone know where I can get any? I have an email in to Apistodave through Aquabid for just some females, but I've...

Okay, my rams have laid many sets of eggs....several batches of which have hatched successfully and the babies are getting big in my 10 gallon. My A. cactuoides laid 2 sets of eggs and I thought they got eaten, but today I saw two tiny little fry that have managed to survive. My A. trifasciata...

I know it says on the bottle "Not for human consumption or for fish intended for human consumption", but I think that means not to drink it or use it to treat food fish. Can it be used on our cuts and scrapes as well? Just curious. :roll:

My buddy had a betta in one of those sad plant vase dealy boppers (I know... :evil: ) At least she was feeding him betta food, anyway, I noticed his tail looks REALLY terrible and he is having trouble swimming, so I rescued him and brought him to work. I bought him a 3 gallon tank (for now)...

One of my cockatoo females is guarding a buch of red dots under some Christmas moss; are they eggs? If so, I didn't know their eggs would be red. LOL At first, I thought it was bunch of cichlid pellets the didn't get eaten. I almost sucked them up with the Python, but she came out and made a...

LOL I got some nice glosso from mr. funktastic today, and I have no idea how to plant it. I need instruction ASAP. TIA

I finally borrowed a good camera and managed some decent fish pics, I thought I would share:

MB. Why do I get this error message now and how can I post pictures again? I know a lot of folks post a lot of pics, but is there a 'reset'?

Attention Canadians....is it legal for a private hobbyist, such as myself, to ship fish....namely my tank bred GBR's, to Canada? I have a bud that lives in Calgary, Alberta and she's wanting some of my rams. The shipping rate is outrageous, but may be worth it to her.....I just don't want to...

I'm being given a 30 gallon tank and stand. YIPPIE!!! and I'm thinking of doing a shellie tank. I find the little shell dwellers very interesting indeed. I've even found a breeder fairly close in San Antonio (about 4 hours away....close by Texas standards. ) I have the perfect hard water (300...

I'm looking for ground cover for my 55. I'm intered inn anything that looks like a 'lawn'. :lol: Particularly HC, E. tenellus, glosso, dwarf Sag. If you have any of these that you would like to sell or trade send me a PM please.