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  1. jcabs100

    Bad Looking Gold Gourami

    How does she not look well her color looks fine as for the cloudy eye I don't see it maybe she's a timid gourami I have the same thing with my gourami she stays at the bottom for sometime but then goes right back up just keep watching her and if there's any other fish watch out because maybe she...
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    Ph Up

    How do I up my ph without hurting my fish as my water is very acidic it's about 6.0-6.5
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    Pleco Happy?

    I have an albino bristle nose pleco and I just bought him yesterday and he/she looks fine but I know it has to get acclimated...now I have gravel substrate because sand was to much to clean and it clogged up my filter so this can be the only thing that is not beneficial for my pleco other then...
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    20 Gallon African Cichlid Set Up

    I was thinking of starting up another fish tank and this one would be an African cichlid tank I wanted to now how many fish can I have in my 20 gallon keep in mind it's only going to be African cichlids
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    Oscars

    Good look with that and yes fingers crossed thank you very much
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    Oscars

    Yeah lol I'll probably get 2 baby oscars and when they get big enough transfer them into my then hopefully 125 gallon fingers crossed hopefully the gf will allow it in the house lol
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    Which Gourami In This Set Up Will Work Best

    Completely correct all fish have different personality
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    Oscars

    Oh okay because I was thinking of keeping oscars after my fish finish the rest of there lives lol I've always been interested in these fish and curiosity has gotten the best of me
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    Which Gourami In This Set Up Will Work Best

    Your right on the to big part but IMO they aren't the most aggressive I currently have 6; 1 male 5 female and theyre in my community tank with harliquin rasboras and Bolivian ram and they are the most docile fish.... I've kept these fish for a while and never had a problem with aggression
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    Oscars

    How can you tell when an Oscar is a male or female and how many can you keep in a 55 gallon I know they can get pretty big so I was just wondering.
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    Which Gourami In This Set Up Will Work Best

    Pearl gourami Chocolate gourami Sparkling gourami Dwarf gourami Opaline gourami I personally have Opaline which are also a morph between gold and blue these guys are pretty and have no aggression of course only having one male
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    Gouramis Acting A Bit Strange

    The dorsal is down but you can tell from tail how it's long normally the females everything is shorter
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    Happy Gouramis?

    I'm waiting on my male to get needy he's still a juvie wonder of there's anything to spark up his need ?
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    Happy Gouramis?

    Yeah my male is surrounded by females I know he's happy there are 6 in total 1 male 5 female and I do see the occasional chasing and then they go back to regular swimming
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    Happy Gouramis?

    I've had my blue and gold gouramis for about a year now and I'd like to know how you can tell if your gouramis are happy
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    Gouramis Acting A Bit Strange

    Both are male
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    Gouramis Acting A Bit Strange

    If you can post some pics and maybe I could help you with there gender What you can do is separate them either that or if your tank is big you can add females and I'm talking about 2-3 for each and the specific gourami you have grows to be about 4-6 inches big... Seperating them is best or...
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    The Always So Popular Stocking And Overstocked Question

    Yes I know about fish less cycling in doing that now as we speak and as for the gourami yes there name if I'm not mistaken are opaline gouramis and even tho people say they are semi aggressive the ones that i have are very peaceful kept of course to the one male 2-3 female ratio I've been...
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    The Always So Popular Stocking And Overstocked Question

    She doesn't want to mix I actually told her about having a mixed community tank but she insisted on the Asian I will tell her but would she be overstocked ?
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    The Always So Popular Stocking And Overstocked Question

    My sister recently bought a 55 gallon tank and she had given me her stockin suggestion I said it was fine now she wants it similar to mine but she wants a mor "Asian fish" this is her stocking 1 gold male gourami 2 gold female gourami 3 blue female gourami 8-10 Kuhli loaches She wants a...
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    Gouramis Acting A Bit Strange

    Could be a stress factor also are they both male or one male one female
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    Kuhli Loaches

    Do kuhli loaches sleep like clown loaches cause I thought mine had died but It was just upside down
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    Instagram

    Very true like I said I like it cause it makes pictures pop I have my own camera to take pictures...i have a nikon camera one of my lense broke its currently under repair
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    Overstocked?

    Actually I have a feeling all my Bolivians are male but if they do pair up I have a spare 20 gallon that's of no use I can use that for them funny all my bolivians get along and they have all developed there own territory They don't seem to bother each other they have there ocasional square off...
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    Overstocked?

    The gouramis are actually my favorite fish and my tank doesn't really look over crowded there's actually a lot of swimming space I mean it's a 55 gallon tank I don't think I'm going to go any bigger
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    Instagram

    Yeah your right but i use it cause it actually makes pictures pop lot more
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    Instagram

    Anyone on this forum have instagram
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    Aug 2012 Fish Of The Month Comp. Entries

    this is my gold male gourami hope you guys enjoy I've had him for about a year now he's grown a lot now conformation :)
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    Overstocked?

    1 male gold gourami 2 female gold gourami 3 female blue gourami 4 Bolivian rams 15 harlequin rasboras 6 emerald corys My tank is a 55 gallon my filtration is aqua clear for a 60-70 gallon fish tank I do water changes every weekend would I be overstocked under stocked or just the right amount...
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    Gourami Crazy

    Today I purchased 2 more gouramis...now I have 6 in total so it's 1 gold male gourami 2 gold female gourami 3 blue female gourami Yes I know my male is probably saying oh YES !! I have a 55 gallon tank and my stock is literally the gouramis and 3 Bolivian rams I want to add more fish but...
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    Tall Plants

    I add fertilizer to keep my plants strong and healthy my lights are 15 w all of my plants have grown especially my amazon sword and they all look green an healthy I'm just looking to give my tank alittle more decoration on the top because I have a 55 gallon tank
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    How Hard Is It To Keep

    I'm looking to start a marine tank I have a spare 20 gallon what do I do how many fish I've done a lot a research but id like aome feed back...i currently have a fresh water tank for about 2 years now so I have some experience but I'm also still learning
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    Tall Plants

    I'm looking to buy some tall plants where I won't have to buy a co2 machine....I currently have amazon swords and Anubias plants looking to add more plants but id like some tall plants as well
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    Driftwood Turning Green

    A part of my driftwood is turning green should I be worried
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    Dead Tetra

    Tiger barbs are low in numbers and they probably killed your tetra these fish normally have to be in groups of 8 or more to keep there aggression low..also your low on every other number as well you have to have 6 or more of each tetra or else they'll feel unsafe and probably be stressed
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    New Stock Plan

    Like I said in the earlier post I'm looking to have 2 different species of tetras and also since I life in new York I'm very limited on tetras I'd literally have to travel all the way to new Jersey to get other such tetras I have decided to get the harlequin rasbora instead of the serpae tetras...
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    New Stock Plan

    How about harlequin rasbora they look similar too the serpae Are black phantoms the same as black skirts ?
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    New Stock Plan

    Unfortunately I live in new York and we're very limited on tetras I've had neon didnt like how it looked I've had cardinal also didn't catch my eye I saw serpaes and black phantoms and said why not I'm not sure what other tetras my lfs have but I know it's very limited
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    New Stock Plan

    I'm looking too have 2 species of tetras not just one
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