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Oh, there it is. It looks normal like most of the other albino BN that I've seen.

There's no picture. Its normal to see a red patch on the head of a BN (in the middle behind the eyes)

Certainly go for a canister imo. I found the fluval u-series to be very inadequate. I've had fluval, eheim and JBL canister filters and they are all very good. At the moment I have a JBL cristalprofi e1502 running on mine after I broke my old eheim ecco pro 300. Both were great, though the...

I have the roma 200l, its a great tank. I started off with the roma 90l in the first place and the roma brand was good enough for me to look into getting another, larger version of it. So yes I would recommend it.

They never touched any of my shrimp. I did have a pretty sizeable colony in the first place, but their numbers continued to grow after the introduction of the loaches. I would add more kuhlis than just 4 though. They are social fish and I found they are more active when in greater numbers. They...

I agree, most definitely a male. It's German blue rams that can be sexed by the pink tinge to their bellies, not Bolivians. Just a glance at the analfin, pelvic, the end of the dorsal and the caudal fin will show this is a male. Though many females will also get extensions on the trailers of the...

1. Bolivian ram 2. Opaline gourami 3. Pearl gourami 4. Vampire shrimp (not a fish obviously) 5. Dojo loach

What else is in the tank? Are you sure a nerite didn't hitchhike in? Is the wood new or old?

No. Looks to be nerite snail eggs.

Sounds like the behaviour my vampires display when stressed. Even then they don't fall to their back. I'd check your parameters, make sure they are getting enough food (micro, powdered foods not large foods) and that nobody is bothering them.

Personally I like the one at 0:25 and the yellow one at 0:43. But that doesn't mean those are the ones for you, get the one you like.

How big is it then? The markings are exactly as they should be for Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus, L001.

Its a red racer nerite.

Interesting that you find they grow better in warm water. They usually prefer cooler waters than you have. The danio (if its still in there) and neons would also like cooler waters, as others pointed out. I had a lone leopard danio (same species as zebra) that an employee added to my bag of...

I don't see how its hard to see why people aren't very active. Not every can, or wants to, spend their time typing away on a forum. Its hardly what many would consider a fun past-time. I'm quite active on another forum where things are quite different than over here. Both in terms of activity...

Bloodworms are great to feed shrimp at times. The protein is great for them, especially when it comes to breeding. Amano larvae won't survive in freshwater of course. Veggies are also great to feed.

No. A filter won't cause dropsy. A sick fish will sometimes lie against a filter. But did you say you turned the filter off for a night? That would mean your water wasn't being filtered and the bacteria in the filter didn't have the water flowing over them. Either way, I've never had a fish...

Not looking good. He looks to have dropsy. It isn't a disease, but its the result of another underlying issue that has caused some pretty bad damage internally. Bacterial infections usually cause it and he may have had a compromised immune system due to stress/bad water quality etc. Its nearly...

Not a pond snail. A bladder snail. If it was a pond snail (Lymnaea sp), it would have a right turned shell and the tentacles would be thick. This is a bladder (Physella acuta). Left turned shell and skinny tentacles. I quite like them. As long as you don't overfeed you won't have too many.

Its ghost shrimp that Machrobrachium look similar to, not amano shrimp. Amanos are scavengers, so they shouldn't be capable of catching and eating a healthy neo. But they will snatch one if its on the way out. I've had them together and they do great. Amanos can be a bit bossy at times though...

Okay, so this is getting pretty weird. I did the initial treatment and it seemed to work out. He looked great and he was behaving like himself again. However every now and then this will set back in again. It will get pretty bad for a day or two, then begin to recede to the point that its barely...

They don't need a temperature of 79. Thats on the high end for some of them. Neons and corys specifically would ideally be kept cooler than 79.

I would definitely say that Bolivians are a better option for your tank, though I would turn down the temp a bit. Your fish don't need it that high and some would prefer it cooler. With that said, I wouldn't recommend for you to get more fish. You seem pretty over stocked as it is.

He definitely has a bad past. No denying that. But I think the fact that he served his time and has since tried to turn his life around says something. The past is the past, people can turn their lives around. One of my favourite actors, Jon Bernthal, nearly killed a man. Then he decided that...

I'm pretty sure it was more like 2-3000 dollars! Which is pretty crazy in and of itself. Unfortunately, part of the arowana hobby is that the chance of dying from a jump is very high. Even with a lid, they can jump through it or damage themselves when they jump into it. One of the reasons I'll...

There was a lid on the tank. it jumped through it. He's had aros for 10+ years I believe, so he's well aware. Again I haven't watched all his vids, but I haven't noticed a lot of them dying. I've seen some die in heat waves, through jumping in the case of the aro and one other fish. I have only...

Same here. I don't see why not being the best at scaping is a reason to hate on him. I can safely say that I'm not the best at it, and most people I've seen on forums aren't great either. That doesn't reflect on my knowledge though. And tbh, there isn't a single Youtube channel that has shown...

Bolivian rams are great. Very peaceful, great parents and they look great too if you find the right ones. I'd do a pair in that tank, though ideally for dwarf cichlids there would be a bit more decor imo.

It took up quite a bit of floor space that the rays could have used. And they still have quite a bit of growing to do. I don't see how taking it out shows his lack of knowlegde or ability though? There is quite a bit of that in the youtube fishkeeping hobby unfortunately. There were even people...

He did state when he set up the catfish pond that they would get too big for it. He said from the beginning that he was showing people how large the cute little fish they buy would get. Tbh, he's one of the aquarium Youtubers I have the least complaints about. There are much worse guys and I...

Females can be just as aggressive as the males. And I don't agree that bettas can't be kept in communities (splendens that is, unless we are strictly talking imbellis in this regard in which case I would not keep them in communities). All of my bettas have been. On the forums I've been on its...

OP has bladder snails, Physella. Not pond snails, Lymnaea.

Bladder snail. They will breed like crazy if they have lots of food, but if you don't overfeed then their populations can be controlled. Personally I like them, but many consider them pests.

Thank you very much for the recommendation. I'm definitely going to try get my hands on it. Even if the info is available to me through the interent I would like a book about it all. Especially as I can learn about a number of other dwarf cichlids I don't know much about. I'm a book guy so I'm...

First of all, I have no idea where I should put this thread, or if anyone here will have an answer for this question. Anyway, I have certain fish that I would like to get to know much better than I do. I already know quite a bit about Bolivian rams, but I would be interested in any books that...

Well this is a pretty old thread. I really feel that a 55g isn't enough for an oscar, its only 12 inches wide. 75g is the min for one. There are even people that have been keeping oscars for quite some time that believe they shouldn't be kept in anything smaller than 100g. 75g would do okay imo.

Yep. That's the neon blues. Then there's also cobalt blues, Stiphodon semoni. I have the latter. Love them.

Neon blue gobies don't eat live foods or flakes, they eat algae and biofilm. If you don't have a good supply then don't bother with them. They can sometimes eat certain prepared foods and vegetables, but good algae and biofilm growth is needed. They also like flow and plenty of oxygen in their...

I like this much better. Always thought the original looked pretty bad. Maybe its because I haven't used the site with old format much and thus don't have an attachment to it? I will admit it was a bit of a shock to see this when I logged in. Thought I had clicked on the wrong website.

Great! Two 12 inch sevs would be quite the load on a tank, especially as they get quite large as you said. I like the smaller size better. I've been looking at the different colours of severum. So nice. Loving the reds and red shoulders. I may do the two of those then. I hadn't considered...