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He may be more interested in eating if you can add a few more, at least 2, preferably 5 or more. I will add this, my fish also like the Wardleys brand better than the omega one. Other foods you might try would be live blackworms, or frozen bloodworms.

Are you doing a fishless cycle?

Yes this would work well. Do be aware the sterbai do much better at the higher temps your rams like. Whereas the bronze and most other species, tend to do best at temps lower than 78°F.

I would say yes you could. Just watch the firemouths.

http://www.aquaticfoods.com/LiveBlackwormsM.html This page covers all the pros. The only con I can think of is that some people don't want to keep them in their refrigerator. Plus you need to rinse them them every day or two.

Your pH of 6.8 is fine, no need to buffer it. The only change I would recommend would be to use cherry shrimp instead of ghost shrimp. Ghost shrimp do best in cool brackish water. Also a bristle nose pleco, would make a better algae eater than the snail, and stay a reasonable size of 5" or...

Be prepared for fry from your platies. Females are usually of reproductive age when they are sold in pet stores. You can pretty much count on them being pregnant, and they can store sperm for up to six batches of fry. Are your guppies females also? If they are, they are probably pregnant too...

I have to say your tank is fairly well stocked. Give the fish you have time to grow and your tank won't look so empty. Adding more decorations rocks, plants, driftwood will also make it look fuller. As for food, flakes and pellets are fine. Consider using a veggie/spirulina flake and a color or...

Although possible to sex Bolivian rams, it is very difficult unless they are spawning. Two males will get along fine, as long as there are decorations for them to get out of each others way, on the rare occasion one gets aggressive.

Someone is. I don't think snake skin gouramis are native to the Philippines...

You would be correct. When I worked at a lfs we had a fbf on our saltwater system of about 1200 US gallons and it worked great.

Glad you know the tinfoils are going to out grow your tank very quickly. Honestly though I'dremove them when you remove the danios and gouramis. Cherry barbs are bottom dwellers, rarely moving more than a few inches from the substrate. . A good fish to add a splash of color to the upper third...

If you want to save any, keep them in a breeder net/box, or move them to another tank. Let them out in the tank and they will probably become snacks.

I have to agree with either an angel or a gourami as your large centerpiece fish. I have them together no problem, but your tank is a bit small for both. I would keep an eye on the shark and rehome or return him to your lfs, if he gets aggressive. At the same time I would say add 2-3 Bolivian...

Looks fantastic!

No worries.

Unless you have access to laboratory grade chemicals, I wouldn't even bother.

Sometimes wood will develop a white fungus, looks kind of fluffy. It will eventually die on its own and won't harm the fish.

Could be a couple of thing. Sometimes bloodworms will look like that, not eating for a long period of time can cause it, as can eating animal fat. If its fat it will float to the top, everything else will sink.

I have always cleaned the inside of my filters. If you don't have any spikes in ammonia or nitrite, all is good.

Once you have your group, quarantine them for a month, feed them well, then add them. As long as they aren't bite size, your clowns shouldn't bother them.

I have done it plenty of times. Just keep an eye on the younger ones.

Walmart has jungle brand fungus tabs cheap. I use these anytime any fish show signs of fungus, and I treat fish in quarantine with it as well. That and quick cure are the only meds I keep in supply.

20 longs actually have more fish capacity than a high, as it has more surface area. If you just want one species of cory then dozen of one species easily. As for plants, moss, crypts, anubias and some of the java fern varieties, will all stay on the shorter side and do well in a low tech tank.

I knew if I said they are harder to keep, someone would prove me wrong. :lol:

Cool. Yeah the growth on the plants is a good sign.

Bloodfin tetras spend most of their time in the upper half of the water column. They do get larger though, 1 1/2-2". Another possible option would be red-eye tetras, they also seem to like the upper half of the tank.

Depending on temp, they should hatch in 2-3 days. Are you sure one is a male? Cichlid females will "spawn" with each other on occasion.

Looks good! Be sure to raise your temp to at least 80-82° if you want to keep your rams happy and healthy. Hatches would look awesome cruising the surface. I'd keep the neons or add another type of tetra to the lower levels, maybe red phantoms or flame tetras. That aquaclear 50 is going to...

After a couple of decades in the marine hobby, I've never personally kept or known anyone to keep a sebae longer than a few months. Start with the healthiest specimen you can find and hopefully you'll have better luck. Emperor angels seem to do well with most soft corals. Most fish inclined to...

Yes and no. Stay away from the sebae anemone, very difficult to keep. Everything else would most likely work, though your emperor angel will happily eat or nip at everything on that list.

I only see my males chase one another, even then no real harm is ever done.

Almost looks like a blister. Melafix will help keep out any secondary infection. A bit of rock salt will also help. One table spoon per five gallons.

Does in fact look like lymphocystis. Not much you can do for it, just keep your water quality up and the inflammation should go away eventually.

Firstly, it does look like submissive behavior. Second, your temp is a bit high, lower it to 78-80°F, this will help curb some of the aggression from the two that seem to be pairing up.

Update; Thursday I added an antifungal medication and no losses since the kuhli and copy. So I guess now I'll have to wait and see. I'll update if anything new arises.

As long as they are not losing weight don't worry. By nature they are sand sifters, and seem to sift through dry foods. I've watched mine do the exact same thing. They seem to like to relish their food, instead of just sucking it down.

Thank you all. Yeah, first thing I did was an 80% water change, followed by 50% the following day. As for the guppies feces, I haven't seen them have a bowel movement, so I don't know.

Honestly it looks like air bubbles. Do you have anything that's making bubbles in the tank?

Thank you. The worse part is I know better. Never again will I do something this way. I guess I'll need extra quarantine tanks. Update on the death toll since last night, 1 more sterbai and 1 more khuli. Wish I knew why, whatever it is, is just affecting the bottom feeders.