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Check out aquabid.com, but be aware, as with all sites like that, that there are plenty of scammers on there. I've also come across liveaquaria.com, but cannot say if they are any good. Regarding the LFS problem: I'd start listing the fry in the local free classifieds/ads or giving them away...

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Oh, and this one will probably be one of the most interesting: http://blog.natureaquarium.co.uk/?page_id=278 It is a list of species that are perfect for that size aquarium, you just need to decide if they're compatible ;)

Veggies contain protein too :) (ok, ok, I know it's usually not as much as meat). As far as I am aware, endlers are bog standard omnivores, but in my experience, do have a tendency towards grazing, as do almost all livebearers (basically, with the exception of the ones that do not have mouths...

Which species? Most hybrids and species will live to around 10-12 years, some live longer, some less.

If the tank is not cycled, getting another fish before a test kit will not be any good. You probably want to add "check fish twice per day for signs of disease" to your daily maintenance list, that's the way to catch diseases early on!

Yes and no, depends on individuals for both sides. Your priority should be to improve the current stock: rasboras and tetras are schooling fish and should ideally be in groups of 10-15+ per species. I very stongly recommend that you swap the tetras for more rasboras, increase the rasbora...

Well, why don't you make this a bit of an educational experience and explain what you've actually got there, why you prefer the API product over others and how to use it correctly? I'm being perfectly serious - some of those products are really easy to go wrong with!

Yes, as long as your filter is fully cycled, you can leave them on the bottom for up to around 12 hours.

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Just out of curiosity… what is the aim of the photo? :)

The wafers are normally designed to sink and become soft over time. They're good as a treat, but you really need meatier sinking foods for a staple. 16", not 14". They are slow growers, but they need the space to grow at all. I also consider that a 4 ft tank is really the smallest that they...

If I am absolutely honest, I would want a 6 ft tank for green terrors, but would then keep them with other fish too. They do grow up to 12", after all. A 4 fter like that should be fine for 2 or 4 convicts (do some research on numbers) with some schoolers (larger tetras, medium rasboras/barbs...

+1, but the full rule is actually, "1 inch per gallon for tanks starting from 2 ft long and with an adult size of under 3 inches" :good: This is actually the point we are trying to make. A 1 ft long 30 gallon will be too small because of the length. The volume does not matter, the dimensions...

What dimensions is the tank? The volume itself does not really matter, for stocking of territorial fish, it is the length that does. When I had my green terrors, the pair was given to me in a 3 ft, 55 gallon tank and both fish were stunted. If you are talking about a tank that is 6 ft long by...

Hi Tom, add plants only after cycle is over… you might be interested in http://blog.natureaquarium.co.uk/?cat=3&paged=8 (start reading bottom up) and final post in the series is at http://blog.natureaquarium.co.uk/?p=848 (which contains a link to all the interesting stuff for beginners).

Any 10 gallon tank is much too small for a convict cichlid. These cichlids grow up to 6 inches, so I would not want to keep them in any tank less than 4 ft/120 cm long. Some people keep pairs in 3 ft/90 cm tanks, but then they often have to keep only the pair and nothing else in that tank...

Cory or carnivore pellets, with occasional veggies is probably the best diet. Live foods are always appreciated, as with most fish. As mentioned earlier, the real question is whether your tank is big enough and whether the group is big enough.

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Upload it somewhere else, then link it or use the BBCodes to embed it in your post. Also, the correct forum for the question would have been Board Announcements & Suggestions, which is also the troubleshooting forum.

Firstly fill in this form: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/2330-please-read-before-posting-to-emergency-section/ Secondly… actually, all the questions I just wanted to ask you are already in that form :)

Seachem Prime is available in a 20 litre bottle (treats 166,535 gallons), Tetra AquaSafe is available in 5 litre bottles (treats 2,200 gallons), etc. How much bigger do you want? :)

It is possible to get larger bottles of most dechlorinators. The best prices are likely to be found online, but if you talk to your LFS, they should be able to order in larger bottles. For example, a 500 ml bottle of one dechlorinator that I just saw cost 18 pounds and would treat 20,000 US...

I'm not quite up-to-scratch on this sort of stuff (although more so than I was a few months ago), as far as I understand, if you can afford pressurised, use that and forget about liquid because liquid cannot be used by a number of plants and can actually harm some. I imagine it is also less...

They should take all flakes, all live foods (in all forms) that are not too large, suitably sized sinking pellets and eventually suitably sized floating pellets. The endlers could be getting enough food as it is, or the kribs could be keeping them at bay during feeding (even through the sheer...

Aka, two male Melanotaenia praecox ;)

To be honest, a 1300 lph (litre per hour) filter for a (technically) 160 litre tank is not horrendously fast after media, etc., and I would expect a spray bar aimed along the surface to be enough to slow down the flow to something quite reasonable. I like to have 1-2+" at the front and 4-6+" at...

That's a pretty standard sized tank, how deep do you plan to have your substrate? You're right that it is by far too small for goldfish, and it's great that you're finding them a bigger home. Since I am more used to working in metric, that's 89*38*38 cm. In the grand scheme of things, it's not...

What are the dimensions of the tank? The volume in itself does not matter much. You are correct in wanting to switch to sand, that will be best for loaches and a bulldog pleco. I strongly recommend that you wash the sand very well, as it will take over a day for it to settle if there is any...

Most F1 offspring from shop bought, colour matched pairs will be good enough for most shops once they're big enough (usually around 3 months). In other words, avoid mixing a red female with a blue male, as that produces mosaic-type patterns, which (in my experience) are not as popular as the...

A specific fish that does not display show quality characteristics (so for example, if the body is too large or small), then it will never be what I would consider "show quality" even though it may win a show if other entrants are not that great. On the other hand, if the offspring are line bred...

As mentioned above, the volume of the tank is much bigger than you thought when full to the brim, without decor. (In other words, for treatments, etc, the volume will probably be closer to 285 litres or so.) This is a very nice size for a first fish tank! On the plus side, it's big enough for...

The ones which are not blurry do look like T. espei Yes, as long as your dechlorinated tap water has less ammonia in it.

Red tailed sharks need plenty of space (4+ ft/120+ cm tank) and become aggressive with age, while common plecos grow too large (up to 2 ft/60 cm long) for most tanks. Depending on the dimensions of the tank and what you want to do in the future, both of those fish might need to go. The 8 little...

Hi Darren, what size is the fish tank? Your immediate (pre-fish tank) shopping list should include the following: * dechlorinator that deals with ammonia and nitrite * liquid test kit for ammonia and nitrite (usually it's cheaper to get a set that contains nitrate and pH as well, and GH and KG...

I've got some lots of 25 now, PM sent.

100% sure that they're T. espei or T. hengeli. The difference is that hengeli have a luminous bit right in front of the black marking. Whichever species it is (you can try to get a side on photo, if you want us to give you a definite ID), you need to make sure that any new fish you get are the...

In that size tank with live fish you need to be very careful as a single dead apple snail can kill all the fish because of the ammonia that it will release when it dies. Can you give us the water parameters in numbers please? Ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, KH, GH and temperature are the ones...

Edit: removed already mentioned comments. What is the pH?

Neither :) yeast CO2 was very popular pre-popularisation of liquid and pressurised CO2, which was about 10 years ago or so, and beer brewing principals are same as the traditional yeast mix.