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Can someone point me toward a database of fish catagorized by pH requirements, if you've seen one around? Or maybe offer some suggestions and collect said database here? Thanks!

I have gotten very active in the DIY side of the fish hobby this year, and have done many small projects, including a 5 gallon acrylic tank.. didn't leak but my cementing was pretty sloppy. I have a lot more practice now and am thinking about trying my hand at something of about say...

What is the most prolific breeding fish you know of, out of all freshwater fish? -TIA, H.

Hey rec. You know that algae is good for socolofis as a fiber supplement? So the socolofis themselves are algae eaters. How long has the pleco been in there? It might just need more time to settle in, or need to grow a little bit before becoming effecting at algae control. Your phosphates...

Here's my lunar wrasse...

If it were me I'd go ahead and feed 'em a little bit. Not feeding would help keep the water quality as high as possible, but if you see no stress you can feed 'em. Just be observant of how much they eat, and don't let any go to waste. Scoop any excess out with a net if you have to. Basicly treat...

I have had good luck with Jungle Fungus Eliminator, but Jesse is not wrong - it is uncommon. My opinion on meds, is that with no prior personal experience to go on, one is just as good as another (provided you diagnose correctly). If you try one and it doesn't work for you, don't use that kind...

I have a friend who has a 90g reef that I've watched go steadily downhill as a result of overstocking. Great Lakes's advice is pretty good, his/her recommendation will keep you out of trouble. If it was a FO or FOWLR tank, and you really had massive filtration, I mean like one of those 60" floor...

Total Dissolved Solids. It's sort of a conglomeration for dKH, gH, pH, conductivity, alkalinity, and buffering ability resulted by the overall mineral content of the wayer. Basically a count of everything that gives the water it's elemental parameters. Your geode will add to these levels...

You might have better chances that you or I think. Reading over my post, I see that it kinda sounded grim. You can avoid casualties by just being vigilant. Don't give up on her yet.

Well... ammonia actually becomes visible in the tank in high concentrations. Looks "hazy" Nitrates provide food for brown algaes, so seeing a lot of brown algae could indicate high nitrates. You better not wait for any signs though. Just do a few extra water changes till your test kits arive.

If you're certain that the area where it came from has no ecological contamination, (didn't come off a landfill or near a sewage treatment plant, ect) it will be ok. Geodes are formed when water seeps into a pocket of trapped O2 in bedrock, where it deposits disolved solids. The O2 causes the...

Rainbows are schoolers. Get 3 or 4 more and they'll all be happier. They're really good fish, won't bother anything.

Smart move TFF, asking here first. I believe the primary and most important factor to consider when choosing cichlids (Or any other fish for that matter.) is the pH and hardness of your tap water. So... grab a few test kits and get those readings so you base your first decision on ecological...

Why everybody always misspell my nick? :lol: "harmonics" is pretty common too. Watch what you take away from my post mostanks, notice I said "these two particular fish" - I've seen quite a few large male N. brichardis and pulchers with no hint of a hump at all. Just keep that in mind when...

Here's one of the best DIY tank pages I've ever found. http://www.duboisi.com/diy/BNdiytank/bndiytank.htm

DIY Acrylic Refugium This is my project, the Harmoni-fuge! The Harmoni-fuge is a 2.5g hang-on-tank style refugium. Construction consisted of 8-10 hrs research and planning, 2 hrs cutting, and about 4 hrs cementing. Capillary cementing method was used on 1/4" stock Acrylite brand acrylic.This...

There is no way to visually sex them, generally, except for lenthy observation. I know mine well enough to sex them, but that's only because i've been observing the same two fish for over a year. My male is just slightly larger than his female, but there is very little difference in their...

I keep most of my heaters horizontal and low in the tank. This way you don't have to unplug one during a water change, which can be disasterous, if you forget to plug it back in. -_-

Yes. There are all kinds of micro/macro organisms living on and in live rock. Many of these don't actually die, but go completely dormant when the rock dry out. They will spring to life again when the rock is placed back into the proper conditions. :)

That state wouldn't really be called "no real filtration". The bio-wheel is the most important filtration devive on your tank. And no, removing the carbon and the mechanical media during the treatment period won't hurt your fish. Do just what CM said if you want to keep mechanical filtration...

I keep a 10g guppy breeding tank setup, though it doesn't always house guppies. (Right now there's a royal pleco living in it.) I keep a 6"d tower style sponge running in it, plus an aquaclear 150 (which is removed if I expect any fry). It has flourite substrate. If I get the urge to help bring...

:lol: It's your lucky day. You could call me a stone expert! My business is stone masonry. I'm third generation, and have been running around at the job sites messing with rocks a long as I can remember. I went full time as a mason in 1994. So... I'm your rock man. :lol: On rocks and...

every fancy-finned fish I've had has suffered a little nipping. :unsure: What I would recommend here is just to watch closely. If you see the angel's fins getting ragged, you'll have to find out who's doing it, then dig up a little info on that particular fish's aggression. There's usually at...

however. All I hear about them is that they are pretty docile for SA cichlids, BUT, that's just hear-say. I've never kept any. So I would research those quite a bit if I were you. The second, and more likely problem you might have, would be fin-nipping on the angel fish. I have kept all the rest...

2 main things you need to know there: You have South American fish, and the severums get pretty darn big. What problems or additions? Hmm.... My experience with SA cichlids is limited to just a few sp. It seems like you have a balanced system there right now, with two potential problems I can...

Thanks. Ya know all those young/fry in there are from those two fish. Baby-makin' muthas! I love these two fish. Grew 'em both out from small fry a fishy-friend gave to me a while back. I wouldn't take a $100 a piece for 'em if I were starving.

putting one in danger. For further advice on this topic, see rule #1. If you're a dedicated hobbyist, go for it. The satisfaction is worth the trouble. What is wrong with this board? :lol: Anyway, hope that helps cbrown. If you ever think about moving up to a reef, the rules are pretty much...

the small size, the chemistry would be tough to control. But... if you study up and prepare yourself, there's no reason you can't be successful. #1 rule- go slow, study, be patient. #2 rule- cycle fishless. Honorable mention rule- anemones are tough. (to keep alive.) Some folks can get a...

Man... talk about technical difficulties. Sorry cbrown, I had quite a bit of info there but same thing happened to me as Alia...??? Those dimensions look about 35 US gallons to me... yeah you could do a SW fish only tank in that, but it would be considered a "nano" type tank. 2 or 3 small fish...

I'm not sure what you mean by juwel 96, I've never heard of it. But... if it's 96 gallons as I'm guessing, you'll have decent options. I don't know what kind of FW fish you've raised, so I'll have to generalize a bit. The keeping of certain types of tropical fish will add a lot to your marine...

Pics of my Brichardi cichlids and their tank. Mean fish... :) Their tank Male Male Male Female Female

Sorry 'bout that- don't know why it double posted....

Well, CM may be a bit exited over it, but he's right. The "nitrite phase" severs any relationship between nitrate and ammonia. Efficient nitrate reduction, or "Natural Nitrate Reduction", NNR for short, is a very tricky subject. It's kind of the holy grail for saltwater hobbyists, as we try our...

I don't think it works like that. Reducing the ammonia going into the cycle reduces the cycle, not the end result. What happens when using ammo-lock or white diamond is that nitrites can't flourish, and your tank kinda gets stuck at the end of the first stage. Even worse, many people leave the...

Hmm... Fossils are created by calcium and other hard mineral deposits, and would certainly account for the rise in hardness. Changes in alkalinity while keeping a consistent pH has something to do with the O2/CO2 balance. Your case is rather odd, or at least seems so to me. It's usually the pH...

Thanks. :) Yeah, the colorful females are the best thing about kenyi cichlids. Real nice contrast.

You can keep 'em both, but you'll have tatter-tail guppies instead of fan-tail guppies. Could even lose a guppy or two. I've kept 'em together before.

Go ahead with your normal feeding schedule, just crush up a little bit of what you normaly give. What's important with fry is not polluting the water. You might need to cut back on the total amount of food you give at feeding time if you see any go uneaten. Watch the fry closely. If you see them...

Tank maintenance is extremely dependant fishdude. Your water, tank size, substrate, filtration, type and number of fish, plants, even where in the house the tank is. After a tank cycles, scheduling maintenance just has to be worked out. You shouldn't clean everything all at once but come up with...