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Folks, Thanks again for the kinda encouragement. Walker, as you stated, we do need to get rid of the Chinese Algae Eaters. My plan is to take them and our additional mollies (those that are in the tank above and beyond the one that we purchased initially). I would like to add a few more...

Hello, I like the way your smaller tank turned out. What is the plant in the left rear corner? It looks like it took off very well! Very pretty. I don't think it would fit in my tank... but if I could find a way and get it to take hold, I'm not against trimming! I would love to have a big...

Wow! Thanks for the kind comments and support! It is truly appreciated! Best Regards, Ssjrrupp and family

I thought I would update this thread... Everything is going very well. I added two Chinese Algae Eaters by mistake. I mistook them for another variety, so now we are stuck with them. Everyone is doing well, and we have yet another batch of baby mollies. This batch doesn't seem to be...

Hello, It's been awhile since my last update. Some closeups of how everyone is doing.... Two Gouramis doing what they do... Male Flame Gourami picking at plants. Male Neon Blue Gourami hanging around. Big Mamma, a female Black Marble Mollie, hanging around in her favorite spot...

I was at the store yesterday looking for fish, and I came across these beautiful dwarf cichlids. I got on my cell phone and did a quick internet search as to temperment, feeding, water conditions and habitat. What I found was that my habitat conditions and feeding seem appropriate. They were...

Sorry, It appears these are old world Cichlids. I'll put this post in that forumn area. Best Regards, Ssjrr

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Hello, This fish has been acting funny from Day 2. We're probably on day 25 or so. Tank had only cycled past the cloudy stage, about day 3 when I put him in. Anyways, fish sits around alot, then seems to get real spunky, then sits around and breaths hard. I noticed the gills flapping and the...

I have a Blue Neon Dwarf Gourami which is defineatly a male, and judging by behaviour, a Flame Dwarf Gourami that is a male. They bickered a bit when I first put the Flame in, but then calmed down. Now I notice that they are bickering more and more, especially after feeding time. My flame has...

Well, I have a Neon Dwarf Gourami that I knew all along was a male. At the pet store I tried to sex a Flame Dwarf Gourami based on amount of silver and dorsal fin being more rounded. I figured it was a female. Well, they are bickering. Dominance seems to change day to day. I'm wondering if I...

Mr. NiceGuy... I think you are correct in that both are males. When I bought the flame I looked at the Dorsal fin, which I read should be rounded instead of pointed if it is a female. That one does have more of a rounded dorsal fin, but there is some aggression between the two... there hasn't...

I've had pretty good luck at Petco. HOWEVER... I don't like that they have plants, which evidently are not aquatic, in the section with the fish. I bought three plants that come in the little tubes with the gel thinking they were aquatic because they were in the fish section, only to find out...

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Hello, You can put darn near anything in any size tank. The question is how humane is it? Example: I have a friend who used to have 1 large green moray eel in a 55 gallon tank. The eel, when fully elongated and swimming the tank was over 50% of the tank's length. So the thing sat around and...