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Wow. After reading through all of this I have a lot of thoughts... I'll keep some of them to myself. It sounds to me, @itiwhetu , that your main issue is not with better (this is blanket statement) methods of fishkeeping but the fact that these better (again, blanket statement) methods of fish...

The color that they are now - blue/red.

That's awesome! I remember as a kid (relative term, I'm 28 but was 14) having to try very hard to get anything for my aquarium. You gotta do what you can to get by!

I'm not sure what exactly you are describing. Guppies have a yellow-ish/green tint to their body; I've just had 4 males from fry and they started off the same color all guppy babies do and then colored up completely in about a week or so.

Oh bummer! Rams are sometimes considered to be harder to keep than Discus ( though personally I think this is a stretch). In my experience and after a lot of research for rams to be kept successfully, the following need to be true:. 1. Temp should be 82 or higher. They proper temperature aids...

I watched it a few weeks back - it was great!

What are your water parameters? EBAs are relatively peaceful, but I am highly concerned that you have two males together. "Relatively peaceful" does not mean peaceful, it means "unlikely to brutally kill all of your fish". I have never seen two male cichlids of the same species ever get along...

I would agree with @Byron --> Mbuna need a minimum 55g tank (208L) with hard water, tons of rockwork and honestly many of their own kind or they will bully and stress eachother out to the point of death. I am surprised that you are successfully keeping Convicts with a Keyhole due to...

Wow - that whole post was helpful! When it comes to getting a shipping estimate, how do I do that? for example - USPS has a priority mail box which is 2-3 day delivery, but I have been unable to find what it would cost to mail one of those overnight. I would expect that most boxes would be...

Ya know - It had not even crossed my mind to use Youtube. I googled it and read a few articles but never thought to use youtube.

Thanks for the advice so far! Anyone have suggestions on where to get the most affordable/quality shipping materials in the US? Is it recommended to add a chemical such as an ammonia remover during transit?

Rams are notoriously delicate - I've seem some argue (thought I am not convinced) that they are harder to keep than Discus. The original picture, to me, seems to be Hole-in-the-Head and Rams typically (but not always) develop this disease when exposed to environments with poor water quality...

Welp - a spare heater, "medicines" which aid in fish recovery (such as Melafix) but my fish don't usually get sick. A few nets, a spare aquarium or two. I live in a big city with 2 LFS within 10 minutes of my house + there is always Amazon. I don't like to keep too many spares because of...

Two males would be a recipe for disaster.

Hey! So I'm nearing the stage for my first batch of Apistogramma Cacatouides to be ready for shipping and am currently offering to ship Dark Knight Rams and Gold Rams (check out here ) but I've never shipped live animals before. Questions: 1. Where do you source your supplies from? 2. How do...

Firemouths are pretty common in the hobby and consequently they have been overbred to the point that some of the ones LFS have are not near as pretty as good breeding stock. Male Firemouths can have red/orange that runs most the duration of the body - females typically have less. You can tell...

Selling some sexually mature Dark Knight and Gold Rams. Helpful info: Dark Knight Rams are not "black rams". You will see many websites, such as this one, selling "Black Rams" and as you can see by the picture -- they are slightly black. Dark Knight Rams are pitch black with yellow/orange fins...

I live in Peoria. Can you provide details?

I have always had good success with Aquabid - just be sure to read reviews of their sellers. 'Prices are typically very reasonable and shipping usually is too. I've paid as little as $20 for overnight shipping for 4 cockatoo apistos. I don't believe I've ever paid over $30 in shipping on that...

Update: No more fish loss, all female mollies seem to be 100% okay and no other fish has any symptoms. Water quality is perfect. So I'm thinking that whatever the cause of death was, it is no longer a concern.

Gosh, I used to. Fascinating fish. If you breed them, they form a nuclear family where their fry will take care of the next batch of fry (and so on and so forth). If you let them go long enough you'll have 100s of Brichardi all different sizes peacefully swimming with one another. It's quite a...

Very interesting. I do vaguely remember there being multiple threads on this topic but to be honest, I was 17 and not terribly interested into the research and/or "splitting hairs" on cycling - I knew my tanks were cycled and that's all I really cared about. That being said, I think my overall...

"If it sounds too good to be true, it is too good to be true" would be my thought. If most keepers use tank water and are very successful in husbandry, I don't think this change is even helpful. Conversely, I have seen topics on TFF where someone had a tank crash and/or fish die and it was...

The "smell test" says no. I won't pretend that out of desperation (using Marineland filter pads, which can't be cleaned traditionally - meh) that I have not just all out replaced the filter pad w/ no beneficial bacteria BUT... chlorinated water should not be put on bacteria that are necessary...

I kept a RTBS a very long time ago - probably 15 years ago. That being said, he was a fun little creature and I did see him eat. He ate enough that he was nice and fat as he grew. Being an omnivore, they can eat just about anything. I would suspect that he's munching when you are not looking -...

As a former teacher, I have an internal rubric where I score how happy I think my fish are: 1. Is the quality of the water good? (ie. temperature, low-0 nitrates, 0 ammonia/nitrites) 2. Is the pH/kH/gH within a range that is either naturally occurring and/or due to commercial breeding is likely...

Looking great! I'll have to post an updated video for my journal soon - we've had a lot on our hands recently!

I keep and breed A. Cacatouides and here are my thoughts after research & experience: 1. I would not recommend keeping any sort of bottom-dweller fish besides more apistos (we'll get to that) and perhaps a bristlenose pleco (my breeding pair are not bothered by the bristlenose at all). I have...

I would not recommend it. Medications lose/gain strength over time and if not used within it's "best buy" date, you could harm your fish. Additionally, I would recommend evaluating what the cause of the disease is. For example, Ich is present in every aquarium. Literally all of them. Fish are...

I think that the issue here, @Fishfinder1973 is that members and non-members alike scroll through this forum everyday. If I was new to the hobby, I might read this post (which to my knowledge does not state how long he has owned it) and say "Oh, I can keep turtles with my fish" which is...

I guess I'm just curious where you have read that 250L is too small? The 55g recommendation is intended for full grown angelfish, as they prefer to be in groups of 6 or more. Most websites that I have read and breeders that I have spoken to (Tolak, former mod of TFF, used to breed angels) have...

I would disagree here. Most literature that I have read over the years indicates that a 55g tank is the minimum and 250L is a 66g tank. It's hard to know how the rams would interact with the angels if the rams spawned, but I suspect with good ground cover they'd be fine.

Correct me if I am wrong - but I was under the impression that mollies and angels were very compatible. Is this not the case? It's true that I don't see what goes on when I am not there, but no fish has shown an ounce of aggression or conversely, any sign of damage. While I may never know...

I've never kept turtles and fish in the same tank before, but I do know that turtles eat fish - period. At the very least, the fish will perceive the turtle as a threat and this can cause stress. At it's worst, it will result in them being eaten. Without have a pond from them to co-exist in, I...

Do you have any other suggestions? That summary was based off aggregate feedback that I have received on this thread so far.

Nailed it on the danios - Zebra Danios. I'll bump the temp down to 78. I must confess that I skimmed temp requirements for Bolivian's when I purchased this guy - I made the general assumption that they required warmer water and I know that commercially bred Angelfish seem to have a wider range...

Gorgeous! They appear to be getting ready to spawn!

I've never had Nitrite reading in this tank - it's always been zero (mature, established tank) and I feed sparingly. The other 3 mollies are much younger (fry from one of these, roughly 5 months old) and have 100% of their color. This tank has been disease free for over a year - no fin rot, ich...

So, I have a 29g hard water tank (we’re talking very hard). I have a single Bolivian Ram, 5 angels (they are growing out - to be moved soon), 2 female guppies, 5 danios and (previously 5) black mollies. Water Parameters: Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 15 (missed a water change this past weekend...