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wow!! the turtle doesn't bother anyone?!

holy cow!!!! total tank envy!

Lake Malawi cichlids would be perfect and oh man the brilliant blues and yellows will look amazing!!!

Hello and it sure is!

Thanks for sharing! That is really very cool! I've never seen one of these! I'm in South Jersey in the woods and we have tons of snakes and such but that is pretty darn cool! We've also just recently started spotting coyote ...as excited as I was to see one a few months back the encounters...

I did and they're doing great!

Good Lord!! I had one when I kept my Oscar and Jack years ago but it was smaller yet it was still a pain in the rear. It was never easy to get in and out of.

Holy Moly!! Pictures please!!! oh and welcome!

Thank you!

I think in some cases they are mistaken but my guy is def an amano and he is one scrappy little fella. He steals stuff all the time and runs off and hides with it, leaving the fish wondering what just happened. And there was a good while that I wasn't quite sure if he was catching my endlers...

Yikes! Sorry about that! And I think Ch4lie is correct in what he said. Shrimp are pretty scrappy little critters...even my amano will snag a freshly dead fish and run off with it...I've witnessed many times, even wondering if he hadn't quite waited until they were allll the way dead...

holy cow, i'm soooooo jealous!!!! Can't wait to hear your parameters and see you get started!!!

indeed he was and i was legitimately scared of him....it was only a matter of time before he bust thru those glass walls and came for me! I handed him back over to the fish store and peeled out of the parking lot!

I adored my Oscar very much. Like I said, he was housed with a Jack Demspy, who was stunning but not anywhere near as interactive as the Oscar. He was seriously like a little water dog living in a tank. He did not destroy anything other than uprooting plants. I had to have stupid fake plants...

uh oh! haha Just to add to confusion....look into oscars too. Man do they have personality! I had one for about 8 years (years ago) that lived with a Jack Dempsy. The oscar was like a dog. Fun fish. He'd get so excited to see me and get fed that he jumped out of the tank numerous times...

Everyone has great advice and it it were me they'd certainly have talked me out of it....although I pretty much know that I'd be incapable of ever giving them what they need (which is basically all of my time and money...which i'm lacking in both). Plus I'm not sure I could survive those...

my first instinct is to say NO Way! Do another tropical tank! Sooooo many more choices in fish and plants and all sorts of fun stuff!!! Buuuuuuuut.... OMG those faces :wub: so, sorry...not much help

I wish I could offer some advice but I've never kept a beta (well not since I was a kid...and that was in a bowl). It does appear to be a tumor and from all the posts I've read on this board in the last year or so it does seem that betas are kind of prone to this sort of thing. I've seen a...

:sick: super creepy little things

well hopefully they got some and are learning where you put it (before it takes off on a floating about the tank adventure).

I always mean to ask... how long will a bottle stay fresh and safe? I'm pretty sure I bought my bottle in September. I keep in a cool dark cabinet, but never froze some of it like you suggest. I will definitely do this with my next as a small bottle will last an eternity when you have a 6...

hello and welcome! they sure are cuties!

I thought the same thing! Great tank, can't wait to see what it becomes!

I kept these guys many years ago and think they are just so gorgeous. If I remember correctly the males throat will be much more red than the female and also his fins are pointier. The female is a little less vibrant and her fins are rounder. But hopefully someone who's up to date on...

I didn't realize that either Mark! I'm always surprised when I can tell how much he's grown. As I thought he was going to remain super teeny. He's so awesome! And omg....really...still not eating the zucchini?!?! Maybe try a new veggie. Mine also loooooove broccoli stalk!

What beautiful fish! Great shots too! How fun for you to watch this! Please post updates! ...a video maybe?!?!

What an awesome project! I can't wait to see it taking place! That cat has a lot to look forward to! ha OMG!!!

It's definitely that and especially now because my large Anubias is like a giant umbrella covering everything inside the tank. I googled both of these and love the parva! Now to find it! My large Anubias grew so big that it hits the top and the lights are too much for those leaves and cause...

They look pretty happy this am (after all the poo and ick settled from me digging around last night). Hard to tell because they're in the backs of the sides. Left side/middle is the Anubias which is tied to a small stick and that stick is wedged into the larger spider wood. Right back side is...

I'm so glad to hear this as I just spent a bunch of time pulling them out from where planted them and tied to some wood and kind of twisted the wood into the bigger pieces in the tank! I got super nervous and got right on it before I got any answers because I didn't want to murder my new...

I just bought two new plants from PetSmart in those "pest free" containers since they seem to be the cleanest around here. 1. Narrow Leaf Java Fern and 2. Anubis Congensis As I'm reading right now it seems that both need to be attached to rocks/wood? I knew the regular Anubis (larger that I...

Holy Moly!!!

Thanks so much for the responses! I'm glad to hear your answers! The tank is so darn small that it's not much more work to to a 50 than say a 30...so, I go for the gold! ha Good to know!

I've had him for about 7/8 months. He's always active and pooping. He's grown a lot since I got him. Is the weird (not in matching with his other stripes) part of his shell new growth? Or is something wrong with him? When I first got him I was having issues with my water being too soft...

I love this! I had this happen many many years ago when I kept a large tank (with totally innapropriate inhabitants thanks to listening to my LFS). I lost a loach that I adored and took the entire tank apart. The last thing to go was a hollowed out rock that I removed and carried from the...

Sorry you've had a rough go at things thus far but kudos to you for reading and trying to learn and coming here and asking questions! I have a tiny little tank as well and I use 50% RO and 50% tap (but for opposite reasons, my tap is very soft). The only additive I use is Flourish...