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Bn plecos are popular for a reason they are great. Why not get a pictus cat or 2. They are very entertaining fast and get big mine is 5" and 4 or 5 years old now. How could you say no to this face? This is my pictus cat a few years ago. He is bigger now.

I think one dwarf gourami would be fine. They don't need to be in pairs so one would be good. The rams spend most of the time at the bottom and the  gourami is almost always near the top so I do not see any problems.  Gouramis are tough little fish and I really do not think the rams will mind...

Well My 80gal tank is for the angels now. I love these guys so much personality, not expensive, and pretty, They school too. I am in love. I kept disucs for a few years and now I can say I like angel fish better. I bought 2 more angels today so that makes 5 in my planted 80 gal. 

I lost a few fish from my bottle mix up. All the ones that lived are doing great and everything is back to normal. So I thought I need some new fish.    I took my friend to a weird fish store. She saw a kio angle and really liked it. In the same tank were 2 smokey leopard angels I liked. They...

Everyone that lived have recovered and are all doing great. I bought some new fish. 3 angelfish fish babies. 

Here is the damage I was not sure if it was sunburn or what I am 99% sure it is Sunburn on the leaf. Caused by my leaving it in the car. I feel so bad.   

I have been doing good growing aquatic plaNts now I am growing orchids. I love them. I bought what looking like a healthy spider orchid but I left it in the car most of the day with it was bit and I noticed brown. I think it got sun burn. Should I worry about it? You can see a bit of the brown...

It sucks when things like this happen to a tank. I don't know what it is but this has been a bad year for this fish tank. In the summer my Heater went crazy and on the hottest day my tank temp was up to 100F I lost some fish then. Now this.  I have been keeping fish since 1997 and never had such...

My 80 gal planted tank needed a water change I did an 90% water change I do big ones now and then I use the fish water on my yard. Well I grabbed what I thought was my dechlorinator added it and the. Started to fill. Turned out after I filled the tank I saw my fish acting weird normally they...

So I bought 3 dwarf indian puffer fish from a 80Gal planted thank. They are doing great I have had them for almost a month now. Before I put them in I had plenty of Rams horn snails that I enjoy. I had plenty of these snails enough to keep my plants looking amazing. Rams horn snails are a...

Well update on this tank. I had a heater go crazy during the hottest days of summer. I lost a lot of fish. my tetras a cory cat all my white cloud minnows. but the goldfish were fine.    I have removed the goldfish due to them ripping up my Val. Stupid goldfish really ended up doing a number on...

Well things are back to normal nip is stressed out again. I am so bummed . What to do? I might call some fish stores in Sac and see if anyone has some big severums and get a 3rd fish.

he is still a little pig so thats good. He now knows me and when I come to the tank he is up saying HI.      So far so good. 

I just bought a baby severum but it's going to be months or a year before I add him to the 100gal he is less then an inch. I love severums .

  It looks like the gill plate is missing. Maybe bent and shorts. He is so small its hard to tell. 

Here is my Tiny rescue Green Severum.  He is eating well and active maybe he will be ok. I want to see if I can grow him out to be as big as my 8 inch male.      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nr_G21yG8xE Anyone have any luck with Fish that are missing a gill plate?  I am not sure how this...

I have been looking for another Severum but the ones I want are too much money or they are too small. Today the same store I bought my first Severum from 6 years ago had babies. There was one tiny one less then an inch. I have 2 extra tanks set up that are empty so I desided to get this little...

Goldfish can live and thrive in warmer temps. It's simply not true that goldfish need cool water. It's summer time so the tank is 78f in the winter it's a bit cooler 76f. Thriving fish are active ,eatting well , growing, exploring, and showing normal behaviors or even spawning. My tetras have...

I put my uaru back in the 100gal where my Severum has been . My Severum nip has calmed the tank. The uaur is now getting bossed around. We will see how it goes after a few days. I still have people interested in my uaru.

So I have been keeping fish since 1998. I have had lots of fish over the years. I know the rules but this tank breaks many of the rules. I don't think this tank will work for everyone or everyones fish.    So here is the thing. I had this as a discus tank for 5 years. I now only have one discus...

They need a type of substrate that will give the roots what they need to grow like iron among many other things.

I found a few good homes but when it came time to pick one I could not let my fish go. This weekend I will add my Uaru back in the tank and see how it goes. I really want to get another severum for the tank. But we will see. I am going to be on the look out for a 3rd cichlid. Fingers crossed...

Well today I moved the Uaru to his time out tank. I moved Nip back into the 100 Gal that I re did the whole thing. He is happy to be home.    I found someone that will take the Uaru. I think that might be best for everyone in the tank. I don't know what to do. 

Have you guys seen these Electric blue Acaras?  They are so pretty they had one at my LFS I wanted it but know I can't have any more. I love Blue acaras these blue morphs are really neat.    Are these electric acaras blue acaras or green Terrors OR are they a mix of the 2? 

Hide the filter behind the Wood that will help. 

My tank is Black on Black I love it. You can see my tank in my Sig its an 80 Gal.  I had light color substrate for years and made the switch to black a year ago I like it with plants.  

I have found that if you are doing extra WC you might want to does more. I does once after every WC seems to be working for my plants.    No aquaium is the same in its needs you have to find what works for your tank. I have LOTS of fish in my 80 Gal and they help keep nitrates in the water. This...

"48" t8 shop light, one 6500 daylight and one reef sun 50/50, both older bulbs. No supplementation."   Depending on the type of plants that could be the problem. What is your Substrate? We really need to know what kind of plants they are because each plant has a different need. The plants are...

bacteria booms can last long if you keep messing with it. I had a really really bad one last 5 days. I even lost fish to it. My Take Temp was too high and the bacteria uses up LOTS of O2 when it is trying to reproduce and keep up with the demand. My fish were gasping at the surface. I figured it...

Hikari is what I feed I will try switching food. It's worth a try.

I will try the move stuff around and take things out really mess with the tank. I am going to give Nip the whole tank and remove my uaru give him a time out and let nip recover and feel safe. Then I will see how they get along. I might have to let the uaru go after all these years. I would...

Thanks guys. Hey star I do remember you. I have been playing with the idea of getting a rescue oscar. But that might be too much fish for my 100gal. The problem is I have to find another large fish I can't get a baby and that's what I find at stores. I could find a good size jack Dempsey ...

Grow your discus out first then get tank mates. Discus do best with fish that are smaller then them but not too small that they can eat them. Tetras are good take mates dwarf cichlds are good too. 

Not sure anyone here will remember me. I use to be on here a lot. I still have my 100 Gal and now I am down to one of my rescue Uarus and my pet Severum Nip who is about 5 years old now. I have some other non Cichlids in there too.    Poor nip was looking so bad very stressed and even had HITH...

I don't breed Bettas unless you know what you are getting in to. It's a lot of work you have to feed live food and bbs is easy and cheap it's great for fry. If you don't want to have life food forget it. Do you have room for 20 or more jars and how are you going to keep them heated. How are you...

You want a Betta that is thick not skinny look at them from the top down and if it looks thin don't get it. Put the Betta right next to another if it flares and shows off that's a good sign. If it sits and looks sad it's weak. But could be ok if kept in good condition. Make sure you don't see...

Thanks everyone.   Yeah I went with a aqueon today and I bought it because of the reviews and I saw the life time guarantee. I might get another but I do like my Fluval it feels like it is made better.   

I always bought marineland heaters the black plastic ones they were not expensive and most of mine lasted years. well I know marineland had some major problems with the new heaters I had 2 blow up on me a few years ago and said i will not buy them any more.    So I bought this cheap one by...

I have not been on here in a long time I moved my focus to breeding show quality bettas. But I still have my cichlids and had kept the sample for over 5 years. First wild discus must be kept in groups. Domestics IME don't need to be kept in groups. They are so far removed from the wilds they...

No the fish you have in both tanks are not good tank mates for a discus and will cause then lots of stress and they will suffer and die under too much stress. Discus are too expensive to experiment with. If you want discus make a tank dedicated to discus and only keep peacful smaller fish with...